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Indiana · 2026 session · house

HB 1266Department of education and education matters.

Status: Signed into law
Latest action: 2026-03-12 — Public Law 159
Primary sponsor: Robert Behning

AGENCIES; Commission for Higher Education (CHE)
AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education
EDUCATION; Generally
EDUCATION; Local School Boards
SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas)
SCHOOLS; Buses
SCHOOLS; Charter Schools
SCHOOLS; Financial Assistance (Including Vouchers, Choice Scholarships, and Education Savings Accounts)
SCHOOLS; Funds and Budgets
SCHOOLS; Private Schools
SCHOOLS; Teachers

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SCHOOLS; Vocational Education (Including Apprenticeships and Workforce Training)

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HB 1266 systematically dismantles Indiana's participation in an interstate teacher mobility compact by removing all substantive compact provisions. The bill deletes the compact's entire administrative and operational framework, including the commission structure, all definitions (19 terms ranging from 'teacher' to 'unencumbered license'), and all substantive provisions governing how Indiana would recognize out-of-state teaching licenses. The legislation eliminates mechanisms for interstate information sharing on teacher discipline, provisions for license equivalency determinations, special pathways for military-connected teachers, and career and technical education teacher reciprocity. It also removes all protections of state sovereignty within the compact framework and provisions allowing states to maintain separate agreements. This represents a complete withdrawal from or termination of the interstate teacher licensure compact, returning Indiana to a standalone system for evaluating and issuing teaching credentials without the simplified reciprocity mechanisms the compact provided.

Complete elimination of interstate teacher mobility compact commission and all member state participation mechanisms
Removal of all provisions allowing Indiana to recognize out-of-state teaching licenses through compact reciprocity, including expedited pathways for military spouses and active duty members
Deletion of 19 statutory definitions essential to compact operations (including 'teacher,' 'unencumbered license,' 'eligible license,' and 'receiving state')
Elimination of interstate information-sharing provisions for teacher investigations and disciplinary records between member states
Removal of all career and technical education teacher license reciprocity provisions under the compact

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Sponsors

Robert Behning · authorprimary
Julie McGuire (Republican) · coauthor
Sheila Klinker (Democratic) · coauthor
Jeff Raatz (Republican) · sponsorprimary
Tyler Johnson (Republican) · sponsorprimary
Lonnie Randolph (Democratic) · cosponsor

Effective dates

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Upon passage(2026-03-12)In effect
- amendsIC 20-28-9-27
- amendsIC 20-30-7-1
- amendsIC 20-43-16-5
- amendsIC 20-46-1-21
- addsIC 20-53
May 1, 2026In effect1 section
July 1, 2026In effect
- amendsIC 20-20-5.5-2
- amendsIC 20-20-5.5-3
- amendsIC 20-20-52-6
- amendsIC 20-20-53-6
- amendsIC 20-28-4-5
- amendsIC 20-28-5-21
- amendsIC 20-28-9-1.5
- amendsIC 20-31-4.1-4
January 1, 2027In 146 days
- amendsIC 6-3.1-30.5-3

What takes effect when — from the latest version's statute changes.

Versions

Introduced House Bill (H)Jan 6, 2026
House Bill (H)Jan 22, 2026
House Bill (S)Jan 22, 2026
Engrossed House Bill (H)Jan 27, 2026
Enrolled House Bill (H)Mar 2, 2026

Legislative history

Mar 12, 2026
Signed by the Governor
Mar 12, 2026
Public Law 159
Mar 5, 2026
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Mar 3, 2026
Signed by the Speaker
Mar 2, 2026
Signed by the President of the Senate
Feb 27, 2026
Representative Smith V removed as conferee
Feb 27, 2026
Representative Greene added as conferee
Feb 27, 2026
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 425: yeas 66, nays 30
Feb 27, 2026
CCR # 1 filed in the House
Feb 27, 2026
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
Feb 27, 2026
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 334: yeas 28, nays 19
Feb 27, 2026
Senator Hunley removed as conferee
Feb 27, 2026
Senator Goode added as conferee
Feb 25, 2026
Senate conferees appointed: Raatz, Hunley
Feb 25, 2026
House conferees appointed: Behning, Smith V
Feb 25, 2026
House advisors appointed: Payne, Cash, DeLaney, Klinker, Pfaff
Feb 25, 2026
Senate advisors appointed: Johnson T, Ford J.D.
Feb 24, 2026
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 246: yeas 47, nays 0
Feb 24, 2026
Motion to dissent filed
Feb 24, 2026
Returned to the House with amendments

Official sources

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Version 4PDF

Fiscal Note: HB1266.07.ENRS.FN001PDF

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