---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education and higher education matters."
description: "Amends requirements regarding the development of a student's graduation plan. Provides that a student who is at least 17 years of age has full legal capacity to enter into a contract for a next generation Hoosier educators scholarship. Provides that the requirement that a postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution that ceases operation submit student records to the Indiana archives and records administration applies regardless of any outstanding debts owed to the institution. Repeals a provision that requires a student to develop an initial graduation plan in grade 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Indiana SB 101 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS generally", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities", "SCHOOLS", "Officers and Employees (other than teachers)", "SCHOOLS", "Pupils (other than disciplinary matters)", "STUDENT ASSISTANCE", "LOANS", "AND GRANTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Kruse", "Jeff Raatz", "Robert Behning"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85f4b8a0-daa1-43be-9983-89e5636f41ff"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/101"
source_hash: "202b801d4a244bea9c90598b256ef7d46f1f6b45520f8c576a2332d064b063e1"
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 SB 101 (2021) — Education and higher education matters.

Amends requirements regarding the development of a student's graduation plan. Provides that a student who is at least 17 years of age has full legal capacity to enter into a contract for a next generation Hoosier educators scholarship. Provides that the requirement that a postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution that ceases operation submit student records to the Indiana archives and records administration applies regardless of any outstanding debts owed to the institution. Repeals a provision that requires a student to develop an initial graduation plan in grade 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0101/versions/SB0101.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0101/versions/SB0101.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0101/versions/SB0101.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0101/versions/SB0101.02.COMS)

## Sponsors

- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Robert Behning — primary (person)
- Chuck Goodrich — cosponsor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Authored by Senator Raatz
- **2021-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Senator Kruse added as second author
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 120: yeas 45, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** House sponsor: Representative Jordan
- **2021-02-17** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Representative Jordan removed as sponsor
- **2021-03-02** Representative Behning added as sponsor
- **2021-03-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Representative Goodrich added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-15** Representative Smith, V. added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-15** Representative Klinker added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 266: yeas 98, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2021-03-18** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-03-23** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-03-31** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** Public Law 9

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85f4b8a0-daa1-43be-9983-89e5636f41ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).