Indiana House Bill 1638 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 250
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Education matters. Requires the department of education (department) to report to the legislative council findings and recommendations for reducing the amount of redundant data that schools are required to submit to state agencies. Provides that a student presently enrolled in a public high school may retake a virtual course that was previously completed by the student at the same public high school under certain conditions. Provides that if a student elects to retake a virtual course, the retaken course must meet certain criteria. Provides that a student who has retaken a course before July 1, 2023, must receive full credit and a replacement grade for the course under certain conditions. Provides that the department shall require publication of a corrected graduation rate as prescribed by the department (instead of in the next school year's report). Provides that before July 1, 2024, the department may establish or license for use an online platform to provide certain required training programs. Moves up deadlines for recommending and approving streamlined academic standards in order to implement the new standards in the 2023-2024 school year. Provides that the department shall: (1) consider the skills, knowledge, and practices that are necessary to understand and utilize emerging technologies and that may be rendered obsolete by emerging technologies; (2) consider for removal any academic standards that may be obsolete as a result of emerging technologies; and (3) provide support to school corporations regarding the implementation of revised academic standards that have an emerging technologies component. Provides that individuals appointed to an academic standards committee must be racially and geographically diverse. Requires employers to report the employment of students enrolled in work based learning courses to the department of workforce development. Requires a secondary or postsecondary educational institution to ensure that a student's completion of a work based learning course is indicated on the student's transcript. Establishes a science of reading grant. Repeals: (1) the school corporation annual performance report law; (2) the charter school obligation to publish an annual performance report; (3) the performance based awards law; and (4) annual financial reports by school corporations.

Education matters.

Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. Michelle Davis [R]	Rep. Vernon Smith [D]	Rep. Jack Jordan [R]
Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. John Crane [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]

2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 42 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-04-18 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 40 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	House	Public Law 250
2023-05-04	House	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-27	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 528: yeas 42, nays 8
2023-04-27	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 549: yeas 92, nays 0
2023-04-27	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-27	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Qaddoura and Crane
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Hunley
2023-04-20	House	House advisors appointed: Davis, Teshka and DeLaney
2023-04-20	House	House conferees appointed: Behning and Smith V
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	Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
2023-04-18	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 454: yeas 40, nays 10
2023-04-17	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-04-17	Senate	Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
2023-04-13	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-04-06	Senate	Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2023-03-06	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2023-02-28	House	Referred to the Senate
2023-02-27	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz and Crane
2023-02-27	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: yeas 94, nays 0
2023-02-23	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-21	House	Representative Jordan added as coauthor
2023-02-21	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2023-02-16	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-19	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-19	House	Authored by Representative Behning
2023-01-19	House	Coauthored by Representatives Davis and Smith V

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#2.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#4.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#5.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#6.ENRS
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#H247
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#S454
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#H549
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1638/#S528