Bill Text: IN SB0575 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Teacher collective bargaining.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-18 - SECTION 40 effective 04/20/2011 [SB0575 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0575-Enrolled.html


First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)


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    SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 575



     AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 5-14-1.5-6.5; (11)SE0575.1.1. -->
    SECTION 1. IC 5-14-1.5-6.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 80, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 6.5. (a) Whenever a governing body, or any person authorized to act for a governing body, meets with an employee organization, or any person authorized to act for an employee organization, for the purpose of collective bargaining or discussion, the following apply:
        (1) Any party may inform the public of the status of collective bargaining or discussion as it progresses by release of factual information and expression of opinion based upon factual information.
        (2) If a mediator is appointed, any report the mediator may file at the conclusion of mediation is a public record open to public inspection.
        (3) If a factfinder is appointed, any hearings the factfinder holds must be open at all times for the purpose of permitting members of the public to observe and record them. Any findings and recommendations the factfinder makes are public records open to public inspection as provided by IC 20-29-8-13 or any other applicable statute relating to factfinding in connection with public collective bargaining.
    (b) This section supplements and does not limit any other provision of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 20-26-5-32.2; (11)SE0575.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 20-26-5-32.2, AS ADDED BY P.L.41-2009, SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 32.2. (a) Notwithstanding IC 22-2-5-1, a school corporation and:
        (1) an employee if there is no representative described under subdivision (2) or (3) for that employee;
        (2) the exclusive representative of its certificated employees with respect to those employees; or
        (3) a labor organization representing its noncertificated employees with respect to those employees;
may agree in writing to a wage payment arrangement.
    (b) A wage payment arrangement under subsection (a) may provide that compensation earned during a school year may be paid:
        (1) using equal installments or any other method; and
        (2) over:
            (A) all or part of that school year; or
            (B) any other period that begins not earlier than the first day of that school year and ends not later than thirteen (13) months after the wage payment arrangement period begins.
Such an arrangement may provide that compensation earned in a calendar year is paid in the next calendar year, so long as all the compensation is paid within the thirteen (13) month period beginning with the first day of the school year.
    (c) A wage payment arrangement under subsection (a) must be structured in such a manner so that it is not considered:
        (1) a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code; or
        (2) deferred compensation for purposes of Section 457(f) of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (d) Absent an agreement under subsection (a), a school corporation remains subject to IC 22-2-5-1.
    (e) Wage payments required under a wage payment arrangement entered into under subsection (a) are enforceable under IC 22-2-5-2.
    (f) If an employee leaves employment for any reason, either permanently or temporarily, the amount due the employee under IC 22-2-5-1 and IC 22-2-9-2 is the total amount of wages earned and unpaid.
    (g) Employment with a school corporation may not be conditioned upon the acceptance of a wage payment arrangement under subsection (a).
    (h) An employee may revoke a wage payment arrangement under subsection (a) at the beginning of each school year.
     (i) A wage payment arrangement under this chapter may not contain any terms beyond those permitted to be bargained under IC 20-29-6-4.
SOURCE: IC 20-28-6-2; (11)SE0575.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 20-28-6-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 2. (a) 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 corporation;
            (B) number of days in the school term as determined annually by the school corporation;
            (C) total salary to be paid to the teacher during the school year; and
            (D) number of salary payments to be made to the teacher during the school year; and
             (E) the number of hours per day the teacher is expected to work, as discussed pursuant to IC 20-29-6-7.
    (b) The contract may provide for the annual determination of the teacher's annual compensation by a local salary schedule, which is part of the contract. The salary schedule may be changed by the school corporation on or before May 1 of a year, with the changes effective the next school year. A teacher affected by the changes shall be furnished with printed copies of the changed schedule not later than thirty (30) days after the schedule's adoption.
    (c) A contract under this section is also governed by the following statutes:
        (1) IC 20-28-9-1 IC 20-28-9-5 through IC 20-28-9-6.
        (2) IC 20-28-9-9 through IC 20-28-9-11.
        (3) IC 20-28-9-13.
        (4) IC 20-28-9-14.
    (d) A governing body shall provide the blank contract forms, carefully worded by the state superintendent, and have them signed. The contracts are public records open to inspection by the residents of each school corporation.
    (e) An action may be brought on a contract that conforms with subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (d).
SOURCE: IC 20-28-6-6; (11)SE0575.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 20-28-6-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION

12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: 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:
            (1) (A) engaging in defense service or in service auxiliary to defense service;
            (2) (B) professional study or advancement;
            (3) (C) exchange teaching;
            (4) (D) extended disability to which a licensed physician has attested; or
            (5) (E) serving in the general assembly; or
        (2) a new teacher for a position:
            (A) that is funded by a grant outside the school funding formula for which funding is available only for a specified period or purpose; or
            (B) vacated by a teacher who is under a regular contract and who temporarily accepts a teacher position that is funded by a grant outside the school funding formula for which funding is available only for a specified period or purpose.

