republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-270.md

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Bill	Various education matters.	Establishes limitations regarding the lease of school property. Amends the enrollment threshold regarding when a school building is considered underutilized. Makes changes regarding requiring (instead of allowing) a school building to be closed or made available for lease or purchase. Provides that school corporations that meet certain requirements regarding sharing operating referendum tax levy and school safety referendum tax levy revenue are not subject to the transfer of vacant school building provisions. Provides that no resolution, referenda, or distributed revenue prior to May 10, 2023, are effective to provide exemption from the transfer of vacant school building provisions. Exempts school corporations that have had a designation as a distressed political subdivision within the previous three years from the transfer of vacant school building provisions. Establishes additional requirements regarding notice, determinations, and appeals under the transfer of vacant school building provisions. Amends requirements with regard to: (1) bringing a civil action to enforce a final order to make a covered school building available for purchase or lease; (2) the time frame for which a school building must be used; and (3) transferring a school building back to a school corporation. Provides that, if a school corporation transfers a covered school building in violation of the transfer of vacant school building provisions, the transfer is void and allows for a court action with the award of attorney's fees. Changes certain formulas to reference property tax levies collected (current law references property tax levies imposed). Requires the commission for higher education to: (1) study and make recommendations; and (2) submit a report; regarding allowing Ivy Tech Community College to award bachelor's degrees and Vincennes University to offer additional programs that lead to a bachelor's degree. Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 270	Indiana SB 270 (2024)	bill	AGENCIES; Commission for Higher Education (CHE) AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education CITIES; Indianapolis COUNTIES; Lake COUNTIES; St. Joseph COUNTIES; Vanderburgh EDUCATION; Generally ELECTIONS; Public Questions and Referendums GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative Council HEALTH; Physical Disabilities SCHOOLS; Buildings and Grounds SCHOOLS; Generally TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; New	enacted	Jeff Raatz Linda Rogers Robert Behning Stacey Donato	6	31	4	2024-01-16	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/df32f61d-5c70-46dd-a3be-41439b9b12a1	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0270	266118c9bf172ce10170136ad1a45763cce44b696d41a06f97cb51f0f237630a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 270 (2024) — Various education matters.

Establishes limitations regarding the lease of school property. Amends the enrollment threshold regarding when a school building is considered underutilized. Makes changes regarding requiring (instead of allowing) a school building to be closed or made available for lease or purchase. Provides that school corporations that meet certain requirements regarding sharing operating referendum tax levy and school safety referendum tax levy revenue are not subject to the transfer of vacant school building provisions. Provides that no resolution, referenda, or distributed revenue prior to May 10, 2023, are effective to provide exemption from the transfer of vacant school building provisions. Exempts school corporations that have had a designation as a distressed political subdivision within the previous three years from the transfer of vacant school building provisions. Establishes additional requirements regarding notice, determinations, and appeals under the transfer of vacant school building provisions. Amends requirements with regard to: (1) bringing a civil action to enforce a final order to make a covered school building available for purchase or lease; (2) the time frame for which a school building must be used; and (3) transferring a school building back to a school corporation. Provides that, if a school corporation transfers a covered school building in violation of the transfer of vacant school building provisions, the transfer is void and allows for a court action with the award of attorney's fees. Changes certain formulas to reference property tax levies collected (current law references property tax levies imposed). Requires the commission for higher education to: (1) study and make recommendations; and (2) submit a report; regarding allowing Ivy Tech Community College to award bachelor's degrees and Vincennes University to offer additional programs that lead to a bachelor's degree. Makes conforming changes.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 270 - Rogers — 31–14 (pass) · upper
• SB 270 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 36–11 (pass) · upper
• SB 270 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 61–30 (pass) · lower
• SB 270 - Behning - 2nd Reading — 28–64 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
• Jake Teshka — cosponsor (person)
• Julie McGuire — cosponsor (person)
• Martin Carbaugh — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-16 Authored by Senator Rogers
• 2024-01-16 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Senator Buchanan added as coauthor
• 2024-02-01 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Senator Donato added as third author
• 2024-02-05 Senator Raatz added as second author
• 2024-02-05 Amendment #2 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-05 Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-05 Amendment #6 (Hunley) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-05 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2024-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 141: yeas 36, nays 11 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Behning
• 2024-02-06 Cosponsors: Representatives Teshka, Carbaugh, McGuire
• 2024-02-07 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Amendment #1 (Hamilton) failed; Roll Call 156: yeas 28, nays 64 amendment-failure, failure
• 2024-02-19 Amendment #2 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-19 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 180: yeas 61, nays 30 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-02-26 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-02-29 Senator Randolph removed as coauthor
• 2024-02-29 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 237: yeas 31, nays 14
• 2024-03-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 36 became-law
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df32f61d-5c70-46dd-a3be-41439b9b12a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).