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IN Code § 20-29-3-3.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 3. Indiana Education Employment Relations Board|20-29-3-3.1. Executive Director

Sec. 3.1. (a) The board shall appoint an executive director to carry out the duties and daily operations of the board. The executive director may be removed by the board for just cause.(b) The executive director's duties include the following:(1) To establish a principal office in Indianapolis.(2) To conduct any administrative function on behalf of the board with respect to any hearing, investigation, inquiry, election, or review, including designating a staff person or ad hoc panel member to serve as an agent of the board for any of the following:(A) Hearing examiner.(B) Hearing officer.(C) Factfinder.(D) Compliance officer.(E) Financial consultant.The executive director may conduct additional related administrative functions under this subdivision.(3) To hire and appoint staff and attorneys as necessary to ensure efficient and effective operation of the board. The attorneys appointed under this subdivision may, at the direction of the board, appear for and represent the board in court.(4) To pay the reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses of an employee, a member, or an agent of the board.(5) To request from any public agency the assistance, services, and data that will enable the board to properly carry out the board's functions and powers.(6) To publish and report in full an opinion in every case decided by the board.(7) To declare impasse under IC 20-29-6-13.(c) The executive director has financial and signatory powers necessary to ensure efficient and effective board operations. In addition, the board may authorize the executive director to carry out any or all of the board's powers under section 11 of this chapter unless otherwise prohibited by statute.As added by P.L.169-2016, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.10-2019, SEC.83.
IN Code § 20-29-3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 3. Indiana Education Employment Relations Board|20-29-3-4. Political Affiliation of Board Members

Sec. 4. Not more than three (3) members of the board may be members of the same political party.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(a).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.169-2016, SEC.6.
IN Code § 20-29-3-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 3. Indiana Education Employment Relations Board|20-29-3-6. Qualifications

Sec. 6. Members may not:(1) hold another public office;(2) be an officer or employee of a school employer;(3) be an officer or employee of a school employee organization or any affiliate of an organization; or(4) represent a:(A) school employer; or(B) school employee organization, or an organization's affiliates.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(b).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.169-2016, SEC.8.
IN Code § 20-29-3-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 3. Indiana Education Employment Relations Board|20-29-3-9. Compensation

Sec. 9. Each member of the board who is not a state employee is entitled to compensation equal to that of the board's executive director, computed on a daily rate and paid for every day actually spent serving on the board.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(d).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.169-2016, SEC.11.
IN Code § 20-29-3-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 3. Indiana Education Employment Relations Board|20-29-3-10. Quorum

Sec. 10. Three (3) members of the board constitute a quorum.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(e).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.169-2016, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-29-3-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 3. Indiana Education Employment Relations Board|20-29-3-11. Powers

Sec. 11. The board has the following powers:(1) To adopt an official seal and prescribe the purposes for which the seal may be used.(2) To hold hearings and make inquiries as the board considers necessary to carry out properly the board's functions and powers.(3) To meet and exercise the board's powers at any other place in Indiana.(4) To conduct in any part of Indiana a proceeding, a hearing, an investigation, an inquiry, or an election necessary to the performance of the board's functions.(5) To subpoena witnesses and issue subpoenas requiring the production of books, papers, records, and documents that may be needed as evidence in any matter under inquiry, and to administer oaths and affirmations. In cases of neglect or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to a person, the circuit or superior court of the county in which the investigations or the public hearings are taking place, upon application by the board, shall issue an order requiring the person to:(A) appear before the board; and(B) produce evidence about the matter under investigation.A failure to obey the order may be punished by the court as a contempt. A subpoena, notice of hearing, or other process of the board issued under this chapter shall be served in the manner prescribed by the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure.(6) To adopt, amend, or rescind rules the board considers necessary and administratively feasible to carry out this chapter under IC 4-22-2.(7) To request from any public agency the assistance, services, and data that will enable the board properly to carry out the board's functions and powers.(8) To review a collective bargaining agreement under IC 20-29-6-6.1.(9) To direct the activities of the executive director of the board.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(f).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.185; P.L.169-2016, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-29-3-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 3. Indiana Education Employment Relations Board|20-29-3-14. Collection of Information by the Executive Director

Sec. 14. (a) The board's executive director shall collect on behalf of the board:(1) statistical data on the resources of each school corporation;(2) the substance of any agreements reached by each school corporation; and(3) other relevant data as determined by the board or the board's executive director.(b) Parties to a collective bargaining agreement shall comply with the board's requests for information necessary to comply with subsection (a).[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(g).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.169-2016, SEC.14.
IN Code § 20-29-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 4. Rights and Responsibilities of School Employees and Employers|20-29-4-1. Rights of School Employees

Sec. 1. School employees may:(1) form, join, or assist school employee organizations;(2) participate in collective bargaining with school employers through representatives of their own choosing; and(3) engage in other activities, individually or in concert;to establish, maintain, or improve salaries, wages, salary and wage related fringe benefits, and other matters set forth in IC 20-29-6-4 and IC 20-29-6-5.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-6(a).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.8; P.L.229-2011, SEC.177.
IN Code § 20-29-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 4. Rights and Responsibilities of School Employees and Employers|20-29-4-2. School Employee Not Required to Join or Financially Support School Employee Organization

