2025 Regular Session • Indiana Legislature
HB1500: Teacher appreciation grants.
Legislative Summary
Teacher appreciation grants. Establishes a new teacher appreciation grant program. Removes and repeals certain requirements concerning staff performance evaluations. Repeals the current teacher appreciation grant provisions. Makes conforming changes.
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Bill History
1/21/2025
Authored by Representative Behning
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
House of Representatives
2/13/2025
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
House of Representatives
2/13/2025
Representatives McGuire and Smith H added as coauthors
House of Representatives
2/13/2025
Representative Klinker added as coauthor
House of Representatives
2/17/2025
Amendment #1 (Pfaff) failed; Roll Call 181: yeas 30, nays 63
House of Representatives
2/17/2025
Second reading: ordered engrossed
House of Representatives
2/18/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 199: yeas 66, nays 28
House of Representatives
2/18/2025
Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz and Deery
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
Referred to the Senate
House of Representatives
3/3/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
Senate
Amendments
House Amendment #1
House Amendment #1
2/17/2025Not Adopted
House Education Amendment #2
House Education Amendment #2
2/12/2025Not Adopted
House Education Amendment #2
House Education Amendment #2
2/11/2025Not Adopted
House Education Amendment #1
House Education Amendment #1
2/3/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House - Third reading
2/18/2025
66
Yea
28
Nay
3
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
House - Amendment #1 (Pfaff) failed
2/17/2025
30
Yea
63
Nay
5
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: FAILED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(2/19/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Education and Career Development(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 5
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Robert Behning
Republican