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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Course access program."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1438"
citation: "Indiana HB 1438 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "State Superintendent", "State Department and Boards", "SCHOOLS", "Curricula", "TECHNOLOGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Cook", "Jeff Raatz", "John Crane"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3b13cd2-c09d-42c5-8ee2-37335dbd2f06"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1438"
source_hash: "825ef66b650301897a705ad87f858b3ae2d0fca8221c87eb35efa098ccae832a"
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 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](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1438/versions/HB1438.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1438/versions/HB1438.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1438/versions/HB1438.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1438/versions/HB1438.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1438/versions/HB1438.01.INTR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3b13cd2-c09d-42c5-8ee2-37335dbd2f06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).