republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1637.md

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Bill	Teacher education scholarship programs.	Increases the annual scholarship amount that the commission for higher education (commission) may award under the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program from $7,500 to $10,000. Removes limits on the number of next generation Hoosier educators scholarships that may be awarded. Establishes the next generation Hoosier minority educators scholarship program and fund. Provides that the commission may award a next generation Hoosier minority educators scholarship to an eligible applicant in an amount of $10,000 each academic year for not more than four academic years. Establishes criteria an applicant must meet and terms an applicant must agree to in order to receive a next generation Hoosier minority educators scholarship. Increases the annual scholarship amount that an Earline S. Rogers student teaching scholarship for minority students recipient may receive from $4,000 to $5,000.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1637	Indiana HB 1637 (2023)	bill	EDUCATION generally HIGHER EDUCATION Colleges and Universities MINORITIES AND MINORITY BUSINESSES SCHOOLS Teachers STUDENT ASSISTANCE LOANS AND GRANTS	enacted	Brian Buchanan Linda Rogers Robert Behning Tyler Johnson	8	27	1	2023-01-19	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e345726b-39ed-4cd8-8b3a-e7e9bbd4f824	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1637	b116aaece9fd5b17b9bb08cbd15b313e4adc842d629fb62ac4245fe13375d9aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1637 (2023) — Teacher education scholarship programs.

Increases the annual scholarship amount that the commission for higher education (commission) may award under the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program from $7,500 to $10,000. Removes limits on the number of next generation Hoosier educators scholarships that may be awarded. Establishes the next generation Hoosier minority educators scholarship program and fund. Provides that the commission may award a next generation Hoosier minority educators scholarship to an eligible applicant in an amount of $10,000 each academic year for not more than four academic years. Establishes criteria an applicant must meet and terms an applicant must agree to in order to receive a next generation Hoosier minority educators scholarship. Increases the annual scholarship amount that an Earline S. Rogers student teaching scholarship for minority students recipient may receive from $4,000 to $5,000.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1637 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Jordan — coauthor (person)
• Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-19 Coauthored by Representatives Jordan, McNamara, Shackleford
• 2023-01-19 Authored by Representative Behning
• 2023-01-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-02 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
• 2023-02-16 Representative Shackleford removed as coauthor
• 2023-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-23 Amendment #5 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 246: yeas 90, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-27 Senate sponsors: Senators Buchanan, Rogers, Johnson
• 2023-02-28 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-03-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-03 Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-06 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-04-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-04-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 453: yeas 50, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-19 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-20 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-04-20 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 462: yeas 86, nays 4
• 2023-04-24 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-25 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-05-01 Public Law 161 became-law
• 2023-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e345726b-39ed-4cd8-8b3a-e7e9bbd4f824. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).