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Bill and partnership presentation promote aptitude assessments and localized career navigation
Summary
Senate Bill 328 would require middle‑school career exploration, a personalized academic/career plan by the end of eighth grade, and a state ROI reporting initiative; the committee also heard a presentation from the Greater Springfield Partnership about a Clark County program using YouScience aptitude assessments, youth science navigators and employer events.
Senate Bill 328, sponsored by Senator Kahler, would expand career exploration and planning by requiring a half‑credit career exploration unit between grades six and eight, an academic and career plan completed by the end of eighth grade, and a state return‑on‑investment initiative to publish reports tying education outcomes to workforce data.
After the bill's sponsor described the policy goals, Horton Hobbs of…
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