Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

Sec. 6. (a) On the day and hour named in the notice filed under section 5 of this chapter, polls shall be opened and the votes of the registered voters shall be taken upon the public question of consolidating school corporations. The election shall be governed by IC 3, except as …

membership; compensation Sec. 8. (a) Consolidated schools are under the control and management of the consolidated governing body created under this chapter, and a new consolidated school corporation comes into existence: (1) at the time specified in the resolutions provided in s…

and obligations to new corporations; disposition of unneeded property; procedure Sec. 9. (a) When any: (1) school town; (2) school city; (3) school township; (4) joint school; or (5) consolidated school; has become consolidated by resolution or election and the new governing body…

Sec. 1. (a) Individuals who work at a charter school are employees of the charter school or of an entity with which the charter school has contracted to provide services. (b) Teachers in a conversion charter school may be employees of the charter school or of both the charter sch…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-10.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.90-2011, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.80.

Sec. 2. Individuals must choose to be teachers at a charter school voluntarily, and a charter school must voluntarily choose those individuals to be its teachers. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.

Sec. 3. (a) Employees of a charter school may organize and bargain collectively under IC 20-29. (b) This subsection applies to a conversion charter school. For any collective bargaining agreement under IC 20-29 entered into after July 1, 2015, a governing body is not bound by its…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.91-2011, SEC.31.

part time teachers; other providers of service Sec. 5. (a) At least ninety percent (90%) of the individuals who teach full time in a charter school must either: (1) hold any license or permit to teach in a public school in Indiana described in: (A) IC 20-28-5; or (B) rules adopte…

Sec. 6. A charter school may employ a substitute teacher or an individual who holds a limited license to teach in the same manner in which a noncharter public school may employ a substitute teacher or an individual who holds a limited license to teach. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Se…

Sec. 7. (a) A charter school may participate in any of the following: (1) The Indiana state teachers' retirement fund in accordance with IC 5-10.4. (2) The public employees' retirement fund in accordance with IC 5-10.3. (3) Another employee pension or retirement fund. (b) Except …

bargaining agreement Sec. 8. The decision by an authorizer whether to grant a charter is not subject to restraint by a collective bargaining agreement. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-8.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L…

Sec. 1. The following school city conditions and needs are found to exist on January 1, 1995: (1) Education in the school city presents unique challenges. (2) Student achievement in the school city on statewide tests consistently has been significantly below: (A) the state averag…

centers Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to: (1) a nonpublic school or to a nonpublic school bus driver contract executed for a nonpublic school; or (2) an educational service center (as defined by IC 20-20-1-2) or a school bus driver contract executed for an educational servi…

Sec. 2. Parents may provide bus transportation for students enrolled in a public school who are not provided transportation by the school corporation. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-2.5-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11.

Sec. 3. (a) The parents of public school students not provided bus transportation by the school corporation may contract jointly with a school bus driver to provide transportation under a parents' supplemental transportation contract. (b) A parents' supplemental transportation co…

Sec. 4. A parents' supplemental transportation contract must include the following: (1) The type of school bus equipment to be furnished by the school bus driver, including a provision that the contract incorporate by reference any equipment requirements prescribed by the committ…

driver requirements Sec. 6. A substitute school bus driver may not operate a school bus unless the substitute school bus driver meets the standards required by IC 20-27-8-1 or any other committee requirements for substitute school bus drivers. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary E…

buses Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d), a school bus operating under a parents' supplemental transportation contract may only be used for the following purposes: (1) Transportation of eligible students to and from school. (2) Transportation of eligible st…

Sec. 8. A person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly violates this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-22.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.231-2005, SEC.37.

Sec. 1. (a) Not later than ten (10) days after a request from the governing body, the superintendent of a school corporation shall make a report on an individual being considered by the school corporation for either a teaching appointment or an indefinite contract as described in…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-4-9.5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.90-2011, SEC.50.

