republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-358.md

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Bill	Various education matters.	Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) evaluate, approve, and publish a list of high quality curricular materials for use in English/language arts; and (2) collaborate with teachers in evaluating and approving the English/language arts curricular materials. Provides that the evaluation process for certain curricular materials must include the age appropriateness of the content. Specifies that the curriculum used by a school in which fewer than 70% of students achieved a valid passing score on the determinant evaluation of reading skills must be age appropriate. Requires, subject to available funding, certain schools to participate in the Indiana literacy cadre. Amends the definition of "eligible school" for purposes of the choice scholarship program. Provides that a parent who: (1) is an education scholarship account (ESA) participating entity; and (2) teaches a course or program only to an eligible student who is the parent's child and does not teach a course or program to any other eligible student; may not submit a claim for reimbursement of an ESA qualified expense of tuition and fees to teach the parent's child. Establishes penalties for certain violations by an ESA participating entity.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 358	Indiana SB 358 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities Damages and Penalties SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas) SCHOOLS; Curricula SCHOOLS; Financial Assistance (Including Vouchers Choice Scholarships and Education Savings Accounts) SCHOOLS; ILEARN (Formerly ISTEP) and Testing Programs SCHOOLS; Officers and Employees (Other than Teachers)	enacted	Jeff Raatz Linda Rogers Robert Behning	4	38	4	2025-01-13	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/70f6c826-32ae-4020-89d0-10c07202ef6a	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0358	54b262d4b732045661807e74c3cf5033d2f3bfddc1103aad92cc45eab766d5c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 358 (2025) — Various education matters.

Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) evaluate, approve, and publish a list of high quality curricular materials for use in English/language arts; and (2) collaborate with teachers in evaluating and approving the English/language arts curricular materials. Provides that the evaluation process for certain curricular materials must include the age appropriateness of the content. Specifies that the curriculum used by a school in which fewer than 70% of students achieved a valid passing score on the determinant evaluation of reading skills must be age appropriate. Requires, subject to available funding, certain schools to participate in the Indiana literacy cadre. Amends the definition of "eligible school" for purposes of the choice scholarship program. Provides that a parent who: (1) is an education scholarship account (ESA) participating entity; and (2) teaches a course or program only to an eligible student who is the parent's child and does not teach a course or program to any other eligible student; may not submit a claim for reimbursement of an ESA qualified expense of tuition and fees to teach the parent's child. Establishes penalties for certain violations by an ESA participating entity.

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 358 - Behning — 58–28 (pass) · lower
• SB 358 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 358 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — 39–10 (pass) · upper
• SB 358 - Raatz — 37–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Robert Behning — primary (person)
• Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Raatz
• 2025-01-23 Senator Rogers added as second author
• 2025-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-21 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 39, nays 10 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-20 House sponsor: Representative Behning
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Representative Cash added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-31 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-04 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 357: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2025-04-17 House conferees appointed: Behning and Pfaff
• 2025-04-17 House advisors appointed: Cash, Smith H and Smith V
• 2025-04-17 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2025-04-17 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2025-04-17 Concurrence withdrawn withdrawal
• 2025-04-21 Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Rogers
• 2025-04-21 Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Hunley
• 2025-04-23 Senator Rogers removed as advisor
• 2025-04-23 Senator Rogers added as conferee
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2025-04-23 Representative Pfaff removed as conferee
• 2025-04-23 Representative Ireland added as conferee
• 2025-04-23 Senator Hunley removed as conferee
• 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 507: yeas 37, nays 12
• 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-06 Public Law 199 became-law
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 555: yeas 58, nays 28

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70f6c826-32ae-4020-89d0-10c07202ef6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).