Indiana Senate Bill 486 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 22-0)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 200
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Education matters. Repeals teacher training requirements regarding: (1) criminal gang organizations awareness; (2) certain information concerning homeless students; and (3) recognizing the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to the symptoms; and requires that information concerning these subjects be included within the curriculum of teacher preparation programs. Provides that the department of education (department) may establish or license for use an online platform to provide information and training concerning these and other subjects. Removes certain requirements regarding annual performance evaluation plans for certificated employees, including: (1) certain content requirements; and (2) certain requirements that a plan be discussed. Amends requirements to be considered a probationary teacher and professional teacher. Provides that, after a school corporation has assigned an evaluator to perform a certificated employee's evaluation, the certificated employee may request the school corporation to assign another evaluator. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying current school assessments in an effort to reduce and streamline assessments for Indiana students. Removes a provision that requires a school employer to discuss certain items with the exclusive representative of certificated employees and provides that a school employer may discuss: (1) with a certificated employee or group of certificated employees; or (2) at one or more meetings that are open to all certificated employees; any topic that significantly impacts a certificated employee's working conditions or impacts the educational quality of the school employer's students. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) requirements regarding the adoption of model evaluation plans and an approval process for the plans; (2) the obligation to discuss certain items not requiring either party to enter into a contract, agree to a proposal, or make a concession; and (3) the definition of "discuss" for purposes of the collective bargaining provisions.

Education matters.

Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. Brian Buchanan [R]
Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Mark Messmer [R]	Sen. Mike Gaskill [R]	Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]
Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Tyler Johnson [R]	Sen. Travis Holdman [R]	Sen. Spencer Deery [R]
Sen. Eric Bassler [R]	Sen. Gary Byrne [R]	Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]	Sen. Scott Alexander [R]
Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. John Crane [R]	Rep. Jake Teshka [R]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]
Rep. Joanna King [R]	Rep. Jack Jordan [R]

2023-04-25 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 27 N: 23 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-17 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 63 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-12 - House - House - Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed (Y: 32 N: 62 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2023-04-12 - House - House - Amendment #3 (Teshka) prevailed (Y: 63 N: 29 NV: 2 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 28 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed (Y: 13 N: 33 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [FAIL]
2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #3 (Ford J.D.) failed (Y: 13 N: 33 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	Senate	Public Law 200
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 474: yeas 27, nays 23
2023-04-18	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2023-04-18	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-04-17	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 438: yeas 63, nays 36
2023-04-12	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-04-12	House	Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 405: yeas 32, nays 62
2023-04-12	House	Amendment #3 (Teshka) prevailed; Roll Call 404: yeas 63, nays 29
2023-04-10	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2023-02-24	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-23	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Behning, King J, Jordan
2023-02-23	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Teshka
2023-02-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 157: yeas 28, nays 20
2023-02-21	Senate	Senator Freeman removed as coauthor
2023-02-21	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-02-21	Senate	Amendment #3 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 135: yeas 13, nays 33
2023-02-21	Senate	Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 134: yeas 13, nays 33
2023-02-21	Senate	Amendment #5 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-16	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-02	Senate	Senator Charbonneau removed as coauthor
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-30	Senate	Senator Crane added as coauthor
2023-01-30	Senate	Senator Ford Jon removed as coauthor
2023-01-26	Senate	Senator Leising removed as coauthor
2023-01-19	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2023-01-19	Senate	Authored by Senators Rogers, Raatz, Donato
2023-01-19	Senate	Coauthored by Senators Buchanan, Doriot, Messmer, Gaskill, Sandlin, Brown L, Johnson, Holdman, Deery, Bassler, Ford Jon, Byrne, Charbonneau, Niemeyer, Freeman, Leising, Alexander, Buck

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#3.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#4.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#5.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#6.ENGH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#7.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#S135
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#S134
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#S157
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#H404
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#H405
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#H438
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486/#S474