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Rep. Tim Wesco (R-Osceola) is the author of a bill sent to the governor that would ban skills tests for students and workers who have diplomas from nonaccredited, nonpublic high schools.

Ban on skills tests for students, workers with unaccredited high school diplomas heads to governor

Kirsten Adair

Indiana lawmakers sent a measure to the governor that eliminates skills tests for prospective workers and students with unaccredited high school diplomas.

Rep. Tim Wesco (R- Osceola) authored HB 1348. He said the measure is necessary because some state employers require prospective employees without accredited diplomas to take skill tests —something their peers who have diplomas from accredited schools don’t have to do.

House committee passes measure to prevent additional skill tests for non-accredited diplomas

Kirsten Adair

HB 1348 says employers and higher education institutions cannot impose additional skill tests on prospective students and employees who were homeschooled or received another form of schooling that resulted in them earning a non-accredited high school diploma.

A group of high schoolers meet in a local church for a finance class. The homeschooled students take part in a co-op, where parents and other adults share teaching responsibilities.

Homeschooling is growing. What happens when they go to college? 

Aubrey Wright

Experts believe homeschooled children fair about as well as children from traditional schools.

Indiana's unemployment rate — which measures the percentage of people who are without a job but are actively looking for work — stood at 3.9 percent in April, while the national rate was 4.2 percent.

Bill to scale back child labor law exemptions passes out of committee

Violet Comber-Wilen

House Bill 1093 would allow certain 14- to 16-year-olds and 16- to 18-year-olds to work longer hours, and for minors who are 16 or 17 to perform farm labor.