republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-327.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gary Community Schools."
description: "Establishes procedures to appoint members to the governing body of the Gary Community School Corporation. Establishes procedures for transferring responsibility of financial and academic matters from the emergency manager to the governing body. Removes obsolete provisions and makes conforming amendments. Provides that not later than October 31, 2025, and each October 31 thereafter, the governing body must submit a report to the distressed unit appeal board (DUAB) summarizing the financial position and operations of the school corporation for the previous state fiscal year. Requires: (1) the governing body to submit a report concerning specified topics to the DUAB and the budget committee before July 1, 2026; and (2) the DUAB to present that report to the budget committee before November 1, 2026. Repeals provisions relating to the election of advisory board members for the Gary Community School Corporation. Provides that the DUAB may employ staff (instead of an executive director). Repeals provisions requiring the DUAB to pay the Muncie Community School's emergency manager's compensation and to reimburse the Muncie Community School's emergency manager for actual and necessary expenses. Repeals the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee (committee). Replaces references to the committee with references to the DUAB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "Indiana SB 327 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "EDUCATION", "Secretary of Education", "State Department and Boards", "GARY", "SCHOOLS", "Officers and Employees (other than teachers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Jeffrey Thompson", "Ryan Mishler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed4e4a39-e849-4bfc-91d1-976cc53ee562"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/327"
source_hash: "acd7bf6f1acd3dd367a588d715b94a9c10c7c003dbf89080fdffe58b3e823bcf"
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 327 (2023) — Gary Community Schools.

Establishes procedures to appoint members to the governing body of the Gary Community School Corporation. Establishes procedures for transferring responsibility of financial and academic matters from the emergency manager to the governing body. Removes obsolete provisions and makes conforming amendments. Provides that not later than October 31, 2025, and each October 31 thereafter, the governing body must submit a report to the distressed unit appeal board (DUAB) summarizing the financial position and operations of the school corporation for the previous state fiscal year. Requires: (1) the governing body to submit a report concerning specified topics to the DUAB and the budget committee before July 1, 2026; and (2) the DUAB to present that report to the budget committee before November 1, 2026. Repeals provisions relating to the election of advisory board members for the Gary Community School Corporation. Provides that the DUAB may employ staff (instead of an executive director). Repeals provisions requiring the DUAB to pay the Muncie Community School's emergency manager's compensation and to reimburse the Muncie Community School's emergency manager for actual and necessary expenses. Repeals the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee (committee). Replaces references to the committee with references to the DUAB.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0327/versions/SB0327.04.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0327/versions/SB0327.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0327/versions/SB0327.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0327/versions/SB0327.03.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0327/versions/SB0327.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 327 - Mishler - 3rd Reading — **40–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — primary (person)
- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
- Earl Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Ragen Hatcher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Authored by Senator Mishler
- **2023-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
- **2023-02-06** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2023-02-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 117: yeas 40, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** House sponsor: Representative Thompson
- **2023-02-15** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Amendment #7 (Harris) ruled out of order
- **2023-04-13** Amendment #2 (Hatcher) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Amendment #5 (Smith V) motion withdrawn voice vote `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-04-13** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Representatives Harris and Hatcher added as cosponsors
- **2023-04-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 433: yeas 94, nays 4 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 473: yeas 38, nays 12
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Public Law 184 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed4e4a39-e849-4bfc-91d1-976cc53ee562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).