https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc1l70QEXbc Sally Saydshoev recently joined the Indiana Chamber’s Work and Learn Indiana program as the assistant director of educator engagement. She shares her background and a new opportunity for school communities and employers: the Employer Aid Readiness Network (EARN) grant pilot program for high school internships. Learn more about this program expansion.
Maintaining pace with the latest technology can be the difference of staying in business – or not – for many companies. But it’s not just for-profit businesses that feel the pressure to keep up technologically. Outdated technology can cost public schools too. And it costs more than time and money, including grants. It’s also costing them some of their [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — As Indiana works to bring its economy back, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and its Foundation have launched a dashboard to keep track of key metrics related to the state’s progress. The Indiana Economic Recovery Dashboard – part of the organization’s new Accelerating Indiana Vision 2025+ initiative – compares on an ongoing basis how Indiana is doing [...]
Experience is the best teacher, according to a familiar adage. It’s also a fundamental concept driving Work and Learn Indiana (formerly Indiana INTERNnet). In the past 20 years, Work and Learn Indiana has successfully placed more than 11,000 college interns around the state. Now, the free internship matching service is expanding its vision. “We want to connect anyone looking for work-based [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iU7y9tQJ1c The 2021 version of the Indiana Vision 2025 Report Card is now available. Read the press release. The results: Both good (more improvements than not in raw scores) and not so good (declines in state rankings outnumber gains). Adam Berry has the overview. Full Report Two-page narrative Rankings summary
Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kevin Brinegar calls the 2021 Indiana General Assembly session, which wrapped up regular work yesterday, a “strong one for assisting businesses in their recovery from the pandemic and continuing to push the state to be a leader in the Midwest and beyond.” His remarks on the fate of key legislation determined this [...]
House Bill 1309 (Pregnancy Accommodation), authored by Rep. Karen Engleman (R-Georgetown), passed the Senate 31-19 after a lengthy debate. The bill allows an employee to request an accommodation for the employee’s pregnancy and gives Indiana a law in line with the federal Pregnancy Accommodation Act and Americans With Disabilities Act. Specifically, the bill also prohibits an employer from disciplining, [...]
Senate Bill 54 (FAFSA Awards) easily passed the House last week 87-6. As amended by the House, the bill provides that a school corporation may receive an improvement award for increasing the percentage of its high school seniors who complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. That coincides with when the [...]
File the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) before Indiana’s April 15, 2021 deadline or risk losing out on millions of dollars in state and federal financial aid. That’s the message the Indiana Commission for Higher Education is sending students and families across the state with one month left to file the 2021-22 FAFSA. Filing the FAFSA is [...]
Last week officially marked the end to the first half of the 2021 legislative session with the deadline for bills having to clear their original house of origin. It’s a good time review where our top policy priorities stand for the Hoosier business community. Broadband expansion into rural Indiana Five pieces of much-needed broadband legislation moved on this week: [...]
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