INDIANAPOLIS– Gov. Mike Pence announced the creation of a new state agency Friday to coordinate education and career workforce training efforts in the state.

The Center for Education and Career Innovation will improve collaboration among Indiana’s public, private and nonprofit education and workforce partners by aligning education and career and workforce training efforts.

But the move got off to a rocky start because he left a key person out of the loop – Democratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz, who runs the Indiana Department of Education.

The news release said the center will collaborate with several partners in state government – including the Department of Education, the Indiana Charter School Board, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, and the Office of State-Based Initiatives.
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