2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 19. State Administration of Elementary and Secondary Education › Chapter 3. Department of Education › 20-19-3-22.3. Reporting of Median Earned Income of Graduates; Collect, Maintain, and Aggregate Certain Data for Each Cohort; Publish Data

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, 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.
(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:
(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.
(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.
As added by P.L.216-2021, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.202-2023, SEC.12.