Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 5 R cosponsors

SB 255 — Education matters.

Last action — Public Law 194

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 06, 2025.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    4 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 R).

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Summary

Requires the department of education (department) to grant an initial practitioner license to an individual who: (1) holds a bachelor's degree with a major in any combination of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (2) successfully completes a total of at least nine academic credits regarding certain instruction in teaching; and (3) meets other specified requirements. Provides that the department may grant a license to teach a high school level course or grades 5 through 9 to an individual who completes a licensure pathway established by the department. Requires a principal to allow a student who is enrolled in a public secondary school to receive religious instruction for a period or periods that do not exceed the amount of time that is equivalent to attending one elective course at the public secondary school during the week. (Current law provides for a period or periods of not more than 120 minutes in total in any week.) Provides that a public secondary school may award academic credit to a student who attends religious instruction if: (1) the religious entity providing the instruction agrees to certain conditions; and (2) the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit (current law only provides that a public secondary school may award academic credit to a student who attends religious instruction if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit). Changes certain requirements regarding the reporting of a bullying "incident" to the reporting of a bullying "investigation". Requires discipline rules to include a provision to make a reasonable attempt to notify both the parent of a targeted student and the parent of an alleged perpetrator that the school is investigating a possible incident of bullying or similar misconduct before the end of the next school day after the school becomes aware of the possible incident.

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Action History

  1. Public Law 194

  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. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 498: yeas 32, nays 12

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 533: yeas 66, nays 25

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  10. Representative DeLaney removed as conferee

  11. Senator Qaddoura removed as conferee

  12. Senator Rogers removed as advisor

  13. Senator Ford J.D. removed as coauthor

  14. Senator Rogers added as conferee

  15. Senator Yoder removed as coauthor

  16. Representative Smith H added as conferee

  17. Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Rogers

  18. Senate conferees appointed: Deery and Qaddoura

  19. House conferees appointed: Davis and DeLaney

  20. House advisors appointed: Behning, Culp and Smith V

  21. Senate dissented from House amendments

  22. Motion to dissent filed

  23. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  24. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 447: yeas 94, nays 0

  25. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  26. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  27. Recommitted to Committee on Education pursuant to House Rule 126.2

  28. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  29. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  30. Referred to the House

  31. Cosponsor: Representative Culp

  32. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 30: yeas 49, nays 0

  33. House sponsor: Representative Davis

  34. Senator Yoder added as coauthor

  35. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  36. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  37. Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor

  38. Senator Johnson T added as third author

  39. Senator Rogers added as second author

  40. Authored by Senator Deery

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (145)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 255 do?
Requires the department of education (department) to grant an initial practitioner license to an individual who: (1) holds a bachelor's degree with a major in any combination of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (2) successfully completes a total of at least nine academic credits regarding certain instruction in teaching; and (3) meets other specified requirements. Provides that the department may grant a license to teach a high school level course or grades 5 through 9 to an individual who completes a licensure pathway established by the department. Requires a principal to allow a student who is enrolled in a public secondary school to receive religious instruction for a period or periods that do not exceed the amount of time that is equivalent to attending one elective course at the public secondary school during the week. (Current law provides for a period or periods of not more than 120 minutes in total in any week.) Provides that a public secondary school may award academic credit to a student who attends religious instruction if: (1) the religious entity providing the instruction agrees to certain conditions; and (2) the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit (current law only provides that a public secondary school may award academic credit to a student who attends religious instruction if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit). Changes certain requirements regarding the reporting of a bullying "incident" to the reporting of a bullying "investigation". Requires discipline rules to include a provision to make a reasonable attempt to notify both the parent of a targeted student and the parent of an alleged perpetrator that the school is investigating a possible incident of bullying or similar misconduct before the end of the next school day after the school becomes aware of the possible incident.
Who sponsors SB 255?
SB 255 is sponsored by Kendell Culp (Republican), Michelle Davis (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Linda Rogers (Republican), and Spencer Deery (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 255?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 255?
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