Special education., the official text

Second Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2026)

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  HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1325

   AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

   SECTION 1. IC 20-19-3-41.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 41.8. (a) Not later than October
1, 2026, the department, in collaboration with the Indiana
department of health, the department of child services, and the
office of the secretary of family and social services, shall
collaborate and submit to the general assembly in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-16, a report that includes information and,
as applicable, recommendations on the following:

      (1) Data on the number of students who are using excess cost
      funds for residential placement and the cost each public
      school, including charter schools, expends yearly on required
      payments to access state funds.
      (2) Data on the amount each public school, including charter
      schools, is expending above state provided funding on
      developmental preschool.
      (3) Data on the number of special education students receiving
      homebound instruction in each public school, including
      charter schools, and the associated costs for each public
      school, including charter schools.
      (4) Data on the costs, including transportation and interpreter
      fees, incurred by each public school, including charter

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      schools, for students who are eligible to enroll in, but choose
      not to enroll in, the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually
      Impaired or the Indiana School for the Deaf.
   (b) This section expires January 1, 2027.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

President of the Senate

President Pro Tempore

Governor of the State of Indiana

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