Indiana Senate Bill 29 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Passed on April 25 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-25 - Public Law 94
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

School materials for juvenile detainees. Provides that, if a child is or will be detained in a juvenile detention facility (facility) for more than seven calendar days, the school corporation must, upon the child's parent or facility's request, provide to the facility the school materials for the grade level or courses that the child is or would be enrolled in if the child were not detained. Requires the school corporation, upon the child's parent or facility's request, to deliver the school materials at least once every seven calendar days, excluding any days that are not student instructional days. Provides that the school corporation may provide the school materials in an electronic format. Provides that, except for the assessment of rental fees for curricular materials, the school corporation is responsible for the costs associated with preparing and delivering the school materials. Provides that the school corporation is not required to provide the school materials if the: (1) child is released from the facility; or (2) facility requests that the school corporation no longer provide the school materials. Provides that if a student is suspended, the student is required to complete all assignments and school work assigned during the period of the student's suspension. Provides that the principal or the principal's designee shall ensure that the student receives notice of any assignments or school work due and teacher contact information in the event the student has questions regarding the assignments or school work. Provides that a school is required to provide a student who is expelled with a list of available alternative education programs or virtual charter schools which the student may attend during the student's expulsion. Provides that if a student is expelled from school or from any educational function, the student's absence from school because of the expulsion provisions requiring compulsory school attendance if the student may enroll in: (1) an alternative education program in the county or in a county immediately adjacent to the county containing the school corporation from which the student was expelled; or (2) a virtual charter school if the student does not enroll in a program or virtual charter school during the student's expulsion.

School materials for juvenile detainees. Provides that, if a child is or will be detained in a juvenile detention facility (facility) for more than seven calendar days, the school corporation must, upon the child's parent or facility's request, provide to the facility the school materials for the grade level or courses that the child is or would be enrolled in if the child were not detained. Requires the school corporation, upon the child's parent or facility's request, to deliver the school materials at least once every seven calendar days, excluding any days that are not student instructional days. Provides that the school corporation may provide the school materials in an electronic format. Provides that, except for the assessment of rental fees for curricular materials, the school corporation is responsible for the costs associated with preparing and delivering the school materials. Provides that the school corporation is not required to provide the school materials if the: (1) child is released from the facility; or (2) facility requests that the school corporation no longer provide the school materials. Provides that if a student is suspended, the student is required to complete all assignments and school work assigned during the period of the student's suspension. Provides that the principal or the principal's designee shall ensure that the student receives notice of any assignments or school work due and teacher contact information in the event the student has questions regarding the assignments or school work. Provides that a school is required to provide a student who is expelled with a list of available alternative education programs or virtual charter schools which the student may attend during the student's expulsion. Provides that if a student is expelled from school or from any educational function, the student's absence from school because of the expulsion provisions requiring compulsory school attendance if the student may enroll in: (1) an alternative education program in the county or in a county immediately adjacent to the county containing the school corporation from which the student was expelled; or (2) a virtual charter school if the student does not enroll in a program or virtual charter school during the student's expulsion.

Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Mark Stoops [D]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Chuck Goodrich [R]	Rep. Tonya Pfaff [D]
Rep. Anthony Cook [R]

2019-04-08 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 42 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-19 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-03-13 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 26 N: 21 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-25	Senate	Public Law 94
2019-04-25	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2019-04-24	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2019-04-16	House	Signed by the Speaker
2019-04-11	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2019-04-08	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 411: yeas 42, nays 6
2019-04-04	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2019-03-20	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2019-03-19	House	Representatives Pfaff and Cook added as cosponsors
2019-03-19	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 320: yeas 94, nays 0
2019-03-18	House	Amendment #1 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote
2019-03-18	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-03-14	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-03-11	House	Representative Goodrich added as cosponsor
2019-02-26	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2019-02-18	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-02-14	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Clere
2019-02-14	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 121: yeas 26, nays 21
2019-02-12	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2019-02-12	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-02-11	Senate	Senator Stoops added as coauthor
2019-02-07	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-31	Senate	Senator Kruse added as coauthor
2019-01-28	Senate	Senator Raatz added as second author
2019-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2019-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Bohacek

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/29/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/a/7/e/aa7e7422/SB0029.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/6/3/2/8632476c/SB0029.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/b/b/6/8bb6b889/SB0029.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/1/a/9/51a955d1/SB0029.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/5/3/e/553e9612/SB0029.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/e/c/c/eecccc97/SB0029.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/5/4/e/254e0fb7/SB0029.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/e/2/a/3e2a34c7/SB0029.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/6/1/7/861791f3/SB0029.05.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/1/1/e/f11e989e/SB0029.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/9/5/d/195de1c3/SB0029.121.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/0/c/2/10c21fa5/SB0029.02.COMS.03.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/f/d/c/6fdc9f76/SB0029.320.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/f/2/1/6f21a1df/SB0029.411.pdf