IN Code § 4-3-27-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 3. Governor|Chapter 27. Governor's Workforce Cabinet|4-3-27-11. Development of Comprehensive Career Navigation and Coaching System

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "high school" means a high school (as defined in IC 20-18-2-7) that is:(1) maintained by a school corporation;(2) a charter school; or(3) a state accredited nonpublic school (as defined in IC 20-18-2-18.7).(b) Not later than July 1, 2019, the cabinet shall develop a comprehensive career navigation and coaching system for Indiana 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 cabinet;(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 middle school, high school, postsecondary, and adult students, with priority being given to middle school and high school 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 career coaches and other coaching resources, including the work one system, employers, Ivy Tech Community College, Vincennes University, and other postsecondary educational institutions; and(C) qualifications for career coaches and a training program to enable the career coaches to provide relevant information to the individuals being served.(c) All high schools in Indiana shall participate in the career coaching program developed under subsection (b)(2).(d) In developing the comprehensive career navigation and coaching system under subsection (b)(2), the cabinet shall:(1) receive cooperation, support, and assistance from:(A) the department of workforce development, the Indiana commission for higher education, and the department of education; and(B) the resources, providers, and institutions that the departments and the commission listed in clause (A) 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 develop and implement the comprehensive career navigation and coaching system in a cost effective and efficient manner; and(4) work to coordinate and align resources to produce effective and efficient results to K-12 educational systems, postsecondary educational systems, the workforce development community, employers, community based organizations, and other entities.(e) The cabinet shall initially:(1) focus on:(A) students in, or of the age to be in, the last two (2) years of high school; and(B) working age adults; and(2) use, to the extent possible, the department of workforce development, the K-12 educational system, Ivy Tech Community College, Vincennes University, and other existing resources to implement the comprehensive career navigation and coaching system with a later expansion of the system, as appropriate, to all K-12 and postsecondary schools and institutions and their students.(f) Not later than July 1, 2019, the cabinet shall submit to:(1) the governor;(2) the commission for higher education;(3) the state board of education; and(4) the general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6;operating and funding recommendations to implement the comprehensive career navigation and coaching system.As added by P.L.152-2018, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.143-2019, SEC.6; P.L.92-2020, SEC.1.