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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Graduation rate calculation."
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description: "Provides that a student who withdraws from school after completing grade 10 may not be included in a school's graduation rate if the student's parent submits to the school the following statements while the student is enrolled in grade 8: (1) A statement from the parent affirming that the parent has a sincerely held religious belief against the taking of a photograph and that the student will be withdrawing from school after completing grade 10 in order to complete a career pathway certification or due to the parent's deeply held religious belief. (2) A statement from a member of the clergy of the religious organization of which the parent is a member regarding the prohibition of photography of members of the religious organization. Requires at least one parent of the student to provide proof that the parent has been issued a photo exempt driver's license or identification card."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1305"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1305 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["SCHOOLS generally (K-12)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Christy Stutzman", "Linda Rogers"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-14"
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last_action: "2020-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e284a16-c3f9-4e2b-9e42-d1de9caec09b"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1305"
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source_hash: "ab3532f0e86dc5e6ea5522522ffecf6a0c3290885dd9adcde961a9c7017233ba"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1305 (2020) — Graduation rate calculation.
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Provides that a student who withdraws from school after completing grade 10 may not be included in a school's graduation rate if the student's parent submits to the school the following statements while the student is enrolled in grade 8: (1) A statement from the parent affirming that the parent has a sincerely held religious belief against the taking of a photograph and that the student will be withdrawing from school after completing grade 10 in order to complete a career pathway certification or due to the parent's deeply held religious belief. (2) A statement from a member of the clergy of the religious organization of which the parent is a member regarding the prohibition of photography of members of the religious organization. Requires at least one parent of the student to provide proof that the parent has been issued a photo exempt driver's license or identification card.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1305/versions/HB1305.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1305/versions/HB1305.03.COMS)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1305/versions/HB1305.02.COMH)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1305/versions/HB1305.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1305 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **42–6** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1305 - Stutzman - 3rd Reading — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
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- Christy Stutzman — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)
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- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-14** Representative Lindauer added as coauthor
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- **2020-01-14** Authored by Representative Stutzman
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- **2020-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Representative Klinker added as coauthor
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- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot and Rogers
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- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 104: yeas 97, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
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- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
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- **2020-02-24** Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
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- **2020-02-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-02** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 309: yeas 42, nays 6 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House without amendments
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-30** Public Law 125
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e284a16-c3f9-4e2b-9e42-d1de9caec09b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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