    (b) The temporary teacher's contract must contain:
        (1) the provisions of the regular teacher's contract except those providing for continued tenure of position;
        (2) a blank space for the name of the teacher granted the leave, which may not be used on another temporary teacher's contract for the same leave of absence; and
        (3) an expiration date that:
            (A) is the date of the return of the teacher on leave; and
            (B) is not later than the end of the school year.
    (c) If a teacher is employed on the temporary teacher's contract for at least sixty (60) days in a school year, the teacher may, on request, receive the service credit that the teacher would otherwise receive with regard to the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund. Additionally, the salary of that teacher may not be less than the state minimum salary under IC 20-28-9-1 and IC 20-28-9-2, or by a local salary schedule not less remunerative than the state minimum salary under IC 20-28-9-1 and IC 20-28-9-2.

SOURCE: IC 20-28-7-8; (11)SE0575.1.5. -->     SECTION 5. IC 20-28-7-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 8. A contract entered into by a nonpermanent teacher and a school corporation continues in force on the same terms and for the

same wages unless increased under IC 20-28-9-1 and IC 20-28-9-2, for the next school term following the date of termination set in the contract. However, the contract does not continue if any of the following occur:
        (1) The school corporation refuses continuation of the contract under sections 9 and 10(b) of this chapter.
        (2) The teacher delivers or mails by registered or certified mail to the school corporation the teacher's written resignation.
        (3) The contract is replaced by another contract agreed to by the parties.

SOURCE: IC 20-28-7-13; (11)SE0575.1.6. -->     SECTION 6. IC 20-28-7-13, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 13. (a) This chapter: may not be construed to limit the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement negotiated under IC 20-29.
    (b) This chapter does not prohibit a school employer and an exclusive representative from collectively bargaining contracts that alter the requirements of sections 1 through 6 and sections 8 through 12 of this chapter and IC 20-28-9-21 through IC 20-28-9-23.
    (c) This chapter may not be construed to limit the rights of a school employer and an exclusive representative (as defined in IC 20-29-2-9) to mutually agree to binding arbitration concerning teacher dismissals.
    (d) If the school employer and the exclusive representative mutually agree to binding arbitration of teacher dismissals:
        (1) the arbitrator shall determine whether the hearing will be open to the public; and
        (2) the written decision of the arbitrator must be:
            (A) presented to the governing body in an open meeting; and
            (B) made available to the public for inspection and copying.
         (1) constitutes the uniform system for school corporations for:
            (A) the refusal to continue a contract for a nonpermanent teacher; and
            (B) the cancellation of a contract for a semipermanent or permanent teacher; and
        (2) prohibits a provision in an agreement entered into under IC 20-29 after June 30, 2011, that modifies the procedure or standards for contract cancellation established under this chapter.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-2-6; (11)SE0575.1.7. -->     SECTION 7. IC 20-29-2-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 6. "Deficit financing" for a budget year means actual expenditures exceeding the money legally available to the employer.

