republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-239.md

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Bill	Various education matters.	Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) compile a list of business and industry partners that provide guaranteed incentives to high school students who earn the honors employment plus seal; and (2) publish the list on the department's website. Provides that, in addition to conditions established in current law to convert an existing public elementary or secondary school, an existing public elementary or secondary school may be converted into a charter school if certain other conditions apply. Allows, if the conditions are met, the governing body of a school corporation to: (1) convert more than one existing public elementary or secondary school within the school corporation; and (2) operate two or more conversion charter schools under a single charter. Allows participating innovation network charter schools to enter into an agreement with more than one school corporation. Establishes the following for or with regard to participating innovation network charter schools that entered into an agreement with more than one school corporation: (1) Requirements regarding the location of a participating innovation network charter school. (2) Terms of a participating innovation network charter school agreement. (3) Duties of the department. Amends certain requirements and procedures that apply to the closure and transfer of covered school buildings. Provides that a lease or sale of a covered school building to a charter school or state educational institution includes certain assets. Requires parental notification if a school determines a student is at risk of not achieving grade level proficiency in mathematics.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 239	Indiana SB 239 (2026)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities Damages and Penalties FINANCIAL SERVICES; Financial Accounts (Not Including State Pensions) GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Budget and Appropriations SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas) SCHOOLS; Charter Schools SCHOOLS; Curricula SCHOOLS; Financial Assistance (Including Vouchers Choice Scholarships and Education Savings Accounts) SCHOOLS; Funds and Budgets SCHOOLS; Teachers STATE GOVERNMENT; Contracts Procurements and Purchases	enacted	Jake Teshka Jeff Raatz Linda Rogers Stacey Donato	6	43	6	2026-01-08	2026-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/1375ba53-cffd-4b91-bbb8-0cf584d395d5	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0239	d93974607a55647034ba14971816915433c31cc2527029896c7fb71a592fb32e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 239 (2026) — Various education matters.

Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) compile a list of business and industry partners that provide guaranteed incentives to high school students who earn the honors employment plus seal; and (2) publish the list on the department's website. Provides that, in addition to conditions established in current law to convert an existing public elementary or secondary school, an existing public elementary or secondary school may be converted into a charter school if certain other conditions apply. Allows, if the conditions are met, the governing body of a school corporation to: (1) convert more than one existing public elementary or secondary school within the school corporation; and (2) operate two or more conversion charter schools under a single charter. Allows participating innovation network charter schools to enter into an agreement with more than one school corporation. Establishes the following for or with regard to participating innovation network charter schools that entered into an agreement with more than one school corporation: (1) Requirements regarding the location of a participating innovation network charter school. (2) Terms of a participating innovation network charter school agreement. (3) Duties of the department. Amends certain requirements and procedures that apply to the closure and transfer of covered school buildings. Provides that a lease or sale of a covered school building to a charter school or state educational institution includes certain assets. Requires parental notification if a school determines a student is at risk of not achieving grade level proficiency in mathematics.

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 239 - Teshka - 2nd Reading — 43–51 (fail) · lower
• SB 239 - Rogers — 31–16 (pass) · upper
• SB 239 - Rogers - 2nd Reading — 9–35 (fail) · upper
• SB 239 - Teshka — 65–29 (pass) · lower
• SB 239 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — 66–31 (pass) · lower
• SB 239 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 30–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 Authored by Senator Rogers
• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-01-26 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-26 Amendment #4 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-26 Amendment #3 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-01-26 Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 65: yeas 9, nays 35 amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-01-27 Senators Buchanan, Doriot added as coauthors
• 2026-01-27 Senator Raatz added as second author
• 2026-01-27 Senator Donato added as third author
• 2026-01-28 Cosponsors: Representatives Behning, McGuire
• 2026-01-28 House sponsor: Representative Teshka
• 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 121: yeas 30, nays 18 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 321: yeas 43, nays 51 amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #2 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 350: yeas 66, nays 31 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Senate advisors appointed: Donato, Ford J.D., Raatz, Doriot
• 2026-02-25 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2026-02-25 Senate conferees appointed: Rogers, Qaddoura
• 2026-02-25 House advisors appointed: Behning, Payne, Klinker, Pfaff, Smith V
• 2026-02-25 House conferees appointed: Teshka, DeLaney
• 2026-02-25 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-27 Senator Qaddoura removed as conferee
• 2026-02-27 Senator Buchanan added as conferee
• 2026-02-27 Representative DeLaney removed as conferee
• 2026-02-27 Representative Behning removed as advisor
• 2026-03-12 Public Law 151 became-law
• 2026-03-12 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-27 Representative Behning added as conferee
• 2026-02-27 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2026-02-27 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 330: yeas 31, nays 16
• 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 431: yeas 65, nays 29
• 2026-03-02 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-03 Signed by the Speaker passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1375ba53-cffd-4b91-bbb8-0cf584d395d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).