HB 1447 Indiana House · 2023 Regular Session

Education matters.

Summary
Provides that, if a school corporation or qualified school uses a third party vendor in providing certain personal analyses, evaluations, or surveys, the third party vendor and the school corporation or qualified school may not record, collect, or maintain the responses to or results of the analysis, evaluation, or survey in a manner that would identify the responses or results of an individual student. Provides that, if a school corporation or qualified school uses a third party vendor in providing the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey, the school corporation or qualified school must provide parents or students, as applicable, two requests for written consent before administering the analysis, evaluation, or survey. Provides that the school corporation or qualified school may administer the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey if a parent or student, as applicable, does not decline the analysis, evaluation, or survey. Requires each school corporation or qualified school to: (1) post a copy of a personal analysis, evaluation, or survey on the school corporation's or qualified school's website; and (2) send with each notice an explanation of the reasons that the school corporation or qualified school is administering the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey. Requires each qualified school to establish and maintain a grievance procedure for complaints regarding a violation of this provision. Provides that, if a state agency, school corporation, or qualified school or an employee of a state agency, school corporation, or qualified school requires, makes part of a course, awards a grade or course credit, or otherwise incentivizes a student to engage in: (1) political activism; (2) lobbying; or (3) efforts to persuade members of the legislative or executive branch at the federal, state, or local level; the state agency, school corporation, or qualified school or the employee of the state agency, school corporation, or qualified school shall not require the student to adopt, affirm, affiliate, or take any action that would result in favoring any particular position on the issue or issues involved without offering an alternative option for the student to complete the assignment or receive extra credit or other incentivization that allows for the favoring of an alternative position. After June 30, 2023, requires certain contracts between a school corporation or a qualified school and a third party vendor concerning a personal analysis, survey, or evaluation to contain a breach of contract provision. Requires schools to adopt policies and procedures concerning material alleged to be obscene or harmful to minors. Removes schools from the list of entities eligible for a specified defense to such criminal prosecutions.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Jan 17, 2023 Signed May 4, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 3, 2023

How they voted

3510
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 48
Apr 3, 2023
D Democratic10
9 Nay 1
90% Nay
R Republican38
35 Yea 1 Nay 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
38
Key actions
10
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 4, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Apr 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Apr 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Apr 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 520: yeas 39, nays 10
upper
Apr 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 535: yeas 69, nays 28
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Introduced
House dissented from Senate amendments
lower
Apr 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 37, nays 10
upper
Mar 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 223: yeas 94, nays 0
lower
Feb 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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