Indiana Senate Bill 358

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-30 - Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Various education matters. Provides that a school may be an eligible choice scholarship school if the school obtains provisional accreditation from a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board of education. Beginning December 15, 2025, requires the department of education (department) to compile a report regarding results for the statewide assessment program and the determinant evaluation of reading skills. Specifies that the report must be disaggregated according to certain parameters. Requires the department to submit the report to the legislative council. Requires the department, beginning July 1, 2026, to evaluate, approve, and publish a list of high quality curricular materials for use in English/language arts. Requires the department to determine the feasibility of making certain math and English/language arts curricular materials available to public schools. Provides that a health occupation course offered by certain schools shall satisfy as a science credit. Allows a parent of a choice scholarship student or an eligible choice scholarship school on behalf of a parent to petition the department to reconsider the eligibility of a choice scholarship student enrolled in the school if the parent has reason to believe that the student was determined ineligible due to enrollment data inaccuracies reported by a school.

Various education matters.

Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]

Sen. Linda Rogers [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-30	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2025-01-23	Senate	Senator Rogers added as second author
2025-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2025-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senator Raatz

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/358/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/SB0358.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/SB0358.02.COMS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/committee-amendments/drafts/AM035803.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/committee-amendments/drafts/AM035802.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/committee-amendments/drafts/AM035801.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0358.01.INTR.AMS03.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0358.01.INTR.AMS02.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0358.01.INTR.AMS01.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/fiscal-notes/SB0358.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/fiscal-notes/SB0358.01.INTR.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/votesheets/SB0358.01.INTR.06.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/committee-reports/SB0358.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0358/fiscal-notes/SB0358.02.COMS.FN001.pdf