Education Legislation for 2015 Session_2/9/15 Edition

Blue Bold = Action Needed by Coalition

Chamber	Bill	Author	Lead	Comment	Status
SB	457	Delph	DR	School Funding-Support but Amend	Appropriations
SB	501	Delph	DR	Standards + Waiver-Support	Won’t Get Heard
SB	566	Mishler Kenley	DR	Choice in Testing-Support	Heard +Comments
HB	1001	Brown	DR	State Budet- Investigate	TBD
HB	1129	Errington	DR	Expansion of Pre-School to 13 Counties-Oppose	TBD
HB	1243	Judy	DR	Access to Student Data Without Consent- Investigate	TBD
SB	169	Houchin, Miller	ET	Move I-Read from 3rd to 2nd- WON!	Tabled  or Study
SB	277	Merritt, Bassler	ET	Mandates ALL K-5 Schools Pay for School Counselors Career Development Objectives; $60m Oppose  Defeated	Defeated Won
SB	334	Rogers	ET	Expansion of Pre-School to 13 Counties- Oppose	TBD
SB	470	Schneider	ET	Schools that Accept Vouchers Accredited by SBOE or Other + Alternate Assessments-Support	Hearing 2/11
HB	1219	Truitt	ET	ISTEP can’t be used for Teacher Evaluations-Support	TBD
HB	1486	Thompson	ET	Power to the SBOE vs. IDOE-        Investigate	TBD
SB	1	Holdman	HC	State Board Changes -Investigate	TBD
SB	331	Boots	HC	Reduce Standardized Tests & Remove Require for CCR Exams-Support	TBD
SB	263	Kruse	HC	State Mandates 30 min of Phys Ed Daily, Extends Day by 30 min and Data Collection to Dept of Health-Oppose	TBD
HB	1345	Rhoads	HC	No Requirement to Use Computers for Tests-Support	TBD
HB	1201	Arnold	HC	SBOE 13 Members-Investigate	TBD
HB	1099	Nisly	HC	Removes Compliance of Standards Meeting ‘Waiver’ Requirement-Support	Won’t Get Heard
SB	129	Broden	TBD	Expands Daycare Voucher Eligibility to 200% Poverty-Investigate(B) Investigate	TBD
HB	1296	Wesco	TBD	Civics Test Passage for Grad-Conflicting Premise (B Priority)	TBD
HB	1499	Wesco	TBD	Teachers May NOT Use APUSH- (A Priority)-Support	TBD
SB	24	Buck	TBD	State Superintendent to be Appointed Position in 2021         (A Priority)-Investigate	TBD