A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Senator Fady Qaddoura
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Introduced Senate Bill (S)
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary and text do not specify which existing charter schools will be affected by funding changes.

Indiana Charter School Rules

This bill updates Indiana's laws about charter schools by adding new rules for things like student suicide prevention policies, staff evaluations, curriculum, and funding.

What This Bill Does

Adds requirements for charter schools to have policies on child suicide awareness and prevention, staff performance evaluation plans, and criminal organization activity.
Requires charter schools to provide transportation services to all students within their public school district.
Changes the maximum contract term for charter schools from what it was before to five years.
Prohibits certain charter schools from getting state funding or specific types of tax levies after June 30, 2026.
Removes some boards and institutions from being able to issue new charters or renew existing ones after June 30, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

Charter schools in Indiana
Students attending charter schools

Terms To Know

Authorizer: An organization that has the power to approve or deny a charter school's application.
Moratorium: A period during which something is suspended or forbidden, in this case, new charters being granted after June 30, 2026.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens to existing charter schools that are affected by the funding changes.
It's unclear how many charter schools will be impacted by the transportation requirement and moratorium on new charters.

Bill History

2025-12-08 Senate
Authored by Senator Qaddoura
2025-12-08 Senate
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
Charter schools.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Charter schools.

Provides that provisions regarding the following apply to charter schools: (1) Child suicide awareness and prevention policy requirements. (2) Staff performance evaluation plan requirements. (3) Curriculum. (4) Student discipline. (5) Criminal organization activity. (6) Student safety reporting. (7) Government funds and accounts. (8) Certain notice requirements regarding convictions of licensed employees. Removes the charter board, state educational institutions, and nonprofit college or university governing boards from the definition of an authorizer. After June 30, 2026, provides that the charter board, state educational institutions, and governing boards may not issue new charters or renew existing charters. After June 30, 2026, establishes a five year moratorium that prohibits an authorizer from granting a charter to an organizer to establish and operate a charter school in Indiana. Requires charter schools to provide transportation services to all students who reside within the public school district within which the charter school is located. Exempts school corporations subject to certain property tax sharing requirements from the dollar law. Changes the maximum charter school contract term to five years. Provides that a charter must contain a provision to appoint certain persons to the governing board of the charter school. Requires any public meeting of a charter school governing board where the annual budget is adopted to be held in the county in which the charter school is located. Prohibits certain charter schools from receiving state funding, or from receiving funding from operation fund property tax levies, operating referendum tax levies, and school safety referendum tax levies. Removes, expires, and repeals provisions that require school corporations to share operation fund property tax levy, operating referendum tax levy, and school safety referendum tax levy funds with charter schools. Makes conforming changes.