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Bill Various education matters. Requires the state board of education (state board) to: (1) establish a compilation of longitudinal data indicating school performance success in various selected and enumerated program areas; and (2) present the data for each school in a manner that is commonly known as an Internet dashboard. Requires each school to post on a web page maintained on the school's Internet web site the exact same data and in a similar format as the data presented for the school on the state board's Internet web site. Allows a school to include custom indicators on the school's web page. Provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other criterion referenced benchmark assessments recommended by the department of education (department) and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement. (Current law provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other assessments recommended by the department and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement.) Provides that the state board may assign each domain, indicator, or measure used to assess school performance a separate and distinct category or designation. Provides that the state board shall assign to a school or school corporation (including adult high schools) a "null" or "no letter grade" for the 2020-2021 school year. Requires each governing body of a school corporation and the equivalent for each charter school to submit to the department a report that includes certain information regarding instruction during the 2020-2021 school year and the 2021-2022 school year. Requires the department to do the following: (1) Conduct, in collaboration with the state board, a learning loss study regarding students in kindergarten through grade 10. (2) Prepare a report regarding the 2020-2021 school year and a report regarding the 2021-2022 school year that includes the submitted information and the study by the department. (3) Not later than December 1, 2021, and not later than December 1, 2022, submit the applicable reports to the governor, state board, and legislative council. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee for the 2022 interim and the 2023 interim the task of studying the information in the reports. Amends requirements that a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment must meet for approval by the state board. Provides that before the state board may approve a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment, the assessment vendor must enter into a data share agreement with the department. Repeals provisions that: (1) provide consequences for failing schools; (2) provide consequences for failing charter schools or choice scholarship schools; and (3) authorize the establishment of turnaround academies. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2021 HB 1514 Indiana HB 1514 (2021)
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State Department and Boards
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Anthony Cook
Brian Buchanan
Jeff Raatz
John Crane
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Indiana HB 1514 (2021) — Various education matters.

Requires the state board of education (state board) to: (1) establish a compilation of longitudinal data indicating school performance success in various selected and enumerated program areas; and (2) present the data for each school in a manner that is commonly known as an Internet dashboard. Requires each school to post on a web page maintained on the school's Internet web site the exact same data and in a similar format as the data presented for the school on the state board's Internet web site. Allows a school to include custom indicators on the school's web page. Provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other criterion referenced benchmark assessments recommended by the department of education (department) and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement. (Current law provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other assessments recommended by the department and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement.) Provides that the state board may assign each domain, indicator, or measure used to assess school performance a separate and distinct category or designation. Provides that the state board shall assign to a school or school corporation (including adult high schools) a "null" or "no letter grade" for the 2020-2021 school year. Requires each governing body of a school corporation and the equivalent for each charter school to submit to the department a report that includes certain information regarding instruction during the 2020-2021 school year and the 2021-2022 school year. Requires the department to do the following: (1) Conduct, in collaboration with the state board, a learning loss study regarding students in kindergarten through grade 10. (2) Prepare a report regarding the 2020-2021 school year and a report regarding the 2021-2022 school year that includes the submitted information and the study by the department. (3) Not later than December 1, 2021, and not later than December 1, 2022, submit the applicable reports to the governor, state board, and legislative council. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee for the 2022 interim and the 2023 interim the task of studying the information in the reports. Amends requirements that a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment must meet for approval by the state board. Provides that before the state board may approve a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment, the assessment vendor must enter into a data share agreement with the department. Repeals provisions that: (1) provide consequences for failing schools; (2) provide consequences for failing charter schools or choice scholarship schools; and (3) authorize the establishment of turnaround academies.

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 1514 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — 470 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Anthony Cook — primary (person)
  • Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
  • Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
  • John Crane — primary (person)
  • Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
  • Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
  • J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert Behning — coauthor (person)
  • Vernon Smith — coauthor (person)
  • Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representative McNamara
  • 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Cook
  • 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-02-04 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-02-08 Representative Behning added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-08 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-02-09 Representative Smith, V. added as coauthor
  • 2021-02-11 Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz, Buchanan, Crane
  • 2021-02-11 Representatives McNamara and Smith, V. removed as coauthors
  • 2021-02-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-11 Representatives McNamara and Smith, V. added as coauthors
  • 2021-02-12 Referred to the Senate
  • 2021-02-22 Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
  • 2021-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-04-01 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2021-04-01 Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
  • 2021-04-06 Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-06 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-04-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 370: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-04-08 Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
  • 2021-04-09 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
  • 2021-04-14 Motion to dissent filed
  • 2021-04-14 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
  • 2021-04-15 Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Ford J.D.
  • 2021-04-15 Senate advisors appointed: Buchanan and Melton
  • 2021-04-15 House conferees appointed: Cook and Smith V
  • 2021-04-15 House advisors appointed: Behning, Teshka, Klinker and Pfaff
  • 2021-04-19 Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee
  • 2021-04-19 Senator Rogers added as conferee
  • 2021-04-20 CCR # 1 filed in the House
  • 2021-04-20 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
  • 2021-04-20 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 475: yeas 90, nays 0
  • 2021-04-21 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 478: yeas 47, nays 2
  • 2021-04-22 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 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-04-29 Public Law 211

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b1d231a-e5ec-4d75-9e78-ed9faa8dfed7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).