Bill Text: IN SR0085 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging assessment of middle-skills industry clusters education and training.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-26 - Senators Leising and Mrvan added as coauthors [SR0085 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SR0085-Introduced.html
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging assessment of industry recognized standards for middle-skills industry clusters that are essential to the state's economy to ensure that the education and training programs in Indiana meet these standards.
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MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging assessment of industry
recognized standards for middle-skills industry clusters that are
essential to the state's economy to ensure that the education and
training programs in Indiana meet these standards.
Whereas, Middle-skills jobs, defined as jobs that require
more than a high school diploma but less than a four-year
college degree, make up the largest segment of jobs in
Indiana's economy;
Whereas, As of 2009, approximately 55% of Indiana's
jobs were in middle-skills occupations; however, only 49%
of the state's workers are likely to have the appropriate
training for these jobs;
Whereas, Middle-skills jobs are essential to Indiana's
health, infrastructure, and economic growth;
Whereas, Many of these jobs _ including the care of our
sick and elderly, the repair of our computerized cars, the
running and maintenance of our factories' advanced
machinery, and the construction of our nation's bridges and
buildings _ cannot be outsourced;
Whereas, It is time for Indiana to assess industry
recognized standards for middle-skills clusters that are
essential to the state's economy and ensure that the education
and training programs in Indiana meet these standards; and
Whereas, Indiana is committed to supporting its industries by ensuring that its workforce has the skills that these industries need to stay competitive and viable in the new global economy: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate urges the governing bodies
of the Workforce Investment State Plan, the Adult Basic Education
State Plan, and the Career and Technical Education State Plan to
amend their plans to create an assessment of industry recognized,
objectively assessed credentials of middle-skills occupations in
industries that are essential to Indiana's economy and the education and
training programs in Indiana that train workers to earn these
credentials; to identify gaps in which training programs do not exist for
specified credentials or fall short of adequately preparing workers for
specified credentials; to develop recommendations to close these
identified gaps; to monitor completion of this assessment and
development of these recommendations; and to review and, if
considered appropriate, revise the recommendations.
SECTION 2. That the Indiana Senate urges the Education
Roundtable to consider the importance of industry recognized
standards and assessments for middle-skills industry clusters and the
alignment of education and training programs with these standards and
assessments.
SECTION 3. That the Indiana Senate urges the State Workforce
Innovation Council to amend its bylaws to expand the purposes of its
Education Review Committee to include the development,
implementation, and review of career pathways and the assessment of
skill standards.