Sec. 2. (a) A school employee may not be required to join or financially support through the payment of:(1) fair share fees;(2) representation fees;(3) professional fees; or(4) other fees;a school employee organization.(b) A rule, regulation, or contract provision requiring financial support from a school employee to a school employee organization is void.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-6(a).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-29-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 4. Rights and Responsibilities of School Employees and Employers|20-29-4-3. Responsibilities of School Employers

Sec. 3. School employers have the responsibility and authority to manage and direct on behalf of the public the operations and activities of the school corporation to the full extent authorized by law, including but not limited to the following:(1) Direct the work of the school employer's employees.(2) Establish policy through procedures established in IC 20-29-6-4 and IC 20-29-6-5.(3) Hire, promote, demote, transfer, assign, and retain employees.(4) Suspend or discharge employees in accordance with applicable law through procedures established under state law.(5) Maintain the efficiency of school operations.(6) Relieve employees from duties because of lack of work or other legitimate reason through procedures established in IC 20-29-6-4, IC 20-29-6-5, and IC 20-29-6-7.(7) Take actions necessary to carry out the mission of the public schools as provided by law.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-6(b).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-29-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 5. Units and Exclusive Representatives|20-29-5-1. Exclusive Representatives; Selection of Unit

Sec. 1. (a) The exclusive representative shall serve for school employees within certain groups referred to in this chapter as units or bargaining units. A bargaining unit may not contain both certificated and noncertificated employees. Subject to this limitation, the units for which an exclusive representative serves are determined in accordance with subsections (b) through (d).(b) The parties may agree on the appropriate unit. For this purpose, the parties consist of the school employer and a school employee organization representing at least twenty percent (20%) of the school employees in a proposed unit.(c) If the parties do not reach an agreement on the appropriate unit, or if a school employee in the proposed unit files a complaint about the unit with the board, the board shall determine the proper unit after a hearing. The board's decision must be based on but not limited to the following considerations:(1) Efficient administration of school operations.(2) The existence of a community of interest among school employees.(3) The effects on the school corporation and school employees of fragmentation of units.(4) Recommendations of the parties involved.(d) In making a determination under subsection (c), the board shall give notice to all interested parties in accordance with the rules of the board. In giving notice under this subsection, the board is not required to follow IC 4-21.5.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-10(a).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-29-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 5. Units and Exclusive Representatives|20-29-5-2. Recognition of School Employer Organization as Exclusive Representative by School Employer

Sec. 2. (a) A school employer may recognize as the exclusive representative of the school employer's employees within an appropriate unit a school employee organization that presents to the employer evidence of the school employee organization's representation of a majority of the school employees within the unit, unless:(1) another school employee organization representing twenty percent (20%) of the school employees within the unit files written objections to the recognition; or(2) a school employee files a complaint to the composition of the unit with the school employer or the board within the notice period set forth in this section.(b) Before recognizing an exclusive representative under this section, the school employer shall post a written public notice of the school employer's intention to recognize the school employee organization as exclusive representative of the school employees within the unit. The notice must be posted, for thirty (30) calendar days immediately preceding recognition, in each of the buildings where the school employees in any unit principally work.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-10(b).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-29-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 5. Units and Exclusive Representatives|20-29-5-3. Determination of Exclusive Representative Other Than Exclusive School Employee Organization

Sec. 3. (a) If an exclusive school employee organization is not determined under section 2 of this chapter, the determination of whether a school employee organization shall be the exclusive representative shall be determined under this section.(b) A school employee organization may file a petition asserting that:(1) twenty percent (20%) of the employees in an appropriate unit wish to be represented for collective bargaining by the school employee organization as exclusive representative; or(2) the designated exclusive representative is no longer the representative of the majority of school employees in the unit.(c) The school employer may file a petition asserting:(1) that one (1) or more school employee organizations have presented to the school employer a claim to be recognized as the exclusive representative in an appropriate unit; or(2) that the school employer has good faith doubt that the previously certified school employee organization represents a majority of employees in the bargaining unit.(d) Twenty percent (20%) of the school employees in a unit may file a petition asserting that the designated exclusive representative is no longer the representative of the majority of school employees in the unit.(e) The board shall investigate a petition filed under subsection (b), (c), or (d). If the board has reasonable cause to believe that a question exists as to whether the designated exclusive representative or any school employee organization represents a majority of the school employees in a unit, the board shall provide for an appropriate hearing within thirty (30) days. In holding a hearing, the board is not required to comply with IC 4-21.5.(f) If the board finds, based on the record of a hearing held under subsection (e), that a question of representation exists, the board shall direct an election by secret ballot in a unit the board determines to be appropriate.(g) Certification as the exclusive representative may be granted only to a school employee organization that has been selected in a secret ballot election under subsection (f), by a majority of all the employees in an appropriate unit as their representative.(h) An election described in subsection (f) may not be held in a bargaining unit if a valid election has been held in the preceding twenty-four (24) month period.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-10(c).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.333.
IN Code § 20-29-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 5. Units and Exclusive Representatives|20-29-5-4. Elections

