---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student learning recovery grant program."
description: "Establishes the: (1) student learning recovery grant program; and (2) student learning recovery grant program fund (fund). Provides that, to be eligible to receive a grant, an eligible entity must develop and submit a student learning acceleration plan (plan). Establishes requirements for a plan and certain information reporting requirements for those eligible entities that are awarded a grant. Requires, before November 1, 2021, and November 1, 2022, the department of education to prepare and submit a report to the interim committee on education. Appropriates to the fund from the state general fund for the purposes of the program $150,000,000 for the 2021 state fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1008"
citation: "Indiana HB 1008 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATIONS", "EDUCATION generally", "PUBLIC FUNDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Messmer", "Ryan Mishler", "Wendy McNamara"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b99d23c-ffc6-43e3-8fb3-a4f18f177304"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1008"
source_hash: "a9449b82b9fdc676ce49a1f2288f9bc7046fd768df352ce34f7962deb5cd1548"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1008 (2021) — Student learning recovery grant program.

Establishes the: (1) student learning recovery grant program; and (2) student learning recovery grant program fund (fund). Provides that, to be eligible to receive a grant, an eligible entity must develop and submit a student learning acceleration plan (plan). Establishes requirements for a plan and certain information reporting requirements for those eligible entities that are awarded a grant. Requires, before November 1, 2021, and November 1, 2022, the department of education to prepare and submit a report to the interim committee on education. Appropriates to the fund from the state general fund for the purposes of the program $150,000,000 for the 2021 state fiscal year.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1008/versions/HB1008.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1008/versions/HB1008.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1008/versions/HB1008.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1008/versions/HB1008.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1008/versions/HB1008.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1008 - Mishler - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Engleman — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representatives Engleman and McNamara
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Carbaugh
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 17: yeas 29, nays 68 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-01** Amendment #1 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 18: yeas 28, nays 69 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Representative McNamara removed as coauthor
- **2021-02-01** Representative Carbaugh removed as author
- **2021-02-01** Representative McNamara added as author
- **2021-02-01** Representative Carbaugh added as coauthor
- **2021-02-02** Representative Porter added as coauthor
- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 33: yeas 94, nays 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Senate sponsors: Senators Mishler and Messmer
- **2021-02-03** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-30** Amendment #1 (Mishler) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 335: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** Senators Kruse and Becker added as cosponsors
- **2021-04-05** Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-13** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 439: yeas 79, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 167

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b99d23c-ffc6-43e3-8fb3-a4f18f177304`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).