employer's current year actual general fund revenue.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-4-1; (11)SE0575.1.8. -->     SECTION 8. IC 20-29-4-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: 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, hours, salary and wage related fringe benefits, and other matters set forth in IC 20-29-6-4 and IC 20-29-6-5. and IC 20-29-6-7.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-4-3; (11)SE0575.1.9. -->     SECTION 9. IC 20-29-4-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: 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. and IC 20-29-6-7.
        (3) Hire, promote, demote, transfer, assign, and retain employees. through procedures established in IC 20-29-6-4, IC 20-29-6-5, and IC 20-29-6-7.
        (4) Suspend or discharge employees in accordance with applicable law through procedures established in IC 20-29-6-4, IC 20-29-6-5, and IC 20-29-6-7. 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.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-5-7; (11)SE0575.1.10. -->     SECTION 10. IC 20-29-5-7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: 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.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-1; (11)SE0575.1.11. -->     SECTION 11. IC 20-29-6-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 1. 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.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-2; (11)SE0575.1.12. -->     SECTION 12. IC 20-29-6-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 2. (a) A Any contract entered into under this chapter 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; or
        (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.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-3; (11)SE0575.1.13. -->     SECTION 13. IC 20-29-6-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: 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 revenue or an increase in the employer's expenditures when the expenditures exceed the employer's current year actual general fund revenue.
    (b) A contract that provides for deficit financing is void to that extent, and an individual teacher's contract executed under the contract is void to that extent.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-4; (11)SE0575.1.14. -->     SECTION 14. IC 20-29-6-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 4. (a) A school employer shall bargain collectively with the exclusive representative on the following:
        (1) Salary.
        (2) Wages.
        (3) Hours.
        (4) (3) Salary and wage related fringe benefits, including accident, sickness, health, dental, or other vision, life, disability, retirement benefits, and paid time off as permitted to be bargained under IC 20-28-9-11. under IC 20-26-5-4 that were subjects of bargaining on July 1, 2001.
     (b) Salary and wages include the amounts of pay increases available to employees under the salary scale adopted under IC 20-28-9-1, but do not include the teacher evaluation procedures and criteria, or any components of the teacher evaluation plan, rubric, or tool.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-4.5; (11)SE0575.1.15. -->     SECTION 15. IC 20-29-6-4.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS

[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: 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 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.
        (4) The ability of a school employer 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.
        (5) Any subject not expressly listed in section 4 of this chapter.

    (b) A subject set forth in subsection (a) that may not be bargained collectively may not be included in an agreement entered into under this article.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-4.7; (11)SE0575.1.16. -->     SECTION 16. IC 20-29-6-4.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 4.7. (a) A school employer may not bargain collectively with the exclusive representative on teacher evaluation procedures and criteria after this section has been enacted into law.
    (b) A contract entered into between a school employer and an exclusive representative after this section has been enacted into law may not extend past the end of a state budget biennium.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-5; (11)SE0575.1.17. -->     SECTION 17. IC 20-29-6-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 5. A contract entered into under this chapter may contain a grievance procedure. culminating in final and binding arbitration of unresolved grievances. However, the binding arbitration has no power to amend, add to, subtract from, or supplement provisions of the contract.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-7; (11)SE0575.1.18. -->     SECTION 18. IC 20-29-6-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 7. (a) A school employer shall discuss with the exclusive representative of certificated employees the following items: listed in subsection (b).
    (b) A school employer may but is not required to bargain collectively, negotiate, or enter into a written contract concerning, be subject to, or enter into impasse procedures on the following matters:
        (1) Working conditions, other than those provided in section 4 of this chapter.
        (2) (1) Curriculum development and revision.
        (3) (2) Textbook selection.
        (4) (3) Teaching methods.
        (5) (4) Hiring, evaluation, promotion, demotion, transfer, assignment, and retention of certificated employees. and changes to any of the requirements set forth in IC 20-28-6 through IC 20-28-8.
        (6) (5) Student discipline.
        (7) (6) Expulsion or supervision of students.
        (8) (7) Pupil/teacher ratio.
        (9) (8) Class size or budget appropriations.
         (9) Safety issues for students and employees in the workplace, except those items required to be kept confidential by state or federal law.
        (10) Hours.

    (c) items included in the 1972-1973 agreements between an employer school corporation and the school employee organization continue to be bargainable.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-8; (11)SE0575.1.19. -->     SECTION 19. IC 20-29-6-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 8. The obligation to discuss does not require either party to enter into a contract, agree to a proposal, or make a concession related to the items listed in section 7 of this chapter. A failure to reach an agreement on a matter of discussion does not require allow the use of any part of the impasse procedure under IC 20-29-8.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-12; (11)SE0575.1.20. -->     SECTION 20. IC 20-29-6-12, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 12. Collective Formal collective bargaining between a school corporation and the exclusive representative shall begin not later than before August 1 in the first year of the state budget biennium. Informal negotiations may be held before August 1. one hundred eighty (180) days before the submission date of a budget by a school employer.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-12.5; (11)SE0575.1.21. -->     SECTION 21. IC 20-29-6-12.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 12.5. Within thirty (30) days after the date of the first state ADM count date of the school year in the first year of the state budget biennium, the department shall provide the parties with a certification of estimated general fund revenue available for bargaining from the school funding formula.

