Indiana Senate Bill 438 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on May 6 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-06 - Public Law 275
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Various education matters. Amends requirements to be eligible for a career specialist permit. Establishes requirements to be eligible for a workplace specialist license. (The current requirements to be eligible for a workplace specialist license are in rules adopted by the state board of education.) Requires the department of education to enter into the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) Interstate Agreement. Requires the commission for higher education to establish a dual credit advisory council (council) to review and update, as needed, the requirements under HEA 1370-2016 (P.L.175-2016) concerning ensuring that a teacher who currently teaches a high school dual credit course on behalf of or under an agreement with a state educational institution can, by July 1, 2022, meet accreditation requirements established by the state educational institution's regional accrediting agency or an association recognized by the United States Department of Education. Requires, not later than November 1, 2019, the council to submit a report to the legislative council concerning the council's findings and recommendations. Removes, for purposes of obtaining an initial practitioner teaching license, the requirement that an individual must pass a written examination in basic reading, writing, and mathematics (CASA examination). Provides that the state board of education may create a method or model to align currently used performance evaluation plan factors with certain indicators.

Various education matters. Amends requirements to be eligible for a career specialist permit. Establishes requirements to be eligible for a workplace specialist license. (The current requirements to be eligible for a workplace specialist license are in rules adopted by the state board of education.) Requires the department of education to enter into the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) Interstate Agreement. Requires the commission for higher education to establish a dual credit advisory council (council) to review and update, as needed, the requirements under HEA 1370-2016 (P.L.175-2016) concerning ensuring that a teacher who currently teaches a high school dual credit course on behalf of or under an agreement with a state educational institution can, by July 1, 2022, meet accreditation requirements established by the state educational institution's regional accrediting agency or an association recognized by the United States Department of Education. Requires, not later than November 1, 2019, the council to submit a report to the legislative council concerning the council's findings and recommendations. Removes, for purposes of obtaining an initial practitioner teaching license, the requirement that an individual must pass a written examination in basic reading, writing, and mathematics (CASA examination). Provides that the state board of education may create a method or model to align currently used performance evaluation plan factors with certain indicators.

Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. Jack Jordan [R]

2019-04-24 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 39 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-04-24 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2019-04-09 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-04-03 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-06	Senate	Public Law 275
2019-05-06	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2019-04-30	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2019-04-29	House	Signed by the Speaker
2019-04-24	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2019-04-24	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 646: yeas 93, nays 0
2019-04-24	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 615: yeas 39, nays 10
2019-04-24	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2019-04-24	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2019-04-23	Senate	Senator Raatz added as conferee
2019-04-23	Senate	Senator Melton removed as conferee
2019-04-23	Senate	Senator Raatz removed as advisor
2019-04-16	House	House advisors appointed: Jordan, Cook, DeLaney and Klinker
2019-04-16	House	House conferees appointed: Behning and Pfaff
2019-04-15	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Raatz and Stoops
2019-04-15	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Zay and Melton
2019-04-15	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2019-04-15	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2019-04-11	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2019-04-09	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 439: yeas 95, nays 0
2019-04-08	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-04-04	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-03-28	House	Representative Jordan added as cosponsor
2019-02-26	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2019-01-30	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-01-29	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2019-01-29	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Behning
2019-01-29	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 48: yeas 49, nays 0
2019-01-28	Senate	Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote
2019-01-28	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Kruse added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-15	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2019-01-15	Senate	Senator Raatz added as second author
2019-01-14	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2019-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Zay

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/438/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/1/c/c31c6b8d/SB0438.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/2/b/8/12b82914/SB0438.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/d/f/3/2df39972/SB0438.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/b/c/5/6bc517d7/SB0438.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/8/2/b/a82bb615/SB0438.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/4/1/5/6415712d/SB0438.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/1/7/7/817756c2/SB0438.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/6/d/7/16d77dbb/SB0438.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/9/c/2/e9c275c4/SB0438.05.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/9/c/4/a9c47d80/SB0438.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/6/b/e/56bed044/SB0438.48.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/0/4/5/a0459974/SB0438.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/2/1/f/c21feaf8/SB0438.439.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/7/4/6/9746b383/SB0438.646.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/0/2/4/5024dcf5/SB0438.615.pdf