Indiana Senate Bill 279 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-24 - Senator Buchanan added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Education and Career Development Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Election of school board members. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may change the school corporation's organizational plan to provide that candidates for election to the governing body are elected in a nonpartisan election or as all other elected offices are elected. Amends current statutes relating to nomination of candidates for school board offices to reflect this option. Repeals other superseded statutes. Makes conforming changes. Changes population parameters to reflect the population count determined under the 2020 decennial census.

Election of school board members.

Sen. Greg Walker [R]

Sen. Brian Buchanan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Buchanan added as coauthor
2022-01-10	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2022-01-10	Senate	Authored by Senator Walker G

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/279/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/a/e/7/0ae79b67/SB0279.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/9/6/0396dc00/SB0279.01.INTR.FN001.pdf