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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 365
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 20-19-3-22.3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.202-2023,
SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 22.3. (a) The following definitions apply
throughout this section:
(1) "Advanced placement course" means an advanced course as
defined by IC 20-36-3-1.
(2) "Cambridge International course" has the meaning set forth in
IC 20-36-6-1.
(3) "Cohort" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-13-2.
(4) "CSA program" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-51.4-2-3.4.
(5) "Dual credit course" has the meaning set forth in
IC 21-43-1-2.5.
(6) "ESA program" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-51.4-2-5.
(7) "Internet dashboard" means the department's Internet
dashboard established under IC 20-31-8-5.5.
(8) "Management performance hub" refers to the management
performance hub established by IC 4-3-26-8.
(b) Beginning with students who graduated during the 2017-2018
school year and not later than January 1, 2022, the department, in
collaboration with the management performance hub, shall report on
the department's website the median earned income of graduates of a
particular school year, for each school corporation, charter high school,
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or state accredited nonpublic school. The median earned income of a
particular graduating class for a school corporation, charter school, or
state accredited nonpublic school shall be updated annually.
(c) The department shall, in collaboration with the management
performance hub and the commission for higher education, collect,
maintain, and aggregate the following data regarding each cohort,
beginning with the cohort expected to graduate in 2023:
(1) The median income of the cohort at:
(A) one (1) year after graduation;
(B) three (3) years after graduation;
(C) five (5) years after graduation; and
(D) ten (10) years after graduation.
(2) The number of students in the cohort who participated in each
of the following:
(A) Advanced placement courses.
(B) Dual placement courses.
(C) Cambridge International courses.
(D) International baccalaureate courses.
(3) The number of students in the cohort who enrolled in a public
university, aggregated by major.
(4) The number of students in the cohort who completed at least
two (2) academic years at a college or university.
(5) The number of students in the cohort who were employed:
(A) one (1) year after graduation;
(B) three (3) years after graduation;
(C) five (5) years after graduation; and
(D) ten (10) years after graduation;
aggregated by federal Standard Occupational Classification code.
(6) The number of students who:
(A) completed a career and technical education program
concentrator; and
(B) are employed in an occupation aligned with their
career and technical educational program of study:
(i) one (1) year after graduation;
(ii) three (3) years after graduation;
(iii) five (5) years after graduation; and
(iv) ten (10) years after graduation.
(d) The department shall, not later than January 1, 2024, do the
following:
(1) Begin publishing the data described in subsection (c) on the
department's Internet dashboard. Data described in subsection
(c)(1) must be published under this subdivision:
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(A) aggregated by secondary school; and
(B) for each secondary school, aggregated by:
(i) CSA program participation, if applicable; and
(ii) ESA program participation, if applicable; and
(iii) career and technical education program
concentrator participants, if applicable.
(2) Begin publishing the data described in subsection (c),
aggregated by secondary school, on the department's Graduates
Prepared to Succeed website.
(e) The department may not disclose any personal, identifiable
information of any individual under this section.
SECTION 2. IC 20-19-3-34 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2025]: Sec. 34. (a) As used in this section, "MPH" refers to the
management performance hub established by IC 4-3-26-8.
(b) The department, in collaboration with the commission for
higher education, the department of workforce development, the
governor's workforce cabinet, and the MPH, shall publish on the
department's website timely and relevant information about
secondary education programs, including:
(1) career and technical education;
(2) the Indiana high school equivalency diploma program
under IC 22-4.1-18; and
(3) adult high schools (as defined under IC 20-24-1-2.3).
(c) The information under subsection (b) shall:
(1) include, to the extent possible, information concerning
participation, cost, completion, and employment outcomes for
the secondary education programs listed in subsection (b)(1)
through (b)(3);
(2) use and incorporate existing analyses, dashboards, and
other resources of the department, the commission for higher
education, the department of workforce development, the
governor's workforce cabinet, and the MPH; and
(3) be updated annually.
SECTION 3. IC 20-19-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]:
Chapter 12. Career Navigation and Coaching
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "approved intermediary" means
an intermediary that has been approved and included on the list
under IC 21-18-19-1.
Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "eligible entity" means any of
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the following:
(1) A school corporation.
(2) A public school, including a charter school.
(3) A state accredited nonpublic school.
(4) An approved intermediary.
(5) A career coaching provider approved by the department
under section 7 of this chapter.
(b) The term does not include a state educational institution.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "high school" means a high
school that is:
(1) maintained by a school corporation;
(2) a charter school; or
(3) a state accredited nonpublic school.
Sec. 4. (a) The department shall implement and administer the
comprehensive career navigation and coaching system for Indiana
developed by the commission for higher education under
IC 21-18-20-5 (before its repeal) that does both of the following:
(1) Provides timely, comprehensive, relevant, and useful
information on careers, including at least:
(A) general and industry sector based regional, state,
national, and global information to identify both
immediate and potential career opportunities arising from:
(i) current employer needs;
(ii) developing or foreseeable talent needs and trends;
and
(iii) other factors identified by the commission for higher
education before July 1, 2025, or by the department after
June 30, 2025;
(B) state, regional, and local labor market supply and
demand information from the department of workforce
development, industry sectors, and other verifiable
sources; and
(C) educational requirements and attainment information
from employers, the department of workforce
development, and other verifiable sources.
