SB0358: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Senate Bill (S)
• Current Chamber: senate
• Origin Chamber: senate
• Description: Various education matters.

Legislators

Actions (20 total)

• Apr 17, 2025, 11:39 AM: House advisors appointed: Cash, Smith H and Smith V
• Apr 17, 2025, 11:38 AM: House conferees appointed: Behning and Pfaff
• Apr 17, 2025, 10:25 AM: Senate dissented from House amendments
• Apr 17, 2025, 10:13 AM: Concurrence withdrawn
• Apr 9, 2025, 11:05 AM: Motion to concur filed
• Apr 4, 2025, 4:43 AM: Returned to the Senate with amendments
• Apr 3, 2025, 8:47 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 357: yeas 90, nays 0
• Mar 31, 2025, 10:17 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
• Mar 27, 2025, 6:58 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Mar 13, 2025, 11:55 AM: Representative Cash added as cosponsor
• Mar 3, 2025, 7:22 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Education
• Feb 21, 2025, 3:44 AM: Referred to the House
• Feb 20, 2025, 7:23 AM: House sponsor: Representative Behning
• Feb 20, 2025, 7:21 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 39, nays 10
• Feb 17, 2025, 9:35 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
• Feb 13, 2025, 9:08 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Jan 30, 2025, 8:41 AM: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
• Jan 23, 2025, 10:37 AM: Senator Rogers added as second author
• Jan 13, 2025, 11:35 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
• Jan 13, 2025, 11:35 AM: Authored by Senator Raatz

Digest

Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) evaluate, approve, and publish a list of high quality curricular materials for use in English/language arts; and (2) collaborate with teachers in evaluating and approving the English/language arts curricular materials. Requires certain administrators to earn a literacy endorsement. Requires, subject to available funding, certain schools to participate in the Indiana literacy cadre. Amends the definition of "eligible school" for purposes of the choice scholarship program. Provides that a parent who: (1) is an education scholarship account (ESA) participating entity; and (2) teaches a course or program only to an eligible student who is the parent's child and does not teach a course or program to any other eligible student; may not submit a claim for reimbursement of an ESA qualified expense of tuition and fees to teach the parent's child. Establishes penalties for certain violations by an ESA participating entity.