Indiana Senate Bill 358 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Passed on April 29 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-29 - Public Law 155
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

School buildings. Provides that before a governing body may sell, exchange, lease, demolish, hold without operating, or dispose of a school building, the governing body shall: (1) obtain a certification from the attorney general's office; and (2) make the building available for lease or purchase by a charter school or state educational institution. Provides that before a governing body may sell, exchange, lease, demolish, hold without operating, or dispose of a school building, the governing body must receive a certification from the attorney general to ensure that the governing body is in compliance with requirements for making a vacant school building available for sale or lease to a charter school or state educational institution for $1. Requires the attorney general to investigate complaints that a school corporation has not complied with the requirements for making a vacant school building available for sale or lease to a charter school or state educational institution for $1. Provides that, in the event that a complaint is substantiated, the attorney general, in consultation with the department of education (department) and Indiana state board of education (state board), is authorized to take any action necessary to remedy a substantiated complaint, which may include actions to be performed by the state board or the department to ensure compliance of a school corporation. Provides that, if a school corporation does not comply with the requirements to sell a vacant school building, as determined by the attorney general, the school corporation shall submit any proceeds from the sale of the vacant school building to the state board. Provides that the state board shall distribute proceeds collected equally between each charter school located in the attendance area of the school corporation. Provides that, if no charter schools are located in the attendance area, the state board must use the proceeds to provide grants under the charter school and innovation grant program. Provides that a lease of school property entered into by a governing body prior to January 1, 2019, with a state accredited nonpublic school shall remain in full force and effect. (Current law provides that a lease of school property entered into by a governing body prior to July 1, 2019, with a state accredited nonpublic school shall remain in full force and effect.) Provides that a school corporation is responsible for maintaining a vacant school building until it is: (1) sold or leased to a charter school or state educational institution; (2) sold to an accredited nonpublic school or postsecondary educational institution other than a state educational institution; or (3) eligible to be sold or otherwise disposed.

School buildings.

Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]
Rep. Dale DeVon [R]	Rep. Jake Teshka [R]

2021-04-13 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 28 N: 21 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-06 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 52 N: 40 NV: 2 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2021-03-31 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 30 N: 16 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed (Y: 10 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-29	Senate	Public Law 155
2021-04-29	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2021-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2021-04-22	House	Signed by the Speaker
2021-04-21	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2021-04-13	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 436: yeas 28, nays 21
2021-04-09	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2021-04-07	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2021-04-06	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 369: yeas 52, nays 40
2021-04-05	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-04-01	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-03-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2021-02-24	Senate	Referred to the House
2021-02-23	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives DeVon and Teshka J
2021-02-23	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Behning
2021-02-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 194: yeas 30, nays 16
2021-02-22	Senate	Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 145: yeas 10, nays 39
2021-02-22	Senate	Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote
2021-02-22	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2021-02-18	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-02-15	Senate	Senator Kruse added as third author
2021-02-15	Senate	Senator Raatz added as second author
2021-01-11	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2021-01-11	Senate	Authored by Senator Rogers

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/358/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/2/1/7/d2171090/SB0358.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/c/2/d/3c2da726/SB0358.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/5/3/03537ae4/SB0358.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/c/3/6/9c36b6e1/SB0358.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/9/a/a/99aaf6e5/SB0358.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/2/6/8/32686f0a/SB0358.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/c/d/f/4cdfcca0/SB0358.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/8/7/e/087ee01c/SB0358.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/4/0/e/640e8047/SB0358.05.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/8/8/1/c881af64/SB0358.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/2/6/5/22659a3e/SB0358.02.COMS.AMS002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/e/9/3/7e934ca2/SB0358.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/6/1/4/e614a003/SB0358.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/6/6/1e66459f/SB0358.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/d/c/6/bdc65dd0/SB0358.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/8/4/5/08454e0e/SB0358.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/9/1/4/891472f3/SB0358.03.ENGS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/0/0/5/f005beea/SB0358.04.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/5/b/f/95bfc0b4/SB0358.04.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/d/5/e/9d5ebf52/SB0358.04.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/6/0/7/5607532f/SB0358.04.COMH.CON01.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/0/c/4/80c484b4/SB0358.05.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/7/7/b/f77bde4f/SB0358.01.INTR.04.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/4/a/1e4ace95/SB0358.145_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/b/c/5/2bc58ef9/SB0358.194_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/d/3/7/7d379b37/SB0358.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/3/4/5/13456a63/SB0358.369_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/6/a/6/b6a66844/SB0358.436_S.pdf