republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education matters."
description: "Provides that the state board of education (state board) shall determine the timing, frequency, and method of certain teacher training requirements, including whether the training should be required for purposes of obtaining or renewing a license or as part of the completion requirements for a teacher preparation program. Provides that the following apply to nonpublic schools accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency recognized by the state board: (1) Indiana secured school fund provisions. (2) Certain sale of school building provisions. (3) Certain textbook assistance provisions. Changes a provision concerning waivers from postsecondary readiness competency requirements that references \"nonaccredited nonpublic school\" to \"nonaccredited nonpublic school that has less than one employee\". Provides that the state board and the governing body of a school corporation or nonpublic school may not enter into, renew, or otherwise extend a contract to establish a freeway school after June 30, 2020. Provides that provisions relating to the establishment and administration of freeway schools expire July 1, 2025. Establishes new requirements to accredit a public or private school in Indiana. Provides that the state board may grant an application by a school or group of schools that requests to waive compliance with certain statutes or rules. Requires the state board to annually prepare a report that includes certain information regarding compliance waiver requests and provide the report to the general assembly. Provides that a school corporation may publish in a local newspaper a summary of the annual performance report with a description of how to find and view the full annual performance report on the Internet in lieu of publishing the whole annual performance report. Provides that a school corporation may publish in a local newspaper a summary of the annual financial report with a description of how to find and view the full annual financial report on the Internet in lieu of publishing the whole annual financial report. Repeals a provision that requires the state board to implement a system of recognizing certain education programs of nonpublic schools. Repeals: (1) a provision relating to performance based school accreditation; (2) a provision pertaining to school improvement plans; and (3) a provision pertaining to the recognition of educational programs of nonpublic schools. Makes conforming amendments and technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "Indiana HB 1003 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS", "Teachers", "EDUCATION", "State Superintendent", "State Department and Boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Jack Jordan", "Jeff Raatz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d23b47c-ad43-4004-b0b7-27c483de514e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1003"
source_hash: "164ed71ce498724d69d03de04332146a879b6aa4086aeefa5b4224f67279ae59"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1003 (2020) — Education matters.

Provides that the state board of education (state board) shall determine the timing, frequency, and method of certain teacher training requirements, including whether the training should be required for purposes of obtaining or renewing a license or as part of the completion requirements for a teacher preparation program. Provides that the following apply to nonpublic schools accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency recognized by the state board: (1) Indiana secured school fund provisions. (2) Certain sale of school building provisions. (3) Certain textbook assistance provisions. Changes a provision concerning waivers from postsecondary readiness competency requirements that references "nonaccredited nonpublic school" to "nonaccredited nonpublic school that has less than one employee". Provides that the state board and the governing body of a school corporation or nonpublic school may not enter into, renew, or otherwise extend a contract to establish a freeway school after June 30, 2020. Provides that provisions relating to the establishment and administration of freeway schools expire July 1, 2025. Establishes new requirements to accredit a public or private school in Indiana. Provides that the state board may grant an application by a school or group of schools that requests to waive compliance with certain statutes or rules. Requires the state board to annually prepare a report that includes certain information regarding compliance waiver requests and provide the report to the general assembly. Provides that a school corporation may publish in a local newspaper a summary of the annual performance report with a description of how to find and view the full annual performance report on the Internet in lieu of publishing the whole annual performance report. Provides that a school corporation may publish in a local newspaper a summary of the annual financial report with a description of how to find and view the full annual financial report on the Internet in lieu of publishing the whole annual financial report. Repeals a provision that requires the state board to implement a system of recognizing certain education programs of nonpublic schools. Repeals: (1) a provision relating to performance based school accreditation; (2) a provision pertaining to school improvement plans; and (3) a provision pertaining to the recognition of educational programs of nonpublic schools. Makes conforming amendments and technical corrections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.05.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.06.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.03.COMS)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.04.COMS)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.02.COMH)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1003/versions/HB1003.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1003 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- HB 1003 - Jordan - 3rd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Jack Jordan — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Anthony Cook — coauthor (person)
- Eddie Melton — cosponsor (person)
- Edward DeLaney — coauthor (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Authored by Representative Jordan
- **2020-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Representatives Thompson and Cook added as coauthors
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Representative DeLaney added as coauthor
- **2020-01-27** Amendment #1 (Wright) failed; Roll Call 65: yeas 31, nays 62 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-01-27** Amendment #2 (Chyung) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Appeal the ruling of the chair (Chyung); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 66: yeas 63, nays 31
- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 74: yeas 98, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz and Buchanan
- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Senator Melton added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-17** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #2 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #3 (Garten) prevailed; Roll Call 257: yeas 32, nays 18 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #5 (Melton) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #4 (Melton) failed; Roll Call 258: yeas 16, nays 34 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 270: yeas 39, nays 11 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to dissent filed
- **2020-03-04** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** House conferees appointed: Jordan and Smith V
- **2020-03-04** House advisors appointed: Behning, Lauer, DeLaney, Klinker and Pfaff
- **2020-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Melton
- **2020-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Buchanan, Niezgodski and Rogers
- **2020-03-10** Senator Melton removed as conferee
- **2020-03-10** Senator Kruse added as conferee
- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2020-03-11** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 386: yeas 40, nays 9
- **2020-03-11** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 380: yeas 95, nays 0
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 92

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d23b47c-ad43-4004-b0b7-27c483de514e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).