Indiana Administrative Code › Title 560 - INDIANA EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD › Article 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Rule 1 - Statement and Definitions › Section 1-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 20-29-2; IC
				  20-29-3-11; IC
				  20-29-6-6.1
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC
				  20-28-9-1.5;
				  IC 20-29
Sec. 2.
The definitions in IC 20-29-2 and the following apply
				  throughout this article:
(1) "Affected
				school employee" means an individual school employee from whom a proposed
				change in the bargaining unit will result in the employee's inclusion or
				exclusion from the unit.
(2)
				"Board" has the meaning set forth in IC
				20-29-2-3.
(3) "Certificated employee" has the meaning
				set forth in IC
				20-29-2-4.
(4) "Collective bargaining agreement" or
				"CBA" means any and all agreements between the school employer and exclusive
				representative on any subject of bargaining, including, but not limited to, the
				mandatory subjects of bargaining, a grievance procedure, a compensation plan,
				and any memorandum of understanding ratified subsequent to the collective
				bargaining agreement.
(5)
				"Compensation plan" means the local plan that provides for salary increases or
				increments pursuant to IC
				20-28-9-1.5(b).
(6) "Compliance officer" means the staff
				member or ad hoc panel member appointed by the board pursuant to IC
				20-29-6-6.1(b)
				 to review a collective bargaining agreement
				and make a written recommendation regarding the collective bargaining
				agreement's compliance with IC 20-29 and IC
				20-28-9-1.5,
				including any penalty for noncompliance.
(7) "Days" means calendar days in accordance
				with the Indiana Trial Rules.
(8)
				"Deficit financing" has the meaning set forth in IC
				20-29-2-6.
(9) "Exclusive representative" has the
				meaning set forth in IC
				20-29-2-9.
(10) "Executive director" refers to the
				executive director appointed by the board under IC
				20-29-3-3.1.
(11) "Hearing examiner" means any agent of
				the board conducting a hearing in a proceeding under IC
				20-29-7-4(e).
(12) "Hearing officer" means any agent of the
				board conducting the hearing in a proceeding under IC
				20-29-5-1(c).
(13) "Last best offer" or "LBO" means the
				contract terms a party at impasse would like to have as the parties' CBA, as
				well as supporting documents and information.
(14) "Memorandum of understanding" or "MOU"
				means any agreement ratified by the school employer and the exclusive
				representative, subsequent to a ratified collective bargaining agreement, that
				changes or modifies the collective bargaining agreement.
(15) "Party" means any school employer,
				school employee, or school employee organization with standing in a proceeding.
				(16) "Salary and wage related fringe benefit" means a benefit, other than
				direct salary or compensation, received by a school employee from a school
				employer, including, but not limited to, health insurance, retirement plans,
				and paid time off.
(17) "Salary
				range" means the lowest and highest base salaries for full-time bargaining unit
				members on which any increase for the current year will be based.
(18) "School corporation" has the meaning set
				forth in IC
				20-29-2-12.
(19) "School employee" has the meaning set
				forth in IC
				20-29-2-13.
(20) "School employee organization" has the
				meaning set forth in IC
				20-29-2-14.
(21) "School employer" has the meaning set
				forth in IC
				20-29-2-15.
(22) "Superintendent" has the meaning set
				forth in IC
				20-29-2-18.
(23) "Unit" means a group of two (2) or more
				certificated school employees who share a community of interest and are grouped
				together for purposes of collective bargaining, under IC 20-29-5.