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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education matters."
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description: "Amends good citizenship instruction requirements. Includes the Classic Learning Test in certain references to nationally recognized college entrance examinations. Requires a state educational institution (SEI) to accept the Classic Learning Test examination to the same extent the SEI accepts the ACT or SAT examination with respect to admission criteria. Requires the department of education to identify schools that allow students who are not enrolled in the school to take certain examinations at the school and present the information in a manner that can be conveniently and easily accessed from the department's website."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 88"
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citation: "Indiana SB 88 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education", "SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas)", "SCHOOLS; Curricula", "SCHOOLS; ILEARN (Formerly ISTEP) and Testing Programs", "STATE GOVERNMENT; History", "Culture", "and Preservation", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gary Byrne", "Jeff Raatz", "Martin Carbaugh", "Spencer Deery"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-12-08"
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last_action: "2026-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d70d0db3-afb3-46da-b0d9-83ea049b1fcd"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0088"
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source_hash: "8c98fa68b98d7d96d6080f0e79c58612dae2b02168be97b6fe384e8b028e066d"
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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 SB 88 (2026) — Education matters.
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Amends good citizenship instruction requirements. Includes the Classic Learning Test in certain references to nationally recognized college entrance examinations. Requires a state educational institution (SEI) to accept the Classic Learning Test examination to the same extent the SEI accepts the ACT or SAT examination with respect to admission criteria. Requires the department of education to identify schools that allow students who are not enrolled in the school to take certain examinations at the school and present the information in a manner that can be conveniently and easily accessed from the department's website.
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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. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0088/SB0088.03.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0088/SB0088.05.ENGH.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0088/SB0088.06.ENRH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0088/SB0088.01.INTR.pdf)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0088/SB0088.04.COMH.pdf)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0088/SB0088.02.COMS.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 88 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — **67–29** (pass) · lower
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- SB 88 - Byrne - 3rd Reading — **39–9** (pass) · upper
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- SB 88 - Byrne — **34–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gary Byrne — primary (person)
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- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
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- Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
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- Spencer Deery — primary (person)
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- Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
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- Dale DeVon — cosponsor (person)
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- Jake Teshka — cosponsor (person)
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- James Buck — coauthor (person)
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- Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
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- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-08** Authored by Senator Byrne
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- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-26** Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2026-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-26** Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2026-01-26** Senator Young M added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-26** Senator Raatz added as second author
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- **2026-01-26** Senator Deery added as third author
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- **2026-01-27** Placed back on second reading
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- **2026-01-28** Amendment #3 (Byrne) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-28** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** House sponsor: Representative Carbaugh
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- **2026-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 39, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-29** Cosponsors: Representatives Teshka, DeVon
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- **2026-01-29** Senator Buck added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-29** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Representative Cash added as cosponsor
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- **2026-02-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Amendment #1 (Carbaugh) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Amendment #4 (Cash) prevailed; Division of the House: yeas 62, nays 29 `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 337: yeas 67, nays 29 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-25** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 292: yeas 34, nays 14
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- **2026-02-26** Senator Brown L added as coauthor
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-05** Public Law 108 `became-law`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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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/d70d0db3-afb3-46da-b0d9-83ea049b1fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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