# Indiana SB 358: Various education matters. Indiana SB 358, Various education matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Jeff Raatz (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Public Law 199); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB358-2025 - 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 358 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Various education matters. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Public Law 199 - Sponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican) - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: education and career development, appropriations, the house, education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (224 yes, 50 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) evaluate, approve, and publish a list of high quality curricular materials for use in English/language arts; and (2) collaborate with teachers in evaluating and approving the English/language arts curricular materials. Provides that the evaluation process for certain curricular materials must include the age appropriateness of the content. Specifies that the curriculum used by a school in which fewer than 70% of students achieved a valid passing score on the determinant evaluation of reading skills must be age appropriate. Requires, subject to available funding, certain schools to participate in the Indiana literacy cadre. Amends the definition of "eligible school" for purposes of the choice scholarship program. Provides that a parent who: (1) is an education scholarship account (ESA) participating entity; and (2) teaches a course or program only to an eligible student who is the parent's child and does not teach a course or program to any other eligible student; may not submit a claim for reimbursement of an ESA qualified expense of tuition and fees to teach the parent's child. Establishes penalties for certain violations by an ESA participating entity. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Kindergarten parents get reading retention notices: benefit, low. Before October 1 each school year, Indiana must identify incoming kindergarten students enrolled in Indiana schools and notify their parents or guardians. The notice explains that students who do not pass IRead3 may have to repeat third grade. - More accreditation options for scholarship schools: benefit, low. Schools can qualify for Indiana’s choice scholarship program through a national or regional accreditor recognized by the State Board. Both full and provisional accreditation qualify, alongside the existing state accreditation route. Schools must still meet the program’s other school eligibility req… - More reading support at struggling schools: benefit, low. Schools where fewer than 70% of students pass the state-approved reading evaluation must use state-approved, age-appropriate reading materials. Those materials must follow the science of reading, an evidence-based approach to reading instruction. Beginning July 1, 2025, these schools must also join… - State reviews schools’ learning materials yearly: benefit, low. Indiana must publish approved English, language arts, science, technology, engineering, and math materials by July 1, 2027, and each July 1 afterward. Teachers help review English and language arts materials. Reviews check state standards, age suitability, learning activities, and assessments that… - Education savings providers face repayment penalties: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana gains new enforcement tools against education savings account (ESA) providers whose participation status is revoked. After revocation, the treasurer can close the provider’s account and require repayment of improperly received funds. The attorney general can ask a co… - Parents face limits on teaching reimbursements: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, parents registered as education savings account (ESA) providers face a tuition and fee reimbursement ban. They cannot submit reimbursement claims for a course or program they teach only to their own eligible child. This specific ban does not apply when the parent also teache… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Becky Cash (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Behning (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 37 | 12 | | | 2025-04-24 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 58 | 28 | | | 2025-04-03 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 90 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 39 | 10 | | ## Actions (38) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 199 (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 555: yeas 58, nays 28 (House) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 507: yeas 37, nays 12 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Senator Hunley removed as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Representative Ireland added as conferee (House) - 2025-04-23: Representative Pfaff removed as conferee (House) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-23: Senator Rogers added as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Senator Rogers removed as advisor (Senate) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Hunley (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Rogers (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Concurrence withdrawn (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Senate dissented from House amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Motion to dissent filed (Senate) - 2025-04-17: House advisors appointed: Cash, Smith H and Smith V (House) - 2025-04-17: House conferees appointed: Behning and Pfaff (House) - 2025-04-09: Motion to concur filed (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-03: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 357: yeas 90, nays 0 (House) - 2025-03-31: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-03-27: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Representative Cash added as cosponsor (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-02-21: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-02-20: House sponsor: Representative Behning (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 39, nays 10 (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senator Rogers added as second author (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Raatz (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/SB0358/versions/SB0358.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0358/versions/SB0358.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0358/versions/SB0358.03.COMS?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0358/versions/SB0358.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0358/versions/SB0358.04.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (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/SB0358/versions/SB0358.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0358/versions/SB0358.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0358/versions/SB0358.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0358/versions/SB0358.02.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0358/versions/SB0358.04.COMH?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [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-SB358-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).