Indiana Senate Bill 327 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 184
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Gary Community Schools. Establishes procedures to appoint members to the governing body of the Gary Community School Corporation. Establishes procedures for transferring responsibility of financial and academic matters from the emergency manager to the governing body. Removes obsolete provisions and makes conforming amendments. Provides that not later than October 31, 2025, and each October 31 thereafter, the governing body must submit a report to the distressed unit appeal board (DUAB) summarizing the financial position and operations of the school corporation for the previous state fiscal year. Requires: (1) the governing body to submit a report concerning specified topics to the DUAB and the budget committee before July 1, 2026; and (2) the DUAB to present that report to the budget committee before November 1, 2026. Repeals provisions relating to the election of advisory board members for the Gary Community School Corporation. Provides that the DUAB may employ staff (instead of an executive director). Repeals provisions requiring the DUAB to pay the Muncie Community School's emergency manager's compensation and to reimburse the Muncie Community School's emergency manager for actual and necessary expenses. Repeals the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee (committee). Replaces references to the committee with references to the DUAB.

Gary Community Schools.

Sen. Ryan Mishler [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Thompson [R]
Rep. Earl Harris [D]	Rep. Ragen Hatcher [D]

2023-04-25 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 38 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-17 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 40 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	Senate	Public Law 184
2023-05-04	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-26	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-25	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 473: yeas 38, nays 12
2023-04-24	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2023-04-18	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-04-17	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 433: yeas 94, nays 4
2023-04-13	House	Representatives Harris and Hatcher added as cosponsors
2023-04-13	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #5 (Smith V) motion withdrawn voice vote
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #2 (Hatcher) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-13	House	Amendment #7 (Harris) ruled out of order voice vote
2023-04-11	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2023-02-15	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-14	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Thompson
2023-02-14	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 117: yeas 40, nays 9
2023-02-13	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-09	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-06	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2023-02-02	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as second author
2023-01-12	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-12	Senate	Authored by Senator Mishler

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327/#4.ENGH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327/#5.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327/#S117
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327/#H433
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327/#S473