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type: "Bill"
title: "Graduation rate calculation."
description: "Provides that a student who withdraws from school after completing grade 10 may not be included in a school's graduation rate if the student's parent submits to the school the following statements while the student is enrolled in grade 8: (1) A statement from the parent affirming that the parent has a sincerely held religious belief against the taking of a photograph and that the student will be withdrawing from school after completing grade 10 in order to complete a career pathway certification or due to the parent's deeply held religious belief. (2) A statement from a member of the clergy of the religious organization of which the parent is a member regarding the prohibition of photography of members of the religious organization. Requires at least one parent of the student to provide proof that the parent has been issued a photo exempt driver's license or identification card."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1305"
citation: "Indiana HB 1305 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS generally (K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Christy Stutzman", "Linda Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e284a16-c3f9-4e2b-9e42-d1de9caec09b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1305"
source_hash: "ab3532f0e86dc5e6ea5522522ffecf6a0c3290885dd9adcde961a9c7017233ba"
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 1305 (2020) — Graduation rate calculation.
Provides that a student who withdraws from school after completing grade 10 may not be included in a school's graduation rate if the student's parent submits to the school the following statements while the student is enrolled in grade 8: (1) A statement from the parent affirming that the parent has a sincerely held religious belief against the taking of a photograph and that the student will be withdrawing from school after completing grade 10 in order to complete a career pathway certification or due to the parent's deeply held religious belief. (2) A statement from a member of the clergy of the religious organization of which the parent is a member regarding the prohibition of photography of members of the religious organization. Requires at least one parent of the student to provide proof that the parent has been issued a photo exempt driver's license or identification card.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1305/versions/HB1305.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1305/versions/HB1305.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1305/versions/HB1305.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1305/versions/HB1305.01.INTR)
## Votes
- HB 1305 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **426** (pass) · upper
- HB 1305 - Stutzman - 3rd Reading — **971** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Christy Stutzman — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-14** Representative Lindauer added as coauthor
- **2020-01-14** Authored by Representative Stutzman
- **2020-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Representative Klinker added as coauthor
- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Rogers
- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 104: yeas 97, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-24** Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 309: yeas 42, nays 6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House without amendments
- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 125
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e284a16-c3f9-4e2b-9e42-d1de9caec09b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).