Bill Sponsor
Indiana House Bill 1266
Session 2026
Department of education and education matters.
Active
Active
Passed Senate on Mar 5, 2026
Sponsors
First Action
Jan 6, 2026
Latest Action
Mar 5, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1266
State
Indiana
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Sponsor
Republican
Author
Republican
Sponsor
House Votes (2)
Senate Votes (2)
Motion Text
HB 1266 - Behning
House Roll Call Votes
Excused
Unknown
Johnson, B
No
Didn't Vote
Summary
Makes various changes to education provisions concerning the following: (1) Creating a teaching and learning framework for the implementation of mathematics academic standards. (2) Development of a data science math pathway. (3) Submission of a report to the general assembly concerning recommendations on strategies to support academically and fiscally underperforming schools, and interventions as necessary. (4) Evaluating, approving, and publishing high quality curricular materials time lines. (5) Local board membership for a local centralized school facilities board and local student transportation board. (6) Salary differentiation regarding teachers who possess a literacy endorsement. (7) Amounts expended in participating in an interlocal agreement included in determining amounts school corporations expend on full-time teacher salaries for purposes of teacher salary minimum funding requirements. (8) Summer school program and reimbursement administration. (9) Criteria required for eligibility of a waiver for conducting four day school weeks. (10) Oversight of career and technical education program designation. (11) Uses of teacher appreciation grants. (12) The calculation of operating referendum distributions and school safety referendum distributions to charter schools with regard to virtual instruction. (13) Petitions regarding reconsidering payments of choice scholarships. (14) Membership of the board for proprietary education. (15) The effective date regarding the changes to the definition of "eligible choice scholarship student". (16) Career specialist permit eligibility. Provides that an emergency permit may be renewed up to two times to an individual enrolled in an alternative teacher certification program if the program provides documentation verifying the individual's good standing in the program to the department of education. Creates a new qualification option for a transition to teaching program participant who seeks to obtain a license to teach in grades 5 through 12. Removes a provision that provides that the department may not release less than 10 items per subject matter level per grade level regarding the statewide summative assessment. Removes a requirement that for a parent or student to use a career scholarship account (CSA) annual grant amount for costs related to transportation a CSA participating entity must pay a matching amount for the transportation costs. Requires each state educational institution that offers a two year graduate degree program in mental or behavioral health to evaluate the graduate degree program to determine the feasibility of providing the program in a specifically structured manner to allow full-time students to complete the program within: (1) one year; or (2) five years if the program is combined with a baccalaureate degree program. Requires the Indiana department of education to elect to participate as a covered state in the federal tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary education under Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code (enacted in Public Law 119-21, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025). Makes conforming changes to the school scholarship tax credit in current law. Requires the governor and the department of workforce development, in consultation with the commission for higher education, to: (1) establish a process to identify eligible workforce training programs; (2) establish a process for institutions and programs to apply for recognition as an eligible workforce training program; (3) coordinate certain workforce training matters; and (4) require eligible workforce training programs to provide certain datasets to the department. Provides that the department of workforce development must maintain alignment with federal rules governing workforce Pell grants. Repeals certain provisions concerning postsecondary career and technical education.
03/05/2026
Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
03/03/2026
House
Signed by the Speaker
03/02/2026
Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
02/27/2026
Senate
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 334: yeas 28, nays 19
02/27/2026
House
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 425: yeas 66, nays 30
02/27/2026
Senate
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
02/27/2026
House
CCR # 1 filed in the House
02/27/2026
Senate
Senator Goode added as conferee
02/27/2026
Senate
Senator Hunley removed as conferee
02/27/2026
House
Representative Greene added as conferee
02/27/2026
House
Representative Smith V removed as conferee
02/25/2026
Senate
Senate conferees appointed: Raatz, Hunley
02/25/2026
House
House advisors appointed: Payne, Cash, DeLaney, Klinker, Pfaff
02/25/2026
House
House conferees appointed: Behning, Smith V
02/25/2026
Senate
Senate advisors appointed: Johnson T, Ford J.D.
02/24/2026
House
House dissented from Senate amendments
02/24/2026
House
Motion to dissent filed
02/24/2026
Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 246: yeas 47, nays 0
02/24/2026
Senate
Returned to the House with amendments
02/23/2026
Senate
Amendment #1 (Yoder) prevailed; voice vote
02/23/2026
Senate
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
02/19/2026
Senate
Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
02/19/2026
Senate
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
02/12/2026
Senate
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
02/02/2026
Senate
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
01/29/2026
House
Referred to the Senate
01/28/2026
House
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 90, nays 1
01/28/2026
House
Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz, Johnson T
01/27/2026
House
Second reading: ordered engrossed
01/27/2026
House
Amendment #1 (Burton) motion withdrawn
01/22/2026
House
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
01/14/2026
House
Representative Klinker added as coauthor
01/08/2026
House
Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
01/08/2026
House
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
01/06/2026
House
Coauthored by Representative McGuire
01/06/2026
House
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
01/06/2026
House
Authored by Representative Behning
Sources
Record Created
Jan 6, 2026 12:42:34 AM
Record Updated
Mar 6, 2026 1:07:33 AM