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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1500: Teacher appreciation grants.

Passed one chamber 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 1500 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Teacher appreciation grants. Primary sponsor: Spencer Deery (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), Bob Behning (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development.

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Official summary

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

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Spencer DeeryPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Jeff RaatzPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Bob BehningPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Sheila KlinkerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Julie McGuireCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Hunter SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24

“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. First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
  2. Referred to the Senate
  3. Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz and Deery
  4. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 199: yeas 66, nays 28
  5. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  6. Amendment #1 (Pfaff) failed; Roll Call 181: yeas 30, nays 63
  7. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  8. Representative Klinker added as coauthor
  9. Representatives McGuire and Smith H added as coauthors
  10. First reading: referred to Committee on Education
  11. Authored by Representative Behning

Sources

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