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type: "Bill"
title: "Nonaccredited nonpublic schools."
description: "Provides that a high school diploma (diploma) or credential issued by a nonaccredited nonpublic school (school) is legally sufficient to demonstrate that the recipient of the diploma or credential has met the requirements to complete high school. Provides that a state or local agency or institution of higher education in Indiana may not reject or otherwise treat a person differently based solely on the source of a diploma or credential. Provides that a person who administers a school has the authority to execute any document required by law, rule, regulation, or policy to provide certain evidence regarding a child's education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1348"
citation: "Indiana HB 1348 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Commission for Higher Education (CHE)", "AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education", "SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Raatz", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84e641e9-e690-4098-99f0-70a7244bd8c2"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1348"
source_hash: "82266ff207206846c431fc3090a0b723e4dbf4eb55fd232dec28bf180d0413dc"
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 1348 (2025) — Nonaccredited nonpublic schools.
Provides that a high school diploma (diploma) or credential issued by a nonaccredited nonpublic school (school) is legally sufficient to demonstrate that the recipient of the diploma or credential has met the requirements to complete high school. Provides that a state or local agency or institution of higher education in Indiana may not reject or otherwise treat a person differently based solely on the source of a diploma or credential. Provides that a person who administers a school has the authority to execute any document required by law, rule, regulation, or policy to provide certain evidence regarding a child's education.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1348/HB1348.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1348/HB1348.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1348/HB1348.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1348/HB1348.01.INTR.pdf)
## Votes
- HB 1348 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **3215** (pass) · upper
- HB 1348 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **6229** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Becky Cash — coauthor (person)
- Ethan Lawson — coauthor (person)
- Matt Hostettler — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** Authored by Representative Wesco
- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Coauthored by Representatives Lawson and Cash
- **2025-01-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Representative Hostettler added as coauthor
- **2025-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Raatz
- **2025-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-01-30** Cosponsor: Senator Freeman
- **2025-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 54: yeas 62, nays 29 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 285: yeas 32, nays 15 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Public Law 61 `became-law`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84e641e9-e690-4098-99f0-70a7244bd8c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).