# Indiana SB 366: Education matters. Indiana SB 366, Education matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Linda Rogers (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-01 (Signed by the Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB366-2025 - 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 366 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Education matters. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-01, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican) - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: education and career development, the house, education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (146 yes, 73 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary Requires, not later than October 1, 2025, the secretary of education to compile and prepare a report concerning school bus driver safety education training. Makes certain changes concerning the process of filling a school board vacancy. Provides that a superintendent is preferred (current law says required) to hold a master's degree from certain institutions. Provides that certain covered school buildings are not required to revert to a school corporation if the building is subject to ongoing renovations. Provides that a superintendent must discuss a plan for annual performance evaluations with teachers (instead of teachers or the teachers' representative). Requires, not later than August 1, 2025, the early learning advisory committee, in coordination with the department of education, to assess certain prekindergarten program matters and submit a report to the legislative council. Removes a provision that contracts with certain superintendents must be in a form of a regular teacher's contract. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More flexible hiring rules for superintendents: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana school districts prefer superintendents with at least a master's degree, but do not require one. The degree must come from an accredited college or university. Licensed superintendents no longer need a basic contract in the form used for regular teachers. - School boards follow revised governing rules: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, consolidated school districts fill board vacancies under the state's designated vacancy procedure. After a member dies, the remaining members choose a replacement once the board secretary receives the required death notice. The law also removes an exception to the rule prote… - State disability schools gain rental options: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, school districts may rent school property to either or both of two state schools. They are the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Indiana School for the Deaf. This authority expires June 30, 2030. The law does not require a lease or set the rent. - State pays placed children's education costs: benefit, low. Indiana's Department of Child Services must pay education costs for children placed out of state by or with its consent. When an out-of-state public school provides all education services, payment follows a written agreement among the department, facility, and school. Without an agreement, payment… - Broader student transfers with tuition duties: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Indiana districts may accept transferring students without the previous district's approval. Acceptance remains optional. For transfers to out-of-state public schools, the Indiana district must pay the receiving school's tuition charge, subject to a cap. That duty is no long… - Teacher membership privacy and committee changes: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board may post membership-affidavit data only as district totals, without identifying employees. Teacher representatives certify membership counts by September 15 each year; employers forward the affidavit by October 1. The law remo… - Unused school buildings return to districts: mixed, low. The law sets a return deadline when ongoing renovations prevent educational use of a covered school building. It applies to buildings bought by charter schools or state colleges and universities. The building returns to the selling district if still unused for classes or academic work two years aft… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Linda Rogers (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Brian Buchanan (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Hunter Smith (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Raatz (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Julie McGuire (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Robert Behning (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | Senate | Senate concurred with House amendments | pass | 29 | 17 | | | 2025-04-16 | Senate | Concurrence failed for lack of constitutional majority | pass | 24 | 13 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 63 | 27 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 30 | 16 | | ## Actions (25) - 2025-05-01: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Public Law 135 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-22: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 469: yeas 29, nays 17 (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Concurrence failed for lack of constitutional majority; Roll Call 461: yeas 24, nays 13 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Motion to concur filed (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-08: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 401: yeas 63, nays 27 (House) - 2025-04-07: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-04-03: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-02-14: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 126: yeas 30, nays 16 (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Cosponsors: Representatives McGuire and Smith H (Senate) - 2025-02-13: House sponsor: Representative Behning (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Amendment #2 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senator Buchanan added as coauthor (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senator Raatz added as third author (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senator Donato added as second author (Senate) - 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Rogers (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.03.ENGS?format=pdf) - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.04.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 - [Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.03.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.05.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.02.COMS?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0366/versions/SB0366.04.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-SB366-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).