(2) Establishes strategies and identifies capacity to deliver
career navigation and coaching to kindergarten through
grade 12 students, including at least:
(A) processes for identifying an individual's aptitude for
and interest in, and the education and training required
for, various career and employment opportunities;
(B) the use of approved intermediaries, career coaches, and
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other coaching resources;
(C) qualifications for career coaches and a training
program to enable the career coaches to provide relevant
information to the individuals being served;
(D) the incorporation and ongoing usage of Internet based
systems that are interoperable with the comprehensive
career navigation and coaching system; and
(E) career exploration, engagement, and experience.
(b) All high schools in Indiana may participate in the
comprehensive career navigation and coaching system
implemented under subsection (a).
(c) In implementing and administering the comprehensive
career navigation and coaching system described in subsection (a),
the department shall:
(1) work in consultation with, and receive cooperation,
support, and assistance from:
(A) the department of workforce development, governor's
workforce cabinet, and the commission for higher
education; and
(B) the resources, providers, and institutions that the
department, the department of workforce development,
the governor's workforce cabinet, and the commission for
higher education use and oversee;
(2) explore approaches and models from Indiana and other
states and countries;
(3) where appropriate, use pilot programs or other scaling
approaches to implement the comprehensive career
navigation and coaching system in a cost effective and
efficient manner; and
(4) initially focus on students enrolled in high school.
Sec. 5. (a) The career coaching grant fund is established for the
purpose of providing grants to eligible entities to establish or
implement comprehensive career navigation and coaching systems
as described in section 6 of this chapter.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Appropriations from the general assembly.
(2) Money deposited in the fund under IC 21-18-20-6 (before
its repeal).
(3) Interest deposited in the fund under subsection (e).
(c) The department shall administer the fund.
(d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
money in the fund.
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(e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public funds may be invested. Interest that
accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year reverts to
the state general fund.
Sec. 6. (a) Subject to available funding and subsections (c) and
(d), the department may award a career coaching grant from the
fund to an eligible entity that meets the requirements under
subsection (b).
(b) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an
eligible entity must do the following:
(1) Apply to the department in the manner prescribed by the
department.
(2) Meet any eligibility requirements or parameters
established by the department.
(3) If the eligible entity is a school corporation or school
described in section 2(a)(2) through 2(a)(3) of this chapter,
partner with:
(A) an approved intermediary; or
(B) a career coaching provider approved by the
department under section 7 of this chapter.
(4) If the eligible entity is:
(A) an approved intermediary; or
(B) a career coaching provider approved by the
department under section 7 of this chapter;
partner with a school corporation or school described in
section 2(a)(2) through 2(a)(3) of this chapter.
(5) Agree to:
(A) use the grant to establish or implement a
comprehensive career navigation and coaching system;
(B) provide career coaching services through a career
coach who:
(i) is at least twenty-three (23) years of age;
(ii) has a high school diploma or the equivalent of a high
school diploma; and
(iii) holds a certification in individual personality and
interest inventory interpretation and career navigation
or completes training that is equivalent to the training
required to receive a certificate described in this item
and is recognized or approved by the department;
(C) use evidence based assessments or student exploration,
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engagement, and experience resources to advise students
about careers and college pathways;
(D) provide coaching based on aptitude assessment results,
which may include the Indiana career explorer program,
to each student at least once during grade 7 or 8 and once
during grade 10 or 11;
(E) have a career coach meet with a student individually,
either in person or virtually;
(F) include:
(i) employer site visits or equivalent virtual visits; and
(ii) individual conversations;
in areas of student interest or aptitude;
(G) comply with section 9 of this chapter; and
(H) provide a minimum of thirty (30) minutes of career
coaching services to students in:
(i) grade 7 or 8; and
(ii) grade 10 or 11.
(c) To the extent possible, the department shall award grants
under this section to eligible entities located in:
(1) geographically diverse communities, which must include
rural, suburban, and urban communities; and
(2) each region described in section 9 of this chapter.
(d) In awarding grants under this chapter, the department shall
give preference to eligible entities that provide career coaching
services through career coaches who have work experience outside
of teaching.
Sec. 7. The department shall:
(1) establish an application form for approval as a career
coaching provider; and
(2) establish requirements to receive approval as a career
coaching provider.
Sec. 8. An eligible entity that receives a grant under this chapter
shall do the following:
(1) Allow students to explore, experience, and engage with a
career coach.
(2) Apply information learned about the student through
aptitude discerning tools and narrow career choices for
students based on aptitude and personal interest surveys and
other instruments.
(3) Provide salary ranges for potential fields of employment.
