IndianaState providers would report workforce program and wage outcomes
If enacted, Indiana state providers would report participants’ later participation in another workforce program and wage gains, and plan how to gather information after participants finish workforce programs.
What it does
State providers’ annual reports would count participants who enter another workforce program and show the average wage increase after participants finish a program.
By November 1, 2026, state providers would plan to gather follow-up information for each program and report their plans to the legislative council. Participants could respond anonymously.
Argument forReports sent to state leaders could help them see how many participants enter another workforce program and how wages change after a program.
Argument againstPlanning how to gather follow-up information for every program could take staff time, and anonymous answers may be harder to connect to later outcomes.
More detail
State providers would include both measures in each program’s annual report. The reports cover each workforce program run by a state provider.
State providers would develop a plan to collect follow-up information and send the legislative council a report describing that plan. The plan would cover information from participants after they complete each workforce program run by a state provider. The plan would cover participants’ outcomes, including employment, wages, and later program participation. Participants could provide the information anonymously. The plan and report are due by November 1, 2026. This section would expire January 1, 2027, if enacted.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jan 29First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and PensionsLatest
- Jan 28Referred to the HouseMinor
- Jan 27House sponsor: Representative Snow
- Vote recorded SB 223 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 44, nays 0Passed Senate
- Jan 26Second reading: ordered engrossedMinor
- Jan 26Senators Donato, Byrne, Spencer added as coauthors
- Jan 26Senator Koch added as third author
- Jan 22Committee report: amend do pass, adoptedMinor
- Jan 22Senator Deery added as second author
- Jan 8Authored by Senator Buchanan
- Jan 8First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and TechnologyIntroduced
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