Indiana Senate Bill 346 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-3)
Status: Passed on March 18 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-18 - Public Law 82
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Students with disabilities. Provides that the department of education (department) must submit any guidance or recommendation to a school corporation or school that attempts to affect in any manner based on statewide assessment accommodations which instructional methods are included or excluded from the student's special education plan or program to the state board of education (state board) for approval. Provides that the department shall, to the extent permitted under federal law, provide the same text-to-speech, screen reader, or human reader and calculator accommodations to a student in grades 6 through 12 on every section of the statewide assessment program if that accommodation is provided as part of the student's special education plan or program. Provides that the state board, in consultation with The Arc of Indiana and the Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education (ICASE), shall consult with one or more individuals who specialize in special education as part of the state board's oversight of the development and implementation of the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) program. Provides that a student's score on the statewide assessment may not be the primary factor or measure used to determine whether a student is eligible for a particular course or program. Establishes the Indiana standards and assessment accommodation task force to review: (1) the accommodations provided for by Indiana's statewide assessment to determine if appropriate accommodations are available to accurately measure a student's learning; and (2) the possibility of separating the academic standard of reading comprehension into a separate reading academic standard and a comprehension academic standard. Provides that the department, in consultation with The Arc of Indiana and ICASE, shall develop a notice for parents of certain students with disabilities that informs a parent that the student is not allowed to use certain accommodations on all or part of the statewide assessment. Provides that, not later than February 1, 2021, and not later than February 1, 2022, each public school, including each charter school, and each accredited nonpublic school shall do the following: (1) Provide the notice to the parent during the annual review of the student's special education plan or program. (2) If the parent does not attend the annual review, provide the notice to the parent by certified mail or personal delivery. (3) Discuss and determine, at the annual review of the student's special education plan or program in which a parent of the student participates, whether the student may be eligible to opt out of any applicable section of the statewide assessment. Provides that at least one member of the state board shall be a practicing licensed special education teacher or special education director at the time the member is appointed.

Students with disabilities.

Sen. Erin Houchin [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Mark Stoops [D]
Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Mark Messmer [R]
Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. Charles Burton [R]
Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]

2020-03-11 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2020-03-10 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 89 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-18	Senate	Public Law 82
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2020-03-16	House	Signed by the Speaker
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2020-03-11	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 370: yeas 96, nays 0
2020-03-10	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 364: yeas 49, nays 0
2020-03-10	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2020-03-10	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2020-03-04	House	House advisors appointed: Cook, Clere, Klinker and Pfaff
2020-03-04	House	House conferees appointed: Behning and DeLaney
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Rogers and Mrvan
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Houchin and Stoops
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2020-03-03	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2020-03-03	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2020-03-02	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 89, nays 0
2020-02-27	House	Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote
2020-02-27	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-02-25	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-02-24	House	Representative DeLaney added as cosponsor
2020-02-11	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2020-02-05	Senate	Referred to the House
2020-02-04	Senate	Senator Raatz added as coauthor
2020-02-04	Senate	Senator Brown L added as coauthor
2020-02-04	Senate	Senators Bohacek and Messmer added as coauthors
2020-02-04	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Burton and Clere
2020-02-04	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Behning
2020-02-04	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 170: yeas 49, nays 0
2020-02-03	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2020-02-03	Senate	Senator Kruse added as third author
2020-02-03	Senate	Amendment #1 (Houchin) prevailed; voice vote
2020-02-03	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-02-03	Senate	Senator Freeman added as coauthor
2020-01-30	Senate	Senator Stoops added as coauthor
2020-01-30	Senate	Senator Rogers added as second author
2020-01-30	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2020-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senator Houchin

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/346/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/8/b/2f8bd791/SB0346.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/1/4/a/514a5e47/SB0346.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/3/0/5/33059cd7/SB0346.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/6/1/c/b61c7134/SB0346.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/d/8/0/6d80a924/SB0346.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/c/1/2/2c12a97f/SB0346.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/1/5/d515e8c3/SB0346.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/c/3/5/9c35e99c/SB0346.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/f/4/6/bf46914d/SB0346.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/a/7/35a7c099/SB0346.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/d/d/f/dddff0ab/SB0346.06.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/9/e/c/39ece3a5/SB0346.06.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/9/3/7/3937ffcb/SB0346.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/7/9/5/37954a26/SB0346.170_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/6/9/1/66912ee9/SB0346.03.ENGS.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/3/c/6/63c6378d/SB0346.239_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/b/1/9/cb19f65f/SB0346.364_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/3/4/f/434f76cc/SB0346.370_H.pdf