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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1242: Education reports.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1242 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Education reports. Primary sponsor: Tim Yocum (Republican), Spencer Deery (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2026): Public Law 55.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the department of education to: (1) prepare a report compiling certain statewide data on school corporations and charter schools; and (2) submit the report to the legislative council and the interim study committee on education. Requires the department of local government finance, in consultation with the department of education, to conduct a study of the disparities in per student operational funding amounts in school corporations, and submit the report to the legislative council and the state budget committee.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tim YocumPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse42
Spencer DeeryPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Public Law 55
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  5. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 364: yeas 89, nays 0
  6. Signed by the Speaker
  7. Motion to concur filed
  8. Returned to the House with amendments
  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 45, nays 0
  10. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
  11. Amendment #1 (Deery) prevailed; voice vote
  12. Committee report: do pass, adopted

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source