Sec. 4. In any election under this chapter, the board shall:(1) determine who is eligible to vote in the election; and(2) establish rules governing the election.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-10(d).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-29-5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 5. Units and Exclusive Representatives|20-29-5-5. Ballots

Sec. 5. The ballot in an election under this chapter must contain the following:(1) The name of the petitioning school employee organization.(2) The names of any other school employee organization showing written evidence satisfactory to the board of at least twenty percent (20%) representation of the school employees within the unit.(3) A provision for choosing "No representation by a school employee organization.".[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-10(d).]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-29-5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 5. Units and Exclusive Representatives|20-29-5-7. Teacher Members on Committees; Certification of Exclusive Representative Membership

Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to the bargaining team for the exclusive representative.(b) The percentage of teacher positions the exclusive representative may appoint to serve on a statutory or locally created district wide committee may not exceed the percentage of teachers in the school corporation who are members of the exclusive representative. If multiplying the number of teacher positions on the committee by the percentage of teachers in the school corporation who are members of the exclusive representative does not produce a whole number, the product must be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The percentage of positions applies to the number of teacher positions on a committee and not to the total number of positions on a committee.(c) The percentage of teacher positions the exclusive representative may appoint to serve on a statutory or locally created school wide committee may not exceed the percentage of teachers in the school who are members of the exclusive representative. If multiplying the number of teacher positions on the committee by the percentage of teachers in the school who are members of the exclusive representative does not produce a whole number, the product must be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The percentage of positions applies to the number of teacher positions on a committee and not to the total number of positions on a committee.(d) A committee to which this section applies may not address subjects of bargaining under this article. A school employer's appointment of a teacher to a committee is not an unfair practice as it relates to the appointment of the teacher committee members.(e) By September 15 of each school year, the local president or other officer or designee of the exclusive representative shall certify by affidavit to the school employer the number of teachers in each school and in the entire school corporation who are members of the exclusive representative.(f) By October 1 of each school year, the school employer shall provide the board with a copy of the affidavit submitted to the school employer under subsection (e). The board shall compile information included in the affidavit from each school corporation and post the information on the board's Internet web site. The information posted by the board under this subsection may only include aggregate data for each school corporation and may not include any information that would identify a particular school employee.As added by P.L.48-2011, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.212-2017, SEC.1; P.L.86-2018, SEC.179.
IN Code § 20-29-5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 5. Units and Exclusive Representatives|20-29-5-8. Training Materials

Sec. 8. (a) The board shall develop and maintain training modules, videos, or other instructional material on the board's Internet web site to instruct school employees of their rights under this chapter.(b) Each school year in which school employee participation in a school employee organization currently serving as the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit does not represent a majority of the school employees within the unit, the board shall notify, in a manner prescribed by the board, the school employees of the bargaining unit of their right to:(1) representation under this chapter; and(2) the ability to change their exclusive representative under section 3 of this chapter.As added by P.L.212-2017, SEC.2.
IN Code § 20-29-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 6. Collective Bargaining|20-29-6-1. Duty to Bargain Collectively and Discuss; Public Hearing; Participation by Electronic Communication

Sec. 1. (a) School employers and school employees shall:(1) have the obligation and the right to bargain collectively the items set forth in section 4 of this chapter;(2) have the right and obligation to discuss any item set forth in section 7 of this chapter; and(3) enter into a contract embodying any of the matters listed in section 4 of this chapter on which they have bargained collectively.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, before a school employer and school employees may privately negotiate the matters described in subsection (a)(1) during the time period for formal collective bargaining established in section 12 of this chapter, the parties must hold at least one (1) public hearing and take public testimony to discuss the items described in subsection (a). A school employer may allow governing body members or the public to participate in a public hearing under this subsection by means of electronic communication.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-3.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.11; P.L.274-2019, SEC.1; P.L.216-2021, SEC.23.
IN Code § 20-29-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 29. Collective Bargaining for Teachers|Chapter 6. Collective Bargaining|20-29-6-2. Contracts

Sec. 2. (a) Any contract may not include provisions that conflict with:(1) any right or benefit established by federal or state law;(2) school employee rights set forth in IC 20-29-4-1 and IC 20-29-4-2;(3) school employer rights set forth in IC 20-29-4-3;(4) restructuring options available to a school employer under federal or state statutes, regulations, or rules because of the failure of the school corporation or a school to meet federal or state accountability standards;(5) a school employer's ability to contract, partner, or operate jointly with an educational entity that provides postsecondary credits to students of the school employer or dual credits from the school employer and the educational entity; or(6) section 4.5(a) of this chapter.(b) A subject that is set forth in section 4.5(a) of this chapter may not be included in any contract after June 30, 2011.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-3.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.12.