Various education matters.

The effective date for the amendment to IC 4-21.5-2-4 was changed from 'upon passage' to 'July 1, 2026'.

The document header was updated to reflect the Second Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2026) and changed the title from 'Senate Enrolled Act' to 'Senate Bill No. 239'.

The digest and synopsis sections were reorganized and updated to reflect the bill's current status and citation changes.

The header and title were updated from 'Engrossed Senate Bill No. 239' to 'Senate Enrolled Act No. 239', reflecting its legal status as an enacted law.

A formal 'Printing Code' section was added to explain how future amendments to the Indiana Code will be formatted, distinguishing between existing text, additions, and deletions.

The digest summary and sponsor lists were updated to reflect the final enrolled status, removing draft markers and adding the official act number.

Specific dates for the bill's history were added, including the final passage vote (Yeas 30, nays 18) and the official reprint date of February 24, 2026.

The effective date was changed from only 'July 1, 2026' to 'Upon passage; July 1, 2026; July 1, 2027', allowing parts of the bill to take effect immediately upon signing.

The digest now explicitly states that the bill repeals a provision requiring county executives to appoint members to charter school boards.

New procedures for the closure and transfer of covered school buildings were added to the digest summary.

The bill's title was updated from 'SB 239' to 'ES 239' to reflect its status as an Engrossed Senate Bill, and the legislative history was updated to include House action dates and vote counts.

Added the Department of Local Government Finance, Indiana Board of Tax Review, Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs, Indiana Veterans' Affairs Commission, and State Board of Education to the list of entities covered by the article.

Modified the definition of 'ADM' (Average Daily Membership) to explicitly include students from innovation network charter schools when calculating state tuition support for school corporations.

Refined the eligibility for operating referendum tax levies by specifying that the section does not apply to levies approved during times when a school corporation was designated as a distressed political subdivision.

Clarified that a school corporation may convert more than one existing public school and operate multiple conversion charter schools under a single charter.

Amended provisions to allow an organizer to enter into an agreement with more than one school corporation.

Updated the maximum operating referendum tax limit calculation to ensure it does not exceed the maximum rate that could have been levied if the maximum referendum rate had been in effect.