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Senate committee advances broad education deregulation bill after heated testimony on teacher hours and AED language
Summary
House Bill 1,004, a sweeping cleanup of K‑12 statutes that removes outdated mandates and reporting requirements, was amended and advanced after hours of testimony; supporters praised deregulation while unions and teachers’ groups pushed to restore protections on teachers’ expected hours and joint program safeguards.
The Senate Education and Career Development Committee advanced House Bill 1,004 on Feb. 11 after extensive debate on deregulatory changes to Indiana’s K‑12 code.
Representative Colin Behning, the bill author, told the committee the measure removes roughly 17,000 words of stale or duplicative code and includes changes to reporting, facilities language, teacher contract provisions and other items. "Everything seems to be a priority — if everything is a priority, nothing is a priority," Behning said, framing the bill as an effort to reduce administrative burden.
Testimony split along stakeholder lines. The Institute for Quality Education and charter advocates supported the bill as a…
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