Indiana House Bill 1591 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 246
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Various education matters. Requires the Indiana archives and records administration to: (1) establish procedures to retain an original record, document, plat, paper, or instrument-in-writing in an electronic format; (2) establish a period of time after which an original record, document, plat, paper, or instrument-in-writing may be destroyed; and (3) prepare and submit, not later than November 1, 2023, a report to the general assembly regarding these matters. Amends the duties of the early learning advisory committee. Changes the prekindergarten pilot program to the prekindergarten program and removes the expiration date. Provides that, at least once every five years, the office, in cooperation with the department of education (department), must carry out a longitudinal study regarding students who participate in the prekindergarten program. Amends requirements regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for child care centers, child care homes, and child care ministries. Requires: (1) each public school to provide information to the department concerning certain physical injuries to employees; and (2) the department to report the information on the department's website. Requires the department to provide certain information to public schools and state accredited nonpublic schools and requires each school to post the information on the school's website home page. Amends innovation network school and participating innovation network charter school provisions regarding: (1) certain agreement requirements and limitations; (2) appeals to the state board of education regarding the failure to follow an agreement renewal process; and (3) negotiating the requirement of specific services. Allows an innovation network team or organizer to enter into an agreement with a school corporation to transfer the ownership of a school corporation facility to the team or organizer and provides that a transfer is not subject to provisions in the law concerning the transfer of vacant school buildings to charter schools. Provides that a school corporation may not require an innovation network team or an organizer to contract for specific goods or services provided by the school corporation or any other entity. Requires information regarding certain possible criminal activity, concluded personnel matter investigations, and matters involving legal expenses be provided to the governing body of a school corporation. Provides that at-risk students who are receiving certain educational services are not included in a public school's four year graduation rate and are included in an eligible school's graduation rate under certain conditions. Amends the definition of "teacher" regarding certain teacher compensation provisions and requires a school corporation to expend at least 62% of the school corporation's state tuition support on teacher compensation. (Current law requires a school corporation to expend at least 45% on full-time teacher salaries.) Requires special education grade 8 through 12 case conference committees to discuss decision making skills and alternatives to appointing a guardian. Requires the department to, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, provide schools the same per pupil exam fee amounts for international baccalaureate and Cambridge International exams as is provided for advanced placement exams. Provides that: (1) any course that meets the requirements of a career and technical education program may be taught virtually by a virtual provider if certain conditions are met; and (2) the virtual course is eligible for a career and technical education grant. Amends the definition of "school scholarship", with regard to scholarship granting organizations. Removes a provision that requires choice scholarship schools to conduct random drawings in a public meeting if applicants for enrollment exceed the number of choice scholarships available to the school. Provides that the state board shall assign to a school or school corporation (including adult high schools) a "null" or "no letter grade" for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. Provides that, when developing a proposal for a revised school performance designation, the department shall consider using certain metrics.

Various education matters.

Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]
Sen. Kyle Walker [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]

2023-04-28 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 40 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 65 N: 29 NV: 2 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-18 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 45 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-17 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #2 (Young M) failed (Y: 15 N: 30 NV: 4 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2023-02-23 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	House	Public Law 246
2023-05-04	House	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 534: yeas 40, nays 10
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-27	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 560: yeas 66, nays 28
2023-04-27	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-27	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-27	Senate	Senator Raatz added as conferee
2023-04-27	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee
2023-04-27	Senate	Senator Raatz removed as advisor
2023-04-26	House	Representative Teshka added as conferee
2023-04-26	House	Representative DeLaney removed as conferee
2023-04-24	House	Representative DeLaney added as conferee
2023-04-24	House	Representative Pfaff removed as conferee
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Qaddoura and Raatz
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Rogers and Ford J.D.
2023-04-19	House	House advisors appointed: Clere, Jordan and Smith V
2023-04-19	House	House conferees appointed: Behning and Pfaff
2023-04-19	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2023-04-19	House	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-19	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2023-04-18	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 451: yeas 45, nays 5
2023-04-17	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-04-17	Senate	Amendment #2 (Young M) failed; Roll Call 397: yeas 15, nays 30
2023-04-17	Senate	Amendment #1 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-13	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-23	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2023-03-13	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
2023-03-06	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2023-02-24	House	Referred to the Senate
2023-02-23	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers, Raatz, Walker K
2023-02-23	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 221: yeas 94, nays 0
2023-02-22	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-20	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-13	House	Representative Clere added as coauthor
2023-01-19	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-19	House	Authored by Representative Behning

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#2.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#3.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#4.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#5.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#6.ENRS
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#H221
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#S397
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#S451
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#H560
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1591/#S534