Indiana Senate Bill 177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-12 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

The Indiana high school diploma. Requires the state board of education (state board) to establish one Indiana diploma for individuals who successfully complete high school graduation requirements. (Current law establishes four different diplomas.) Provides that each Indiana diploma must include one of the following designations: (1) General designation. (2) Core 40 designation. (3) Core 40 with academic honors designation. (4) Core 40 with technical honors designation. Requires, in adopting Core 40 curriculum models, the state board to consider math course requirements other than Algebra II. Allows the state board to adopt rules to establish: (1) math course requirements; and (2)

The Indiana high school diploma. Requires the state board of education (state board) to establish one Indiana diploma for individuals who successfully complete high school graduation requirements. (Current law establishes four different diplomas.) Provides that each Indiana diploma must include one of the following designations: (1) General designation. (2) Core 40 designation. (3) Core 40 with academic honors designation. (4) Core 40 with technical honors designation. Requires, in adopting Core 40 curriculum models, the state board to consider math course requirements other than Algebra II. Allows the state board to adopt rules to establish: (1) math course requirements; and (2)

Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Eddie Melton [D]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]
Rep. Charles Burton [R]	Rep. Dale DeVon [R]	Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]

2018-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-01-31 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-12	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2018-02-07	Senate	Referred to the House
2018-02-06	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Burton, DeVon and Wesco
2018-02-06	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Behning
2018-02-06	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 165: yeas 48, nays 0
2018-02-05	Senate	Senator Melton added as coauthor
2018-02-05	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2018-02-01	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2018-01-08	Senate	Senator Raatz added as second author
2018-01-04	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2018-01-04	Senate	Authored by Senator Kruse

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/177/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/9/2/1/8921d43f/SB0177.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/d/8/0/0d806701/SB0177.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/3/d/4/73d4becd/SB0177.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/a/a/e/5aaebb18/SB0177.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/5/d/3/c5d3b978/SB0177.165.pdf