HCS/HB 1455 - This act requires the Department of Economic Development to annually identify occupations in which a critical need or shortage of trained personnel exists in the state, and provide such information to the State Board of Education. The State Board and the Department shall then compile certain data and information relating to post-secondary education and careers, as set forth in the act. The information compiled under the act shall be distributed to each high school in this state. Each high school shall provide its students with such information before November 1st of every school year.
The act also requires the Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Department of Economic Development to jointly provide information relating to each credential offered by a public institution of higher education, as listed in the act. Such information shall be posted on the website of the public institution of higher education and be published in the institution's course catalog by October 1, 2019.
This act is similar to HCS/HB 953 (2017).
JAMIE ANDREWS