republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1094.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education matters."
description: "Requires, not later than December 31, 2022, the department of education (department) to: (1) issue a request for proposals for the purpose of contracting with a company to provide; or (2) enter into a memorandum of understanding with a statewide entity to facilitate the procurement of; adequate employer liability and worker's compensation insurance coverage for employers that employ students in work based learning courses. Specifies an exception. Provides that the total amount of funds that the department may expend to carry out the request for proposals or the memorandum of understanding must be less than $100,000. Provides that an employer: (1) may purchase the employer liability and worker's compensation coverage; and (2) is responsible for paying any costs associated with purchasing the coverage. Requires that, if the state board of education grants the designation of a transformation zone within a school corporation after June 30, 2022, the governing body of the school corporation may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization to manage and operate all of the schools included in the transformation zone. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation or entity that is a party to any agreement for the management and operation of a transformation zone may submit a complaint first to the governing body, and second to the department for an alleged violation of the agreement. Provides that, not later than 15 days after the date an entity submits a complaint to the department, the department shall issue a decision concerning the complaint. Provides that employees of a transformation zone may organize and create a separate bargaining unit to collectively bargain with the entity operating the transformation zone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1094"
citation: "Indiana HB 1094 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "Secretary of Education", "State Department and Boards", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "Adult Education", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT", "Worker's Compensation", "SCHOOLS", "Vocational Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jake Teshka", "Jeff Raatz", "Linda Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cbf495a-e144-4523-b674-67028d87646e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1094"
source_hash: "31ef0780bdc0a8b60e3f443b903275c0c1263ba32d733e1d28603798ce34bc06"
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 1094 (2022) — Education matters.

Requires, not later than December 31, 2022, the department of education (department) to: (1) issue a request for proposals for the purpose of contracting with a company to provide; or (2) enter into a memorandum of understanding with a statewide entity to facilitate the procurement of; adequate employer liability and worker's compensation insurance coverage for employers that employ students in work based learning courses. Specifies an exception. Provides that the total amount of funds that the department may expend to carry out the request for proposals or the memorandum of understanding must be less than $100,000. Provides that an employer: (1) may purchase the employer liability and worker's compensation coverage; and (2) is responsible for paying any costs associated with purchasing the coverage. Requires that, if the state board of education grants the designation of a transformation zone within a school corporation after June 30, 2022, the governing body of the school corporation may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization to manage and operate all of the schools included in the transformation zone. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation or entity that is a party to any agreement for the management and operation of a transformation zone may submit a complaint first to the governing body, and second to the department for an alleged violation of the agreement. Provides that, not later than 15 days after the date an entity submits a complaint to the department, the department shall issue a decision concerning the complaint. Provides that employees of a transformation zone may organize and create a separate bargaining unit to collectively bargain with the entity operating the transformation zone.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1094/versions/HB1094.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1094/versions/HB1094.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1094/versions/HB1094.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1094/versions/HB1094.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1094 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jake Teshka — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Chuck Goodrich — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Ellington — coauthor (person)
- Robert Behning — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Coauthored by Representative Behning
- **2022-01-04** Authored by Representative Teshka
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-10** Representative Goodrich added as coauthor
- **2022-01-12** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-13** Representative Ellington added as coauthor
- **2022-01-13** Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers and Raatz
- **2022-01-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 15: yeas 88, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-14** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-24** Motion to dissent filed
- **2022-02-24** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-24** Senate conferees appointed: Rogers and Qaddoura
- **2022-02-24** Senate advisors appointed: Raatz and Melton
- **2022-02-25** House conferees appointed: Teshka and Smith V
- **2022-02-25** House advisors appointed: Goodrich, Behning, Austin and DeLaney
- **2022-03-08** Representative Behning removed as advisor
- **2022-03-08** Representative Smith V removed as conferee
- **2022-03-08** Representative Behning added as conferee
- **2022-03-08** Senator Raatz removed as advisor
- **2022-03-08** Senator Qaddoura removed as conferee
- **2022-03-08** Senator Raatz added as conferee
- **2022-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2022-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2022-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 380: yeas 72, nays 24
- **2022-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 365: yeas 35, nays 15
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-15** Public Law 140
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cbf495a-e144-4523-b674-67028d87646e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).