# Indiana SB 255: Education matters. Indiana SB 255, Education matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Spencer Deery (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Public Law 194) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB255-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana SB 255 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Education matters. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Public Law 194 - Sponsor: Spencer Deery (Republican) - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: education and career development, the house, education - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (241 yes, 37 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Requires the department of education (department) to grant an initial practitioner license to an individual who: (1) holds a bachelor's degree with a major in any combination of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (2) successfully completes a total of at least nine academic credits regarding certain instruction in teaching; and (3) meets other specified requirements. Provides that the department may grant a license to teach a high school level course or grades 5 through 9 to an individual who completes a licensure pathway established by the department. Requires a principal to allow a student who is enrolled in a public secondary school to receive religious instruction for a period or periods that do not exceed the amount of time that is equivalent to attending one elective course at the public secondary school during the week. (Current law provides for a period or periods of not more than 120 minutes in total in any week.) Provides that a public secondary school may award academic credit to a student who attends religious instruction if: (1) the religious entity providing the instruction agrees to certain conditions; and (2) the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit (current law only provides that a public secondary school may award academic credit to a student who attends religious instruction if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit). Changes certain requirements regarding the reporting of a bullying "incident" to the reporting of a bullying "investigation". Requires discipline rules to include a provision to make a reasonable attempt to notify both the parent of a targeted student and the parent of an alleged perpetrator that the school is investigating a possible incident of bullying or similar misconduct before the end of the next school day after the school becomes aware of the possible incident. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Spencer Deery (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Kendell Culp (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Michelle Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tyler Johnson (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-23 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 32 | 12 | | | 2025-04-23 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 66 | 25 | | | 2025-04-15 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 94 | 0 | | | 2025-01-28 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 49 | 0 | | ## Actions (41) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 194 (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-23: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 498: yeas 32, nays 12 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 533: yeas 66, nays 25 (House) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Representative DeLaney removed as conferee (House) - 2025-04-22: Senator Qaddoura removed as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Senator Rogers removed as advisor (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Senator Ford J.D. removed as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Senator Rogers added as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Senator Yoder removed as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Representative Smith H added as conferee (House) - 2025-04-17: Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Rogers (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Senate conferees appointed: Deery and Qaddoura (Senate) - 2025-04-16: House conferees appointed: Davis and DeLaney (House) - 2025-04-16: House advisors appointed: Behning, Culp and Smith V (House) - 2025-04-16: Senate dissented from House amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Motion to dissent filed (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-15: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 447: yeas 94, nays 0 (House) - 2025-04-14: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-04-09: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-04-01: Recommitted to Committee on Education pursuant to House Rule 126.2 (House) - 2025-03-27: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-01-29: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Cosponsor: Representative Culp (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 30: yeas 49, nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-01-28: House sponsor: Representative Davis (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Senator Yoder added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Senator Johnson T added as third author (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Senator Rogers added as second author (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Deery (Senate) - 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.03.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.04.COMH?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.05.COMH?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 - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.02.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.03.COMH?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.04.COMH?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0255/versions/SB0255.05.COMH?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) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB255-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).