Indiana aims to scale high-school cybersecurity pathway to build workforce after Braun visit to Bloomfield
Gov. Mike Braun and Education Secretary Katie Jenner visited Bloomfield Middle and High School to showcase Indiana’s Cybersecurity Partnership, launched in May, which connects high schools, colleges, the Indiana National Guard and employers and aims to expand from about 69 schools to 200 schools over three years.
Gov. Mike Braun and Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner visited Bloomfield Middle and High School to watch students demonstrate projects from Project Lead the Way Cybersecurity and AP Cybersecurity classes. The visit highlighted the state’s Cybersecurity Partnership, launched in May, which links high schools with two- and four-year colleges, the Indiana National Guard and employers.
State officials said Indiana currently has cybersecurity programs at about 69 public high schools serving roughly 560 students and roughly 20,000 open cybersecurity positions statewide. The state’s stated goal is to grow the pathway to 200 high schools serving about 4,000 students over the next three years; courses may offer college credit, industry credentials and work-based learning.
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