Section 20-51.4-4.5-6 - Designation and approval of sequences, courses, modern youth apprenticeships, apprenticeships, and programs of study; identifying and recommending skill competency; review; revocation of approval(a) The department shall, in consultation with the commission for higher education, designate and approve the following for grants under this chapter:(3) Modern youth apprenticeships.(4) Apprenticeships or apprenticeship programs (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.3).(5) Programs of study leading to industry recognized credentials.(b) The department shall provide to the treasurer of state information concerning the designated and approved sequences, courses, apprenticeships, and programs of study under subsection (a).(c) A CSA participating entity may identify and recommend a skill competency learned during a course sequence, career course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship or apprenticeship program (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.3), or a program of study leading to industry recognized credentials that has been approved under subsection (a) to the department for inclusion in the skill competency list maintained by the department under IC 20-19-3-28.5.(d) The department shall approve a sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study under subsection (a) that:(1) culminates in an approved credential; and(2) is offered by an employer that has partnered with an approved intermediary (as defined in IC 21-18-19-3) to offer the sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study.(e) The department may: (1) periodically review the approval of a sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study under subsection (d); and(2) revoke an initial approval under subsection (d) after a period of not less than three (3) years if the sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study fails to achieve an adequate outcome, as determined by the department, in consultation with the commission for higher education. In determining whether a sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study has failed to achieve an adequate outcome, the department shall consider the outcomes listed in IC 20-19-3-22.3.
Added by P.L. 202-2023,SEC. 62, eff. 7/1/2023.