Sec. 10. (a) Each state educational institution shall designate a program coordinator.

(b) The duties of the coordinator include the following:

(1) Develop programs to create a positive educational environment for veteran students while the veteran student is enrolled at the state educational institution.

(2) Develop training programs for the state educational institution's personnel relating to:

(A) issues associated with identifying and assisting veteran students with posttraumatic stress disorder;

(B) veteran benefits; and

(C) any issue that the coordinator determines will educate a state educational institution's faculty or staff of the special needs of veteran students.

(3) Make recommendations to the commission for higher education established under IC 21-18-2 concerning ways to improve the education of veteran students.

(4) Coordinate access to stress management, counseling programs, and other resources available to a veteran student at the state educational institution.

(5) Coordinate with the Indiana department of veterans' affairs established by IC 10-17-1-2 to educate veteran students about state benefits available to Indiana veterans.

(6) Coordinate with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to educate veteran students about federal benefits available to veterans.

(7) Coordinate with the adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee to educate veteran students about benefits and programs available to veteran students who served or are currently serving in the national guard.

(8) Coordinate activities, seminars, and programs for veteran students presented by a veterans organization.

(9) Coordinate campus activities and social events designed for veteran students.

(10) Develop programs to assist a veteran student to locate employment.

(11) Develop internship programs designed specifically for veteran students.

(12) Develop an Internet web site to provide veteran students access to veteran resources.

As added by P.L.2-2014, SEC.98. Amended by P.L.4-2014, SEC.3.