SB 365: Education matters. - Indiana

Senate Bill (S) → Senate Bill (H) · 7 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended from Senate to House version, updating the bill number from SB 365 to ES 365 and changing the date to March 27, 2025. The digest was revised to reflect broader collaboration with state entities and updated reporting requirements for career coaching programs. The House version adds new sponsors and modifies the legislative process timeline.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on education data collection and career coaching programs, but the House version broadens the language to include 'certain other state entities' instead of specifying particular departments, and changes the reporting recipient from 'governor's workforce cabinet' to 'general assembly'.

TIMELINE

Legislative process dates updated to reflect House action with March 3 and March 27, 2025 readings and amendments.

REQUIREMENT

Reporting requirements changed from submitting to 'governor's workforce cabinet' to submitting to 'general assembly'.

Collaboration language expanded from specific departments to 'certain other state entities' for data collection and reporting.

Career coaching system renamed from 'career navigation coaching system' to 'comprehensive career navigation and coaching system'.

Fund name changed from 'career coaching fund' to 'career coaching grant fund'.

Data collection requirements updated to track students who completed career and technical education program concentrators rather than just 'career and technical education program concentrators'.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from SB 365 to ES 365 to reflect House engrossed version.

Enrolled Senate Bill (S) → Senate Bill (S) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was converted from an enrolled act to a regular senate bill, changing its legal status and effective date. The core policy content regarding education data collection and career coaching remains substantially the same, with minor formatting adjustments and some text consolidation in the career and technical education reporting section.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on Indiana education data reporting and career coaching programs, but its legal status changed from an enrolled act to a regular senate bill, which affects its legislative history and effective date.

TIMELINE

The bill's session designation changed from 'First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)' to a regular Senate Bill format with updated dates (February 7, 2025).

TECHNICAL

The bill title and digest were updated from 'SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 365' to 'SENATE BILL No. 365', reflecting its current legislative status.

Minor formatting and text consolidation changes occurred in the career and technical education reporting section, particularly in subsection (c)(6) where text was streamlined.

The bill structure was reorganized with new page numbering and formatting consistent with standard Senate Bill format rather than enrolled act format.

Engrossed Senate Bill (S) → Enrolled Senate Bill (S) · 6 edits · May 1, 2025

MODERATE

SB 365 was converted from an Engrossed Senate Bill to an Enrolled Senate Act, indicating it has been signed into law. The bill establishes new requirements for the Indiana Department of Education to collect and publish comprehensive data on student outcomes, including median income at various intervals after graduation, participation in specific course programs, and employment outcomes aligned with career and technical education. These changes enhance transparency and accountability in secondary education by providing detailed metrics on how well students are prepared for post-secondary success.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from general career navigation requirements to include specific mandates for publishing detailed cohort data on student outcomes across multiple timeframes (1, 3, 5, and 10 years after graduation) and specific program types.

REQUIREMENT

New requirement for the Department of Education to publish median earned income data for graduates at 1, 3, 5, and 10 years after graduation, aggregated by school and program type.

New mandate to collect and report data on student participation in Advanced Placement, Dual Credit, Cambridge International, and International Baccalaureate courses.

New requirement to track and report the number of students employed in occupations aligned with their career and technical education programs at multiple intervals after graduation.

New requirement for the Department of Workforce Development to update wage threshold data used to categorize career and technical education programs annually.

TIMELINE

Data publication requirements now include specific deadlines, with initial publishing required by January 1, 2024, for the 2023 cohort.

DEFINITION

New definitions added for 'Internet dashboard' and 'Management performance hub' to clarify data collection and reporting mechanisms.

Engrossed Senate Bill (H) → Engrossed Senate Bill (S) · 7 edits · Feb 11, 2025

MODERATE

This bill update changes the bill number from SB 365 to ES 365, reflecting its progression through the legislative process. The substantive policy changes focus on expanding data collection requirements for education programs, shifting from a return on investment report to a broader requirement for publishing timely information about secondary education programs. The bill also updates sponsor information and legislative action dates to reflect recent proceedings.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from requiring a specific return on investment report to requiring broader data collection and publication of timely information about secondary education programs, while maintaining the career coaching fund requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the department's reporting requirement from creating a combined return on investment report to collecting and maintaining data and publishing timely information about secondary education programs on the department's website.

Updated the career coaching system description from 'career navigation coaching system' to 'comprehensive career navigation and coaching system'.

Changed the reporting submission destination from 'governor's workforce cabinet and legislative council' to 'governor and general assembly'.

Revised data collection requirements to track students who completed career and technical education program concentrators and are employed in occupations aligned with their program of study at one, three, five, and ten years after graduation.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill designation from 'SB0365.2' to 'ES0365.2' and changed the reprint date from February 11, 2025 to April 2, 2025.

Added new sponsors (Maxwell) and removed sponsor (Goode) from the bill's sponsor list, and added House sponsors (Teshka, Behning, Prescott, Davis).

TIMELINE

Added legislative action dates for March 3, 2025 and March 27, 2025, and February 11, 2025, reflecting the bill's progression through House and Senate committees.

Introduced Senate Bill (S) → Engrossed Senate Bill (H) · 4 edits · Feb 11, 2025

MODERATE

SB 365 was amended to shift from a complex multi-agency data collection and reporting framework to a streamlined approach where the Department of Education creates a combined return on investment report for specified programs. The bill now establishes a new Career Coaching Fund and requires the Department to administer a career navigation coaching system, while removing references to the Management Performance Hub and the Governor's Workforce Cabinet from certain collaborative requirements.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the Management Performance Hub and Governor's Workforce Cabinet from several collaborative requirements, while adding new responsibilities for the Department of Education regarding a new Career Coaching Fund and navigation system.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for the Department of Education to collaborate with the Management Performance Hub and Governor's Workforce Cabinet on data collection and reporting; these entities were replaced with the Commission for Higher Education and Department of Workforce Development.

Changed the reporting mechanism so the Department of Education must publish the return on investment report on its own website and submit it to the Governor's Workforce Cabinet and Legislative Council, rather than publishing on the Management Performance Hub's website.

FISCAL

Established a new Career Coaching Fund and assigned the Department of Education responsibility for administering and implementing the career navigation coaching system developed by the Commission.

DEFINITION

Removed the definition of 'Management Performance Hub' from the bill's definitions section, indicating the entity is no longer a primary actor in this legislation.

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