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided under section 7.3 of this chapter, a contract entered into by a teacher and a school corporation must: (1) be in writing; (2) be signed by both parties; and (3) contain the: (A) beginning date of the school term as determined annually by the school …

Sec. 3. The secretary of education shall do the following: (1) Prescribe the following forms: (A) The uniform teacher's contract in the following alternate forms: (i) The regular teacher's contract. (ii) The temporary teacher's contract. (B) The supplemental service teacher's con…

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to: (1) a teacher employed as a substitute teacher; or (2) an individual who holds an adjunct teacher permit issued by the governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent authority for a charter school or nonpublic school under IC …

Sec. 5. The regular teacher's contract must be used statewide without amendment and must contain, in addition to the items in section 2(a)(3) of this chapter: (1) the manner of salary payment; and (2) any provisions relating to the government of the school that the secretary of e…

Sec. 6. (a) A temporary teacher's contract shall be used only for employing: (1) a teacher to serve in the absence of a teacher who has been granted a leave of absence by the school corporation for: (A) engaging in defense service or in service auxiliary to defense service; (B) p…

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "teacher" includes an individual who: (1) holds a substitute teacher's license; and (2) provides instruction in a joint summer school program under IC 20-30-7-5. (b) The supplemental service teacher's contract shall be used when a teacher prov…

teaching permit Sec. 7.3. (a) An employment agreement entered into between a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school and an individual who holds an adjunct teacher permit issued by the governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent authority for a charte…

Sec. 7.5. (a) A teacher who is subject to section 8 of this chapter is not subject to this section. (b) A teacher who: (1) serves under contract as a teacher in a public school corporation; (2) either: (A) receives two (2) consecutive ratings of ineffective, as determined by the …

Sec. 8. (a) An individual who: (1) serves under contract as a teacher in a public school corporation before July 1, 2012; and (2) at any time before July 1, 2012, enters into a teacher's contract for further service with the school corporation; becomes, by entering into the contr…

corporation; service credit; indefinite contract Sec. 9. (a) A teacher serving under a regular contract at a laboratory school operated under IC 20-24.5-2 who is offered and accepts a position in the local school corporation that is a party to the agreement with the university op…

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; and (2) enter into a contract embodying any of the matters listed in section 4 of this chapter on which they ha…

Sec. 10. Nothing shall prevent a superintendent or the superintendent's designee from making recommendations to the school employer. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-5(b).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-5(c).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39; P.L.90-2011, SEC.50.

Sec. 12. Formal collective bargaining between a school corporation and the exclusive representative shall not begin before: (1) September 15 in the first year of the state budget biennium; or (2) September 15 in the second year of the state budget biennium if the parties agreed t…

funding Sec. 12.5. (a) Before September 15 of the first year of the state budget biennium, the department shall provide the parties with an estimate of the general fund (before January 1, 2019) or education fund (after December 31, 2018) revenue available for bargaining in the sc…

Sec. 13. (a) If, at any time after at least sixty (60) days following the beginning of formal bargaining collectively between the parties, an impasse is declared, the board shall appoint a mediator from the board's staff or an ad hoc panel. (b) The mediator shall begin mediation …

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-12(c).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-12(d).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.

Sec. 15.1. (a) If an agreement has not been reached on the items permitted to be bargained collectively under section 4 of this chapter, within fifteen (15) days after mediation under section 13 of this chapter has ended, the board shall initiate factfinding. (b) Factfinding must…

Sec. 16. (a) If an agreement has not been reached on the items to be bargained collectively by November 1, as provided in IC 6-1.1-17-5, the parties shall continue the terms of the current contract that is in effect, and the school employer may issue tentative individual contract…

Sec. 16.5. The board shall amend 560 IAC 2-2-13(d) to provide that a petition for representation filed under 560 IAC 2-2-3(c) shall not be dismissed if the petition is filed: (1) after January 14 and before February 16 of the calendar year of the expiration of the collective barg…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-12(f).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.

Note: This version of section amended by P.L.219-2015, SEC.5, effective 7-1-2015. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.239-2015, SEC.10, effective 5-7-2015. Sec. 18. (a) Either party may appeal the decision of the factfinder under IC 20-29-6-15.1. The appeal …

posting of information; public comment; posting of collective bargaining agreement Sec. 19. (a) In addition to holding at least one (1) public hearing with public testimony as described in section 1(b) of this chapter, the school employer must conduct a public meeting to discuss …

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 opt…

Sec. 3. (a) It is unlawful for a school employer to enter into any agreement that would place the employer in a position of deficit financing due to a reduction in the employer's actual general fund (before January 1, 2019) or education fund (after December 31, 2018) revenue or a…

Sec. 4. (a) A school employer shall bargain collectively with the exclusive representative on the following: (1) Salary. (2) Wages. (3) Salary and wage related fringe benefits, including accident, sickness, health, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement benefits, and paid t…

Sec. 4.5. (a) For a contract entered into after June 30, 2011, a school employer may not bargain collectively with the exclusive representative on the following: (1) The school calendar. (2) Teacher dismissal procedures and criteria. (3) Restructuring options available to a schoo…