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Bill Education matters. Requires, not later than October 1, 2025, the secretary of education to compile and prepare a report concerning school bus driver safety education training. Makes certain changes concerning the process of filling a school board vacancy. Provides that a superintendent is preferred (current law says required) to hold a master's degree from certain institutions. Provides that certain covered school buildings are not required to revert to a school corporation if the building is subject to ongoing renovations. Provides that a superintendent must discuss a plan for annual performance evaluations with teachers (instead of teachers or the teachers' representative). Requires, not later than August 1, 2025, the early learning advisory committee, in coordination with the department of education, to assess certain prekindergarten program matters and submit a report to the legislative council. Removes a provision that contracts with certain superintendents must be in a form of a regular teacher's contract. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 SB 366 Indiana SB 366 (2025)
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AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education
EDUCATION; Local School Boards
GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally
GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative Council
HIGHER EDUCATION; Academics and Curriculum
SCHOOLS; Buildings and Grounds
SCHOOLS; Buses
SCHOOLS; Charter Schools
SCHOOLS; Funds and Budgets
SCHOOLS; Generally
SCHOOLS; Officers and Employees (Other than Teachers)
SCHOOLS; Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten
SCHOOLS; Teachers
TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES; New
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Jeff Raatz
Linda Rogers
Robert Behning
Stacey Donato
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Indiana SB 366 (2025) — Education matters.

Requires, not later than October 1, 2025, the secretary of education to compile and prepare a report concerning school bus driver safety education training. Makes certain changes concerning the process of filling a school board vacancy. Provides that a superintendent is preferred (current law says required) to hold a master's degree from certain institutions. Provides that certain covered school buildings are not required to revert to a school corporation if the building is subject to ongoing renovations. Provides that a superintendent must discuss a plan for annual performance evaluations with teachers (instead of teachers or the teachers' representative). Requires, not later than August 1, 2025, the early learning advisory committee, in coordination with the department of education, to assess certain prekindergarten program matters and submit a report to the legislative council. Removes a provision that contracts with certain superintendents must be in a form of a regular teacher's contract.

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

Votes

  • SB 366 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 3016 (pass) · upper
  • SB 366 - Rogers — 2413 (fail) · upper
  • SB 366 - Rogers — 2917 (pass) · upper
  • SB 366 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 6327 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
  • Linda Rogers — primary (person)
  • Robert Behning — primary (person)
  • Stacey Donato — primary (person)
  • Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
  • Hunter Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Julie McGuire — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Rogers
  • 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-03 Senator Donato added as second author
  • 2025-02-03 Senator Raatz added as third author
  • 2025-02-03 Senator Buchanan added as coauthor
  • 2025-02-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Amendment #2 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-13 House sponsor: Representative Behning
  • 2025-02-13 Cosponsors: Representatives McGuire and Smith H
  • 2025-02-13 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 126: yeas 30, nays 16 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-02-14 Referred to the House referral
  • 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-03 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-04-07 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-04-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 401: yeas 63, nays 27 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-04-09 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2025-04-10 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2025-04-16 Concurrence failed for lack of constitutional majority; Roll Call 461: yeas 24, nays 13 failure
  • 2025-04-17 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 469: yeas 29, nays 17
  • 2025-04-22 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2025-04-22 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-05-01 Public Law 135 became-law
  • 2025-05-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14e30dcd-2887-4435-b556-92febfb6e58f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).