Indiana Senate Bill 141 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2024 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-12 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Education matters. Provides that, for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, a school shall ensure that at least 60% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, a school shall ensure that at least 80% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students. Exempts schools that have a school counselor/student ratio that is not more than one school counselor to 350 students from the school counselor time requirement provisions. Allows school corporations to provide certain notices regarding expulsion meetings by electronic mail.

Education matters.

Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Rep. Jake Teshka [R]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]
Rep. Julie McGuire [R]	Rep. Michelle Davis [R]

2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-05 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-12	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2024-02-07	Senate	Referred to the House
2024-02-06	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Behning, McGuire, Davis
2024-02-06	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Teshka
2024-02-06	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 47, nays 1
2024-02-05	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2024-02-05	Senate	Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; Roll Call 92: yeas 48, nays 0
2024-02-01	Senate	Senator Donato added as second author
2024-02-01	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2024-01-08	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2024-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Leising

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/141/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/SB0141.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/SB0141.02.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/SB0141.03.ENGS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0141.01.INTR.AMS01.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/amendments/SB0141.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/fiscal-notes/SB0141.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/fiscal-notes/SB0141.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/votesheets/SB0141.01.INTR.02.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/committee-reports/SB0141.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/fiscal-notes/SB0141.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/fiscal-notes/SB0141.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/rollcalls/SB0141.92_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0141/rollcalls/SB0141.127_S.pdf