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Bill	Students with disabilities.	Provides that the department of education (department) must submit any guidance or recommendation to a school corporation or school that attempts to affect in any manner based on statewide assessment accommodations which instructional methods are included or excluded from the student's special education plan or program to the state board of education (state board) for approval. Provides that the department shall, to the extent permitted under federal law, provide the same text-to-speech, screen reader, or human reader and calculator accommodations to a student in grades 6 through 12 on every section of the statewide assessment program if that accommodation is provided as part of the student's special education plan or program. Provides that the state board, in consultation with The Arc of Indiana and the Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education (ICASE), shall consult with one or more individuals who specialize in special education as part of the state board's oversight of the development and implementation of the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) program. Provides that a student's score on the statewide assessment may not be the primary factor or measure used to determine whether a student is eligible for a particular course or program. Establishes the Indiana standards and assessment accommodation task force to review: (1) the accommodations provided for by Indiana's statewide assessment to determine if appropriate accommodations are available to accurately measure a student's learning; and (2) the possibility of separating the academic standard of reading comprehension into a separate reading academic standard and a comprehension academic standard. Provides that the department, in consultation with The Arc of Indiana and ICASE, shall develop a notice for parents of certain students with disabilities that informs a parent that the student is not allowed to use certain accommodations on all or part of the statewide assessment. Provides that, not later than February 1, 2021, and not later than February 1, 2022, each public school, including each charter school, and each accredited nonpublic school shall do the following: (1) Provide the notice to the parent during the annual review of the student's special education plan or program. (2) If the parent does not attend the annual review, provide the notice to the parent by certified mail or personal delivery. (3) Discuss and determine, at the annual review of the student's special education plan or program in which a parent of the student participates, whether the student may be eligible to opt out of any applicable section of the statewide assessment. Provides that at least one member of the state board shall be a practicing licensed special education teacher or special education director at the time the member is appointed.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 346	Indiana SB 346 (2020)	bill	EDUCATION State Superintendent State Department and Boards PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES SCHOOLS ILEARN (formerly ISTEP) and Testing Programs SCHOOLS Special Education and Special Programs	enacted	Dennis Kruse Erin Houchin Linda Rogers Robert Behning	6	39	2	2020-01-13	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/34e313e7-e59a-42ed-81e0-e13deebe5a8c	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/346	718bb67ef77bfebece62365d9fad33be340c613530fe007848711e6372985125	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 346 (2020) — Students with disabilities.

Provides that the department of education (department) must submit any guidance or recommendation to a school corporation or school that attempts to affect in any manner based on statewide assessment accommodations which instructional methods are included or excluded from the student's special education plan or program to the state board of education (state board) for approval. Provides that the department shall, to the extent permitted under federal law, provide the same text-to-speech, screen reader, or human reader and calculator accommodations to a student in grades 6 through 12 on every section of the statewide assessment program if that accommodation is provided as part of the student's special education plan or program. Provides that the state board, in consultation with The Arc of Indiana and the Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education (ICASE), shall consult with one or more individuals who specialize in special education as part of the state board's oversight of the development and implementation of the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) program. Provides that a student's score on the statewide assessment may not be the primary factor or measure used to determine whether a student is eligible for a particular course or program. Establishes the Indiana standards and assessment accommodation task force to review: (1) the accommodations provided for by Indiana's statewide assessment to determine if appropriate accommodations are available to accurately measure a student's learning; and (2) the possibility of separating the academic standard of reading comprehension into a separate reading academic standard and a comprehension academic standard. Provides that the department, in consultation with The Arc of Indiana and ICASE, shall develop a notice for parents of certain students with disabilities that informs a parent that the student is not allowed to use certain accommodations on all or part of the statewide assessment. Provides that, not later than February 1, 2021, and not later than February 1, 2022, each public school, including each charter school, and each accredited nonpublic school shall do the following: (1) Provide the notice to the parent during the annual review of the student's special education plan or program. (2) If the parent does not attend the annual review, provide the notice to the parent by certified mail or personal delivery. (3) Discuss and determine, at the annual review of the student's special education plan or program in which a parent of the student participates, whether the student may be eligible to opt out of any applicable section of the statewide assessment. Provides that at least one member of the state board shall be a practicing licensed special education teacher or special education director at the time the member is appointed.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 346 - Houchin - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 346 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 89–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
• Erin Houchin — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
• Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
• Edward DeLaney — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
• Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
• Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Woody Burton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Authored by Senator Houchin
• 2020-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Senator Rogers added as second author
• 2020-01-30 Senator Stoops added as coauthor
• 2020-02-03 Senator Freeman added as coauthor
• 2020-02-03 Amendment #1 (Houchin) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-02-03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Senator Kruse added as third author
• 2020-02-03 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2020-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 170: yeas 49, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-04 House sponsor: Representative Behning
• 2020-02-04 Cosponsors: Representatives Burton and Clere
• 2020-02-04 Senators Bohacek and Messmer added as coauthors
• 2020-02-04 Senator Brown L added as coauthor
• 2020-02-04 Senator Raatz added as coauthor
• 2020-02-05 Referred to the House
• 2020-02-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Representative DeLaney added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-25 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-02-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 89, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-03 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-03 Motion to dissent filed
• 2020-03-03 Senate dissented from House amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-03 Senate conferees appointed: Houchin and Stoops
• 2020-03-03 Senate advisors appointed: Rogers and Mrvan
• 2020-03-04 House conferees appointed: Behning and DeLaney
• 2020-03-04 House advisors appointed: Cook, Clere, Klinker and Pfaff
• 2020-03-10 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2020-03-10 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2020-03-10 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 364: yeas 49, nays 0
• 2020-03-11 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 370: yeas 96, nays 0
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-16 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-18 Public Law 82

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34e313e7-e59a-42ed-81e0-e13deebe5a8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).