republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-373.md

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Bill	Various education matters.	Provides that the department of education (department) is the proper authority to accept federal funds appropriated to aid in the education of children with disabilities (current law provides that the state board of education is the proper authority). Removes the member of the Indiana Transportation Association from the list of nonvoting members on the state school bus committee. Provides that an individual seeking an initial practitioners license through an alternative certification path must successfully complete an applicable teacher licensing exam as approved by the state board of education (board) (current law requires the successful completion of a Praxis Subject Assessment). Provides that summer school funding may be differentiated based on the course or length of time of the program. Moves the establishment of the division of special education from the board to the department. Changes certain duties for the secretary of education and the director of special education. Provides that the department may suspend or terminate the certification of a scholarship granting organization if the department establishes that the organization has not granted a scholarship within certain time frames.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 373	Indiana SB 373 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally CHILDREN AND MINORS; Youth Programs EDUCATION; State Board of Education (SBOE) HEALTH; Developmental Disabilities HEALTH; Physical Disabilities PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Generally SCHOOLS; Buses SCHOOLS; Financial Assistance (Including Vouchers Choice Scholarships and Education Savings Accounts) SCHOOLS; Teachers STATE GOVERNMENT; Federal Funding	enacted	Jeff Raatz Linda Rogers Robert Behning	4	33	5	2025-01-13	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/00351941-64e2-4578-b360-de85f3efb61f	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0373	e1446b68f93127dcd450d1e9edc7e6e4cf991fe2b8889aca15d9d5b0e4cb4173	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 373 (2025) — Various education matters.

Provides that the department of education (department) is the proper authority to accept federal funds appropriated to aid in the education of children with disabilities (current law provides that the state board of education is the proper authority). Removes the member of the Indiana Transportation Association from the list of nonvoting members on the state school bus committee. Provides that an individual seeking an initial practitioners license through an alternative certification path must successfully complete an applicable teacher licensing exam as approved by the state board of education (board) (current law requires the successful completion of a Praxis Subject Assessment). Provides that summer school funding may be differentiated based on the course or length of time of the program. Moves the establishment of the division of special education from the board to the department. Changes certain duties for the secretary of education and the director of special education. Provides that the department may suspend or terminate the certification of a scholarship granting organization if the department establishes that the organization has not granted a scholarship within certain time frames.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 373 - Behning - 2nd Reading — 27–66 (fail) · lower
• SB 373 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 373 - Raatz — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• SB 373 - Behning — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 373 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 76–20 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Raatz
• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Senator Rogers added as second author
• 2025-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-01-28 House sponsor: Representative Behning
• 2025-01-29 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-14 Amendment #3 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-04-14 Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 437: yeas 27, nays 66 amendment-failure, failure
• 2025-04-14 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-14 Amendment #5 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-04-14 Amendment #4 (Behning) prevailed; Division of the House: yeas 66, nays 27 amendment-passage
• 2025-04-14 Amendment #1 (Ireland) motion withdrawn amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal
• 2025-04-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 448: yeas 76, nays 20 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-16 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-17 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2025-04-17 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2025-04-17 House conferees appointed: Behning and Pfaff
• 2025-04-17 House advisors appointed: McGuire, Davis, DeLaney, Klinker and Smith V
• 2025-04-21 Senate advisors appointed: Qaddoura and Rogers
• 2025-04-21 Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Hunley
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 508: yeas 31, nays 19
• 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 201 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 549: yeas 91, nays 0

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00351941-64e2-4578-b360-de85f3efb61f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).