Section 20-30-5.6-5 - Required meeting to discuss current and future career opportunities; opt out; request to waive; exceptions(a) Except as provided in subsections (c) through (f), during each school year, a student who is:(1) enrolled in a school; and(2) in grade 11 or 12; shall meet with at least one (1) approved postsecondary educational institution, intermediary, employer, or labor organization for not less than thirty (30) minutes to discuss current and future career opportunities and the necessary education levels for various careers.
(b) In advance of the meeting required under subsection (a), the student shall select, from the list prepared under IC 21-18-19-1 or from a list of approved postsecondary educational institutions maintained by the student's school, at least one (1) approved postsecondary educational institution, intermediary, employer, or labor organization with which to meet.(c) The parent of a student or an emancipated student may opt out of the meeting required under subsection (a).(d) If a school determines that no approved postsecondary educational institutions, intermediaries, employers, or labor organizations are willing to meet with students under subsection (a), the school may submit to the commission for higher education a written request to waive the meeting requirement.(e) The meeting requirement under subsection (a) does not apply to a student who is participating in a program approved by the student's school in which the student:(1) works for an employer or labor organization for part of regular school hours; and(2) attends school for part of regular school hours.(f) The meeting requirement under subsection (a) does not apply to students who receive career coaching services through the career coaching grant under IC 21-18-20.(g) An intermediary, employer, or labor organization may hold a meeting described in subsection (a) with not more than five (5) students at one (1) time.Amended by P.L. 9-2024,SEC. 393, eff. 7/1/2024.Added by P.L. 202-2023,SEC. 20, eff. 7/1/2023.