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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 359: Student well-being and resiliency.

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

SB 359 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Student well-being and resiliency. Primary sponsor: Julie McGuire (Republican), Linda Rogers (Republican), Stacey Donato (Republican), Scott Alexander (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Education.

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Official summary

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

Requires the department of education (department), in consultation with the office of the secretary of family and social services, to approve and make available student mental well-being resources for certain schools. Requires the governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent authority for a charter school to publish and publicly post the approved student well-being resources. Establishes the resiliency program (program) to provide eligible schools the opportunity to participate in a program designed to help students build resiliency and grit so that students are ready to learn. Requires the department to develop guidelines to determine which eligible schools may participate in the program. Requires an eligible school selected by the department to participate in the program to follow certain requirements and procedures before a student may participate in the program. Requires the department to prepare a report concerning the program and submit the report to the legislative council.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Julie McGuirePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Linda RogersPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Stacey DonatoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Scott AlexanderPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate26
Andrea HunleyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Joanna KingCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Lonnie RandolphCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2

“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
  2. Referred to the House
  3. House sponsor: Representative McGuire
  4. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 125: yeas 42, nays 4
  5. Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  6. Cosponsor: Representative King
  7. Amendment #1 (Alexander) prevailed; voice vote
  8. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
  9. Senator Johnson T removed as coauthor
  10. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  11. Senator Hunley added as coauthor
  12. Senator Johnson T added as coauthor

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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