Indiana Senate Bill 398 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Passed on March 18 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-18 - Public Law 86
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Various education matters. Provides that, upon request by certain youth membership organizations (organization), a public school shall provide, at least one time each school year, a day and time, which may be during the school day as approved by the public school, for the representative of the organization to provide information to students on school property. Requires a public school to conduct expanded criminal history checks of representatives of organizations. Requires, not later than November 1, 2022, and not later than November 1 each year thereafter, the department of education (department) to report to the general assembly information regarding the pass rate of students who took the naturalization examination and post the pass rate on its Internet web site. Establishes the high school equivalency pilot program (program) for Richmond Community Schools, MSD Washington Township Schools, and MSD Warren Township Schools. Allows a student who has completed less than 50% of the required number of credits necessary to graduate upon entering their fourth year of high school to participate in the program to earn a high school equivalency. Provides that a student who participates in the program may not be counted in a school's graduation rate. Allows a school corporation to contract with adult education providers to provide services under the program if the adult education providers meet certain requirements. Requires a participating school corporation to pay for the program from its budget or through gifts, donations, bequests, grants, and funds from any other source. Requires the school corporation to hold a public meeting to discuss the source of the funds. Provides that an eligible student enrolled in a school corporation may not be a student in an adult education center or adult high school. Requires participating school corporations to report to the general assembly concerning the program. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee for study during the 2020 interim the topic of whether, and in what form, the state should encourage robotics classes and clubs for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Requires that the department of workforce development ensure that the high school equivalency test is administered under certain conditions and by certain vendors. Makes conforming amendments.

Various education matters.

Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Rep. Jack Jordan [R]
Rep. Sheila Klinker [D]

2020-03-11 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-03-11 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 81 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 19) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 80 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - House - House - Amendment #2 (Thompson) prevailed (Y: 62 N: 27 NV: 4 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-18	Senate	Public Law 86
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2020-03-16	House	Signed by the Speaker
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2020-03-11	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 375: yeas 81, nays 0
2020-03-11	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 376: yeas 47, nays 1
2020-03-11	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2020-03-10	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2020-03-04	House	House advisors appointed: Behning, Thompson and Klinker
2020-03-04	House	House conferees appointed: Jordan and DeLaney
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Rogers and Mrvan
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Stoops
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2020-03-03	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2020-03-03	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2020-03-02	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 240: yeas 80, nays 8
2020-02-27	House	Amendment #2 (Thompson) prevailed; Roll Call 231: yeas 62, nays 27
2020-02-27	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-02-25	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-02-17	House	Representative Jordan removed as cosponsor
2020-02-17	House	Representative Jordan added as sponsor
2020-02-17	House	Representative Sullivan removed as sponsor
2020-02-11	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2020-02-05	Senate	Referred to the House
2020-02-04	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Jordan and Klinker
2020-02-04	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Sullivan
2020-02-04	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: yeas 49, nays 0
2020-02-03	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2020-01-30	Senate	Senator Kruse added as third author
2020-01-30	Senate	Senator Rogers added as second author
2020-01-30	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-01-14	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2020-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Raatz

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/398/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/d/1/3/5d139c31/SB0398.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/8/3/6/0836b721/SB0398.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/2/7/b527ae73/SB0398.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/4/4/a/a44ae285/SB0398.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/2/0/7/f2070aa4/SB0398.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/a/7/d/ba7d6b95/SB0398.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/6/e/e/96ee167d/SB0398.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/1/c/2f1cbf78/SB0398.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/a/d/8/dad8f648/SB0398.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/f/b/c/cfbcd145/SB0398.05.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/f/2/7/8f277f44/SB0398.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/6/0/5/66054de4/SB0398.179_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/f/e/a/cfea7923/SB0398.02.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/e/f/1/6ef161b9/SB0398.231_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/6/8/f/068f11b3/SB0398.240_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/5/2/6/c5266e2d/SB0398.375_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/0/e/6/10e69d31/SB0398.376_S.pdf