# Indiana HB 1636: Dynamic choice scholarships.

Indiana HB 1636, Dynamic choice scholarships., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Jake Teshka (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-01-21 (Authored by Representative Teshka) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana HB 1636
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Dynamic choice scholarships.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-01-21, Authored by Representative Teshka
- Sponsor: Jake Teshka (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: education
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Provides eligible choice scholarship students with the option to receive a dynamic choice scholarship (scholarship). Provides that a scholarship may be used toward certain dynamic education costs. Allows the department of education to: (1) create forms and methods for the administration and oversight of a scholarship; (2) create an account system to accommodate distributions of a scholarship; and (3) audit up to 3% of scholarship accounts annually to protect against fraud or misuse of funds. Provides that a distribution to a scholarship account is considered tax exempt if the distribution is used toward dynamic education costs.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jake Teshka (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Ireland (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Hunter Smith (Republican), House

## Actions (3)

- 2025-01-21: Authored by Representative Teshka (House)
- 2025-01-21: First reading: referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2025-01-21: Coauthored by Representatives Smith H and Ireland (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1636/versions/HB1636.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1636/versions/HB1636.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1636-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).