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Senate approves education conference report that expands religious-instruction options and creates STEM teacher pathway
Summary
The Senate passed conference committee report number 1 for SB255 after floor questions about caps on religious instruction, parental notification and a new STEM-to-teaching pathway; the report passed 32-12.
The Indiana Senate adopted the conference committee report for Senate Bill 255 on April 23. Sponsors said the reconciled bill creates a new pathway for STEM students to become STEM teachers, adjusts limits on out‑of‑school religious instruction for secondary students, and changes parental notification timelines for bullying investigations.
Senator Dery (presenting the report) described three primary elements: a STEM pathway to speed entry into teaching, an adjustment to the prior 120‑minute cap on out‑of‑school religious instruction at the…
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