(4) Allocate adequate time to provide individual, personalized
coaching for students with regard to:
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(A) pathways to obtain information for desired potential
occupations; and
(B) high school pathways regarding college preparation or
a career, depending on each student's interest.
(5) Provide information to a parent of each student regarding
recommendations for the student based on assessment results
and other relevant data.
Sec. 9. An eligible entity described in section 2(a)(4) or 2(a)(5)
of this chapter shall provide a student with information on high
demand and high wage employment opportunities that are
available within the economic growth region established by the
department of workforce development in which the student resides.
Sec. 10. Not later than July 1, 2026, and each July 1 thereafter,
the department shall do the following:
(1) Prepare a report that includes information regarding the:
(A) comprehensive career navigation and coaching system
implemented and administered under section 4 of this
chapter;
(B) amount of grants awarded to each eligible entity under
section 6 of this chapter;
(C) career coaching services provided by eligible entities
that receive grants under this chapter; and
(D) outcomes from the career coaching services described
in clause (C):
(i) during high school, including whether students
complete career and technical education courses; and
(ii) upon completion of high school.
(2) Submit the report to the following:
(A) The governor.
(B) The general assembly in an electronic format under
IC 5-14-6.
Sec. 11. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
implement this chapter.
SECTION 4. IC 20-30-5.6-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2024,
SECTION 393, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in
subsections (c) through (f), during each school year, a student who is:
(1) enrolled in a school; and
(2) in grade 11 or 12;
shall meet with at least one (1) approved postsecondary educational
institution, intermediary, employer, or labor organization for not less
than thirty (30) minutes to discuss current and future career
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opportunities and the necessary education levels for various careers.
(b) In advance of the meeting required under subsection (a), the
student shall select, from the list prepared under IC 21-18-19-1 or from
a list of approved postsecondary educational institutions maintained by
the student's school, at least one (1) approved postsecondary
educational institution, intermediary, employer, or labor organization
with which to meet.
(c) The parent of a student or an emancipated student may opt out
of the meeting required under subsection (a).
(d) If a school determines that no approved postsecondary
educational institutions, intermediaries, employers, or labor
organizations are willing to meet with students under subsection (a),
the school may submit to the commission for higher education a written
request to waive the meeting requirement.
(e) The meeting requirement under subsection (a) does not apply to
a student who is participating in a program approved by the student's
school in which the student:
(1) works for an employer or labor organization for part of regular
school hours; and
(2) attends school for part of regular school hours.
(f) The meeting requirement under subsection (a) does not apply to
students who receive career coaching services through the career
coaching grant under IC 21-18-20. IC 20-19-12.
(g) An intermediary, employer, or labor organization may hold a
meeting described in subsection (a) with not more than five (5)
students at one (1) time.
SECTION 5. IC 21-18-19-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2024,
SECTION 73, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "applicable statutes"
means the following:
(1) IC 11-10-12-7.
(2) IC 20-19-12.
(2) (3) IC 20-30-5.6-5.
(3) (4) IC 21-12-3-9.2.
(4) (5) IC 21-12-4-3.5.
(5) (6) IC 21-12-6-6.8.
(6) IC 21-18-20.
(b) As used in this section, "labor organization" has the meaning set
forth in IC 22-6-6-5.
(c) The commission shall:
(1) develop application forms by which an intermediary, an
employer, or a labor organization may apply for inclusion on the
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lists described in subdivisions (2) and (4);
(2) create a list of intermediaries, employers, and labor
organizations approved by the commission under subsection (d)
for the purposes set forth in the applicable statutes;
(3) establish, in a manner that complies with:
(A) state privacy laws; and
(B) federal privacy laws, including the privacy provisions of
the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20
U.S.C. 1232g);
annual reporting requirements for an intermediary, an employer,
or a labor organization that meets with an individual under the
applicable statutes; and
(4) create a list of intermediaries, employers, and labor
organizations that are approved by the commission under
subsection (d) for purposes of the applicable statutes.
(d) An intermediary, an employer, or a labor organization may apply
for inclusion on the lists described in subsection (c)(2) and (c)(4) by
submitting to the commission an application on the appropriate form
described in subsection (c)(1).
(e) The commission shall publish the lists created under subsection
(c)(2) and (c)(4) on the commission's website.
(f) The commission may:
(1) update the lists created under subsection (c)(2) and (c)(4), as
needed; and
(2) approve or deny a request for a waiver of the meeting
requirement submitted under the applicable statutes.
(g) The commission may:
(1) adopt rules under IC 4-22-2;
(2) issue a request for proposals under IC 5-22-9; and
(3) issue a request for information;
for the purpose of implementing this section.
SECTION 6. IC 21-18-20 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2025]. (Career Navigation and Coaching).
SECTION 7. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025] (a) Notwithstanding
IC 20-43-8-14(b), not later than November 1, 2026, the department
of workforce development shall update wage threshold data used
to categorize career and technical education programs under
IC 20-43-8-7.5 for use in the subsequent school year.
(b) This SECTION expires June 30, 2027.
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President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date: Time:
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