republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-331.md

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Bill	Education matters.	Provides that, for purposes of determining the funding floor for teachers of a school corporation, the amount a school corporation expends for full-time teacher salaries shall include the amount the school corporation expends for participating in a special education cooperative or a career and technical education cooperative that is directly attributable to the salaries of full-time teachers employed by the cooperative, as determined by the department of education (department). Requires the department to annually report to the legislative council and the state budget committee on certain matters regarding full-time teacher salaries and benefits and the issuance of waivers of the requirement that a school corporation expend a specified percentage of tuition support for full-time teacher salaries. Authorizes the treasurer of state (treasurer) to deduct up to 10% of funds made available for the Indiana education scholarship account program (program) to cover costs of administering the program in the first year and up to 5% of funds made available in each year thereafter. Establishes the Indiana education scholarship account administration fund (fund) to support the administration of the program. Requires any amounts deducted by the treasurer for administration costs to be deposited in the fund. Removes a requirement for certain participating entities in the program to post a surety bond. Makes technical corrections.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	SB 331	Indiana SB 331 (2022)	bill	COMMISSIONS OR COUNCILS Creation of New Agencies PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PUBLIC FUNDS STUDENT ASSISTANCE LOANS AND GRANTS TREASURERS	enacted	Brian Buchanan Jeff Raatz John Crane Robert Behning	7	38	1	2022-01-11	2022-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/65cdb295-e018-4d43-b1a6-e08afa0f0dc5	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/331	59dcf19a55f526f2d92b46fc5c15611fd19c0f3bef0474c65e1959779c68e164	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 331 (2022) — Education matters.

Provides that, for purposes of determining the funding floor for teachers of a school corporation, the amount a school corporation expends for full-time teacher salaries shall include the amount the school corporation expends for participating in a special education cooperative or a career and technical education cooperative that is directly attributable to the salaries of full-time teachers employed by the cooperative, as determined by the department of education (department). Requires the department to annually report to the legislative council and the state budget committee on certain matters regarding full-time teacher salaries and benefits and the issuance of waivers of the requirement that a school corporation expend a specified percentage of tuition support for full-time teacher salaries. Authorizes the treasurer of state (treasurer) to deduct up to 10% of funds made available for the Indiana education scholarship account program (program) to cover costs of administering the program in the first year and up to 5% of funds made available in each year thereafter. Establishes the Indiana education scholarship account administration fund (fund) to support the administration of the program. Requires any amounts deducted by the treasurer for administration costs to be deposited in the fund. Removes a requirement for certain participating entities in the program to post a surety bond. Makes technical corrections.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 331 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 75–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• John Crane — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• Chuck Goodrich — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
• Jake Teshka — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Authored by Senator Buchanan
• 2022-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Senator Kruse added as coauthor
• 2022-01-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-31 Senator Raatz added as second author
• 2022-01-31 Senator Crane added as third author
• 2022-01-31 Amendment #2 (Mishler) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-31 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 37, nays 12 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 House sponsor: Representative Behning
• 2022-02-02 Referred to the House
• 2022-02-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Representatives Goodrich and Teshka J added as cosponsors
• 2022-02-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 302: yeas 75, nays 22 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-03-03 Motion to dissent filed
• 2022-03-03 Senate dissented from House amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-03-03 Senate conferees appointed: Buchanan and Ford J.D.
• 2022-03-03 Senate advisors appointed: Raatz and Melton
• 2022-03-03 House conferees appointed: Behning and Smith V
• 2022-03-03 House advisors appointed: Goodrich, Cook and DeLaney
• 2022-03-08 Senator Raatz removed as advisor
• 2022-03-08 Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee
• 2022-03-08 Senator Raatz added as conferee
• 2022-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2022-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2022-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 387: yeas 92, nays 4
• 2022-03-08 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 366: yeas 35, nays 15
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-15 Public Law 132
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65cdb295-e018-4d43-b1a6-e08afa0f0dc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).