republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1438.md

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Bill	Course access program.	Makes various changes to the course access program (program) provisions, including the following: (1) Requires the state board of education (state board) to establish certain requirements regarding the program. (2) Establishes the duties of the state board and the department of education (department) regarding the program. (3) Establishes notification requirements for a school corporation regarding an eligible student who submits a request to enroll in a course access program course. (4) Amends a provision that establishes the reasons for which a school corporation may deny an eligible student's enrollment. (5) Provides that a school corporation may be authorized as a course provider if the school corporation meets the requirements for authorization. (6) Allows a course provider to appeal a denial to the state board. (7) Requires the department to approve a civics course access program course that meets certain requirements. (8) Provides that: (A) a school corporation that is an authorized course provider shall provide to the department and post on the school corporation's Internet web site certain information regarding open slots in an online course access program course; and (B) the department shall post the information for each school corporation on the department's Internet web site.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1438	Indiana HB 1438 (2021)	bill	EDUCATION State Superintendent State Department and Boards SCHOOLS Curricula TECHNOLOGY	enacted	Anthony Cook Jeff Raatz John Crane	5	22	1	2021-01-14	2021-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/a3b13cd2-c09d-42c5-8ee2-37335dbd2f06	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1438	825ef66b650301897a705ad87f858b3ae2d0fca8221c87eb35efa098ccae832a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1438 (2021) — Course access program.

Makes various changes to the course access program (program) provisions, including the following: (1) Requires the state board of education (state board) to establish certain requirements regarding the program. (2) Establishes the duties of the state board and the department of education (department) regarding the program. (3) Establishes notification requirements for a school corporation regarding an eligible student who submits a request to enroll in a course access program course. (4) Amends a provision that establishes the reasons for which a school corporation may deny an eligible student's enrollment. (5) Provides that a school corporation may be authorized as a course provider if the school corporation meets the requirements for authorization. (6) Allows a course provider to appeal a denial to the state board. (7) Requires the department to approve a civics course access program course that meets certain requirements. (8) Provides that: (A) a school corporation that is an authorized course provider shall provide to the department and post on the school corporation's Internet web site certain information regarding open slots in an online course access program course; and (B) the department shall post the information for each school corporation on the department's Internet web site.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1438 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — 40–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Anthony Cook — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• John Crane — primary (person)
• Chuck Goodrich — coauthor (person)
• Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
• Robert Behning — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representatives Thompson and Goodrich
• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Cook
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-15 Representative Behning added as coauthor
• 2021-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 151: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-17 Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz and Crane
• 2021-02-18 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-03-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-23 Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2021-03-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 40, nays 10 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-26 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-06 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-08 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 391: yeas 87, nays 1 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-23 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-29 Public Law 200
• 2021-04-29 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3b13cd2-c09d-42c5-8ee2-37335dbd2f06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).