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type: "Bill"
title: "Funding for virtual instruction in public schools."
description: "Establishes a definition of \"virtual instruction\" for purposes of determining a school corporation's basic tuition support using the: (1) 2020 fall count; and (2) 2021 spring count; of average daily membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Indiana SB 2 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION generally", "SCHOOLS", "Funds and Budgets"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Dennis Kruse", "Harold Slager", "Jeff Raatz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21979fb4-4b67-40e6-bfe0-b990de32278c"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/2"
source_hash: "93bc5afe3117ceeac9f76dba58a4d377b9052973083e3299d364e4b2b0bc477e"
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 SB 2 (2021) — Funding for virtual instruction in public schools.
Establishes a definition of "virtual instruction" for purposes of determining a school corporation's basic tuition support using the: (1) 2020 fall count; and (2) 2021 spring count; of average daily membership.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0002/versions/SB0002.05.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0002/versions/SB0002.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0002/versions/SB0002.04.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0002/versions/SB0002.03.COMS)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0002/versions/SB0002.02.COMS)
## Votes
- SB 2 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **416** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Harold Slager — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Chris Garten — coauthor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — coauthor (person)
- Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-04** Authored by Senator Raatz
- **2021-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05** Senator Buchanan added as second author
- **2021-01-11** Senator Kruse added as third author
- **2021-01-11** Senator Rogers added as coauthor
- **2021-01-11** Senators Gaskill and Qaddoura added as coauthors
- **2021-01-14** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2021-01-25** Senators Baldwin S, Bassler, Garten added as coauthors
- **2021-01-25** Senator Ford Jon added as coauthor
- **2021-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Amendment #1 (Tallian) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Senator Charbonneau added as coauthor
- **2021-02-01** Senator Melton added as coauthor
- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 35: yeas 41, nays 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** House sponsor: Representative Slager
- **2021-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2021-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** Amendment #2 (Pfaff) motion withdrawn `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-03-04** Amendment #1 (Porter) motion withdrawn `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-03-04** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 241: yeas 93, nays 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-15** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-03-16** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 236: yeas 44, nays 4 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-16** Senator Yoder added as coauthor
- **2021-03-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-03-23** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-03-31** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** Public Law 3
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21979fb4-4b67-40e6-bfe0-b990de32278c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).