republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-6.md

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Bill	Reading proficiency.	Requires the department of education (department) to develop a method to identify students in grade 4 through grade 8 who: (1) did not pass the determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board of education; and (2) are at risk of not being proficient in reading as determined by Lexile scores on the statewide summative assessment. Requires the department to develop guidance for schools regarding how to support students who are at risk of not being proficient in reading.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 6	Indiana SB 6 (2024)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education EDUCATION; State Board of Education (SBOE) SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas) SCHOOLS; Curricula	enacted	Jeff Raatz Linda Rogers Robert Behning	4	20	2	2024-01-08	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/2e0baa40-571a-44e4-9d4c-ff0e9cea4857	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0006	5fd00c9a8f16c81063ed34f6948f87666829ed8c76a0b843a784f9dd0f5e808d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 6 (2024) — Reading proficiency.

Requires the department of education (department) to develop a method to identify students in grade 4 through grade 8 who: (1) did not pass the determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board of education; and (2) are at risk of not being proficient in reading as determined by Lexile scores on the statewide summative assessment. Requires the department to develop guidance for schools regarding how to support students who are at risk of not being proficient in reading.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 6 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 6 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 92–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• John Crane — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 Authored by Senator Raatz
• 2024-01-11 Senator Crane added as coauthor
• 2024-01-18 Senator Rogers added as second author
• 2024-01-25 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-30 House sponsor: Representative Behning
• 2024-01-30 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2024-01-31 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 163: yeas 92, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 7 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e0baa40-571a-44e4-9d4c-ff0e9cea4857. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).