1. (a) The department shall designate and approve the following for grants under this chapter:

   1. (1) Course sequences.
   2. (2) Career courses.
   3. (3) Modern youth apprenticeships.
   4. (4) Apprenticeships or apprenticeship programs (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.3 ).
   5. (5) Programs of study leading to industry recognized credentials.
2. (b) A CSA participating entity may identify and recommend a skill competency learned during a course sequence, career course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship or apprenticeship program (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.3 ), or a program of study leading to industry recognized credentials that has been approved under subsection (a) to the department for inclusion in the skill competency list maintained by the department under IC 20-19-3-28.5 .
3. (c) The department shall approve a sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study under subsection

4. (a) that:

   1. (1) culminates in an approved credential; and
   2. (2) is offered by an employer that has partnered with an approved intermediary (as defined in IC 21-18-19-3 ) to offer the sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study.
   3. (d) The department may:
   4. (1) periodically review the approval of a sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study under subsection (c); and

   5. (2) revoke an initial approval under subsection (c) after a period of not less than three (3) years if the sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study fails to achieve an adequate outcome, as determined by the department.

      In determining whether a sequence, course, modern youth apprenticeship, apprenticeship, or program of study has failed to achieve an adequate outcome, the department shall consider the outcomes listed in IC 20-19-3-22.3 .

As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.62. Amended by P.L.213-2025, SEC.226.