republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-91.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher preparation programs."
description: "Allows a teacher preparation program to report the program's admission practices, in accordance with the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP) standards, for teacher preparation programs accredited by the AAQEP. Requires the department of education (department) to approve at least two accreditors that: (1) accredit teacher preparation programs; and (2) are recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; to accredit teacher preparation programs for use in Indiana. Requires the department to annually report to the legislative council the percentage of teachers who complete a particular teacher preparation program who are teaching in Indiana: (1) five years; and (2) ten years; after completion of the particular teacher preparation program. Removes a requirement that each charter school and school corporation annually provide to the department: (1) the name of the teacher preparation program that recommended the initial license for each teacher employed by the school; and (2) the annual retention rate for teachers employed by the school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Indiana SB 91 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSES AND LICENSING", "SCHOOLS", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jake Teshka", "Kyle Walker", "Linda Rogers", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2486cd44-2ca8-4ea8-a974-a40ee11be736"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/91"
source_hash: "eb55094503411dab3c3f8258d62287ad91d8d47d636810a461990366eeda7326"
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 SB 91 (2022) — Teacher preparation programs.

Allows a teacher preparation program to report the program's admission practices, in accordance with the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP) standards, for teacher preparation programs accredited by the AAQEP. Requires the department of education (department) to approve at least two accreditors that: (1) accredit teacher preparation programs; and (2) are recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; to accredit teacher preparation programs for use in Indiana. Requires the department to annually report to the legislative council the percentage of teachers who complete a particular teacher preparation program who are teaching in Indiana: (1) five years; and (2) ten years; after completion of the particular teacher preparation program. Removes a requirement that each charter school and school corporation annually provide to the department: (1) the name of the teacher preparation program that recommended the initial license for each teacher employed by the school; and (2) the annual retention rate for teachers employed by the school.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0091/versions/SB0091.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0091/versions/SB0091.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0091/versions/SB0091.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0091/versions/SB0091.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 91 - Teshka J - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jake Teshka — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
- Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
- Joanna King — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Robert Behning — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Rogers
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Senators Kruse and Leising added as coauthors
- **2022-01-18** Senator Donato added as second author
- **2022-01-18** Senator Walker K added as third author
- **2022-01-18** Senator Raatz added as coauthor
- **2022-01-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20** Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
- **2022-01-20** Senators Crane, Qaddoura, Ford J.D. added as coauthors
- **2022-01-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Senator Buchanan added as coauthor
- **2022-01-24** Senators Melton and Yoder added as coauthors
- **2022-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** House sponsor: Representative Teshka
- **2022-01-25** Cosponsors: Representatives King J and Behning
- **2022-01-26** Referred to the House
- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `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 231: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-23** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-02-24** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 264: yeas 47, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-08** Public Law 41

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2486cd44-2ca8-4ea8-a974-a40ee11be736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).