republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-486.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education matters."
description: "Repeals teacher training requirements regarding: (1) criminal gang organizations awareness; (2) certain information concerning homeless students; and (3) recognizing the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to the symptoms; and requires that information concerning these subjects be included within the curriculum of teacher preparation programs. Provides that the department of education (department) may establish or license for use an online platform to provide information and training concerning these and other subjects. Removes certain requirements regarding annual performance evaluation plans for certificated employees, including: (1) certain content requirements; and (2) certain requirements that a plan be discussed. Amends requirements to be considered a probationary teacher and professional teacher. Provides that, after a school corporation has assigned an evaluator to perform a certificated employee's evaluation, the certificated employee may request the school corporation to assign another evaluator. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying current school assessments in an effort to reduce and streamline assessments for Indiana students. Removes a provision that requires a school employer to discuss certain items with the exclusive representative of certificated employees and provides that a school employer may discuss: (1) with a certificated employee or group of certificated employees; or (2) at one or more meetings that are open to all certificated employees; any topic that significantly impacts a certificated employee's working conditions or impacts the educational quality of the school employer's students. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) requirements regarding the adoption of model evaluation plans and an approval process for the plans; (2) the obligation to discuss certain items not requiring either party to enter into a contract, agree to a proposal, or make a concession; and (3) the definition of \"discuss\" for purposes of the collective bargaining provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 486"
citation: "Indiana SB 486 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "Secretary of Education", "State Department and Boards", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Wages", "Arbitration", "and Benefits", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Work Training", "SCHOOLS", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jake Teshka", "Jeff Raatz", "Linda Rogers", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83504190-a8f3-4255-bc0b-5174d9ba9cbe"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/486"
source_hash: "28960ce0c79cca7b88c446a5a0cc2ad9dbeafa3bd3ab1e418ceb103caeb63d81"
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 486 (2023) — Education matters.

Repeals teacher training requirements regarding: (1) criminal gang organizations awareness; (2) certain information concerning homeless students; and (3) recognizing the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to the symptoms; and requires that information concerning these subjects be included within the curriculum of teacher preparation programs. Provides that the department of education (department) may establish or license for use an online platform to provide information and training concerning these and other subjects. Removes certain requirements regarding annual performance evaluation plans for certificated employees, including: (1) certain content requirements; and (2) certain requirements that a plan be discussed. Amends requirements to be considered a probationary teacher and professional teacher. Provides that, after a school corporation has assigned an evaluator to perform a certificated employee's evaluation, the certificated employee may request the school corporation to assign another evaluator. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying current school assessments in an effort to reduce and streamline assessments for Indiana students. Removes a provision that requires a school employer to discuss certain items with the exclusive representative of certificated employees and provides that a school employer may discuss: (1) with a certificated employee or group of certificated employees; or (2) at one or more meetings that are open to all certificated employees; any topic that significantly impacts a certificated employee's working conditions or impacts the educational quality of the school employer's students. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) requirements regarding the adoption of model evaluation plans and an approval process for the plans; (2) the obligation to discuss certain items not requiring either party to enter into a contract, agree to a proposal, or make a concession; and (3) the definition of "discuss" for purposes of the collective bargaining provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0486/versions/SB0486.06.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0486/versions/SB0486.04.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0486/versions/SB0486.07.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0486/versions/SB0486.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0486/versions/SB0486.05.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0486/versions/SB0486.03.COMS)
7. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0486/versions/SB0486.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 486 - Teshka J - 3rd Reading — **63–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jake Teshka — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
- Jack Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- Joanna King — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
- Mark Messmer — coauthor (person)
- Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
- Robert Behning — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Alexander — coauthor (person)
- Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)
- Travis Holdman — coauthor (person)
- Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Coauthored by Senators Buchanan, Doriot, Messmer, Gaskill, Sandlin, Brown L, Johnson, Holdman, Deery, Bassler, Ford Jon, Byrne, Charbonneau, Niemeyer, Freeman, Leising, Alexander, Buck
- **2023-01-19** Authored by Senators Rogers, Raatz, Donato
- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Senator Leising removed as coauthor
- **2023-01-30** Senator Ford Jon removed as coauthor
- **2023-01-30** Senator Crane added as coauthor
- **2023-02-02** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Senator Charbonneau removed as coauthor
- **2023-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment #5 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 134: yeas 13, nays 33 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment #3 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 135: yeas 13, nays 33 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-02-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Senator Freeman removed as coauthor
- **2023-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 157: yeas 28, nays 20 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** House sponsor: Representative Teshka
- **2023-02-23** Cosponsors: Representatives Behning, King J, Jordan
- **2023-02-24** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Amendment #3 (Teshka) prevailed; Roll Call 404: yeas 63, nays 29 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 405: yeas 32, nays 62 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2023-04-12** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 438: yeas 63, nays 36 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 474: yeas 27, nays 23
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Public Law 200 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83504190-a8f3-4255-bc0b-5174d9ba9cbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).