Indiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 4 R · 3 D cosponsors

HB 1514 — Various education matters.

Last action — Public Law 211

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2021. Enacted.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    4 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (4 R · 3 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Summary

Requires the state board of education (state board) to: (1) establish a compilation of longitudinal data indicating school performance success in various selected and enumerated program areas; and (2) present the data for each school in a manner that is commonly known as an Internet dashboard. Requires each school to post on a web page maintained on the school's Internet web site the exact same data and in a similar format as the data presented for the school on the state board's Internet web site. Allows a school to include custom indicators on the school's web page. Provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other criterion referenced benchmark assessments recommended by the department of education (department) and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement. (Current law provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other assessments recommended by the department and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement.) Provides that the state board may assign each domain, indicator, or measure used to assess school performance a separate and distinct category or designation. Provides that the state board shall assign to a school or school corporation (including adult high schools) a "null" or "no letter grade" for the 2020-2021 school year. Requires each governing body of a school corporation and the equivalent for each charter school to submit to the department a report that includes certain information regarding instruction during the 2020-2021 school year and the 2021-2022 school year. Requires the department to do the following: (1) Conduct, in collaboration with the state board, a learning loss study regarding students in kindergarten through grade 10. (2) Prepare a report regarding the 2020-2021 school year and a report regarding the 2021-2022 school year that includes the submitted information and the study by the department. (3) Not later than December 1, 2021, and not later than December 1, 2022, submit the applicable reports to the governor, state board, and legislative council. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee for the 2022 interim and the 2023 interim the task of studying the information in the reports. Amends requirements that a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment must meet for approval by the state board. Provides that before the state board may approve a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment, the assessment vendor must enter into a data share agreement with the department. Repeals provisions that: (1) provide consequences for failing schools; (2) provide consequences for failing charter schools or choice scholarship schools; and (3) authorize the establishment of turnaround academies.

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Action History

  1. Public Law 211

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 478: yeas 47, nays 2

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 475: yeas 90, nays 0

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  10. Senator Rogers added as conferee

  11. Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee

  12. House advisors appointed: Behning, Teshka, Klinker and Pfaff

  13. House conferees appointed: Cook and Smith V

  14. Senate advisors appointed: Buchanan and Melton

  15. Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Ford J.D.

  16. House dissented from Senate amendments

  17. Motion to dissent filed

  18. Returned to the House with amendments

  19. Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor

  20. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 370: yeas 47, nays 0

  21. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  22. Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote

  23. Senator Kruse added as cosponsor

  24. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  25. First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

  26. Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor

  27. Referred to the Senate

  28. Representatives McNamara and Smith, V. added as coauthors

  29. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: yeas 94, nays 0

  30. Representatives McNamara and Smith, V. removed as coauthors

  31. Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz, Buchanan, Crane

  32. Representative Smith, V. added as coauthor

  33. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  34. Representative Behning added as coauthor

  35. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  36. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  37. Authored by Representative Cook

  38. Coauthored by Representative McNamara

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 140 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (140)

140 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

HB 1514 - Raatz - 3rd Reading

Passed 47 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 25002
Unaffiliated 16001
Democrat 6000
Total 47003
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Kruse — Yea
Lanane — Yea
Sandlin — Yea
Melton — Yea
Tallian — Yea
Boots — Yea
Messmer — Yea
Breaux — Yea
Mrvan — Yea
Brown — Yea
Grooms — Yea
Perfect — Yea
Young — Yea
Zay — Yea
Crane — Yea
Houchin — Not Voting
Ford Jon — Yea
David Niezgodski Democrat Yea
Fady Qaddoura Democrat Yea
Greg Taylor Democrat Yea
J.D. Ford Democrat Yea
Lonnie Randolph Democrat Yea
Shelli Yoder Democrat Yea
Aaron Freeman Republican Yea
Blake Doriot Republican Yea
Brian Buchanan Republican Yea
Chris Garten Republican Yea
Ed Charbonneau Republican Yea
Eric Bassler Republican Yea
Eric Koch Republican Yea
Greg Walker Republican Yea
James Buck Republican Yea
James Tomes Republican Yea
Jean Leising Republican Yea
Jeff Raatz Republican Yea
Justin Busch Republican Not Voting
Kyle Walker Republican Yea
Linda Rogers Republican Yea
Michael Crider Republican Yea
Mike Bohacek Republican Not Voting
Mike Gaskill Republican Yea
Rick Niemeyer Republican Yea
Rodric Bray Republican Yea
Ron Alting Republican Yea
Ryan Mishler Republican Yea
Scott Baldwin Republican Yea
Stacey Donato Republican Yea
Susan Glick Republican Yea
Travis Holdman Republican Yea
Vaneta Becker Republican Yea

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Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1514 do?
Requires the state board of education (state board) to: (1) establish a compilation of longitudinal data indicating school performance success in various selected and enumerated program areas; and (2) present the data for each school in a manner that is commonly known as an Internet dashboard. Requires each school to post on a web page maintained on the school's Internet web site the exact same data and in a similar format as the data presented for the school on the state board's Internet web site. Allows a school to include custom indicators on the school's web page. Provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other criterion referenced benchmark assessments recommended by the department of education (department) and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement. (Current law provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other assessments recommended by the department and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement.) Provides that the state board may assign each domain, indicator, or measure used to assess school performance a separate and distinct category or designation. Provides that the state board shall assign to a school or school corporation (including adult high schools) a "null" or "no letter grade" for the 2020-2021 school year. Requires each governing body of a school corporation and the equivalent for each charter school to submit to the department a report that includes certain information regarding instruction during the 2020-2021 school year and the 2021-2022 school year. Requires the department to do the following: (1) Conduct, in collaboration with the state board, a learning loss study regarding students in kindergarten through grade 10. (2) Prepare a report regarding the 2020-2021 school year and a report regarding the 2021-2022 school year that includes the submitted information and the study by the department. (3) Not later than December 1, 2021, and not later than December 1, 2022, submit the applicable reports to the governor, state board, and legislative council. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee for the 2022 interim and the 2023 interim the task of studying the information in the reports. Amends requirements that a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment must meet for approval by the state board. Provides that before the state board may approve a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment, the assessment vendor must enter into a data share agreement with the department. Repeals provisions that: (1) provide consequences for failing schools; (2) provide consequences for failing charter schools or choice scholarship schools; and (3) authorize the establishment of turnaround academies.
Who sponsors HB 1514?
HB 1514 is sponsored by Anthony Cook, Robert Behning (Republican), Wendy McNamara (Republican), Vernon Smith (Democrat), Jeff Raatz (Republican), Brian Buchanan (Republican), John Crane, J.D. Ford (Democrat), Dennis Kruse, and Fady Qaddoura (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 1514?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2021. Enacted.
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