Indiana Senate Bill 287 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-13 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
Pending: Senate Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

School board matters. Requires candidates for school board offices to be nominated in the same manner as candidates for all other elected offices are nominated. Repeals the current statute relating to nomination of candidates for school board offices. Repeals other superseded statutes and makes conforming changes. Modifies the annual amount that the governing body of a school corporation may pay a member of the governing body from $2,000 (under current law) to an amount not to exceed 10% of the lowest starting salary of a teacher employed by the school corporation.

School board matters.

Sen. Gary Byrne [R]

Sen. Blake Doriot [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
2025-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senators Byrne and Doriot

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/287/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/SB0287.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/fiscal-notes/SB0287.01.INTR.FN001.pdf