A school employer that has passed a general fund operating referendum under IC 20-46-1 must have that amount certified by the department of local government finance. The school corporation must obtain the certification before the commencement of bargaining. These certifications must be the basis for determinations throughout impasse proceedings under this chapter.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-13; (11)SE0575.1.22. -->     SECTION 22. IC 20-29-6-13, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 13. (a) At any time after the one hundred eighty (180) days described in section 12 of this chapter has begun, at least sixty (60) days following the beginning of formal bargaining collectively between the parties, an impasse is declared, and the board shall appoint a mediator from the board's staff. if either party declares an impasse either:
        (1) in the scope of the items that are to be bargained collectively; or
        (2) on the substance of any item to be bargained collectively.
If after five (5) days the mediator is unsuccessful in finding a solution to the problems or in causing the parties to reach agreement, either party may request the board to initiate factfinding on the items that the parties are obligated to bargain collectively.
    (b) The mediator shall begin mediation with fifteen (15) days after the board receives notice of impasse.
    (c) The mediation must consist of not more than three (3) mediation sessions and must result in one (1) of the following:
        (1) An agreement between the parties on the items permitted to be bargained under section 4 of this chapter.
        (2) Each party's last best offer, including fiscal rationale, related to items permitted to be bargained under section 4 of this chapter.
    (d) Costs for the mediator shall be borne equally by the parties.
    (e) Mediation shall be completed within thirty (30) days.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-15; (11)SE0575.1.23. -->     SECTION 23. IC 20-29-6-15, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 15. (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) forty-five (45) days before the submission date of a budget by a school employer, after mediation under section 13 of this chapter has ended, the board shall initiate factfinding.
    (b) Factfinding must culminate in the factfinder imposing

contract terms on the parties. The factfinder's order must be restricted to only those items permitted to be bargained and included in the collective bargaining agreement under section 4 of this chapter and must not put the employer in a position of deficit financing, as defined in IC 20-29-2-6. The factfinder's order may not impose terms beyond those proposed by the parties in their last, best offers.
    (c) Costs for the factfinder shall be borne equally by the parties.
    (d) Factfinding may not last longer than fifteen (15) days.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-16; (11)SE0575.1.24. -->     SECTION 24. IC 20-29-6-16, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: 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, fourteen (14) days before the submission date of a budget by a school employer, the parties shall continue the status quo, and the school employer may issue tentative individual contracts and prepare its budget on that basis. During this status quo period, in order to allow the successful resolution of the dispute, the school employer may not unilaterally change the terms or conditions of employment that are issues in dispute.
     (b) During the bargaining process, the school employer shall continue under the terms of the current contract that is in effect, with no increase or increment in salary, wages, or benefits for any bargaining unit employee until a new contract is executed, unless continuation of the status quo would put the school employer in a position of deficit financing due to a reduction in the employer's actual general fund revenue or an increase in an employer's expenditures when the expenditures exceed the current year actual general fund revenue.
     (c) The only parts of the contract that must continue in status quo under this section are the items contained in the contract and listed in section 4 of this chapter.
    (b) (d) This section may not be construed as relieving the school employer or the school employee organization from the duty to bargain collectively until a mutual agreement has been reached and a contract entered as called for in this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-6-18; (11)SE0575.1.25. -->     SECTION 25. IC 20-29-6-18 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 18. (a) Either party may appeal the decision of the factfinder under IC 20-29-6-15. The appeal must be filed not later than thirty (30) days after receiving the factfinder's decision.
    (b) The board's decision must be restricted to only those items permitted to be bargained and included in the collective bargaining agreement under section 4 of this chapter and must not put the employer in a position of deficit financing, as defined in IC 20-29-2-6. The board's decision may not impose terms beyond those proposed by the parties in their last, best offers.
    (c) The board must rule on the appeal within thirty (30) days
after receipt of notice of appeal.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-7-1; (11)SE0575.1.26. -->     SECTION 26. IC 20-29-7-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 1. (a) It is an unfair practice for a school employer to do any of the following:
        (1) Interfere with, restrain, or coerce school employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in IC 20-29-4.
        (2) Dominate, interfere, or assist in the formation or administration of any school employee organization or contribute financial or other support to the organization. Subject to rules adopted by the governing body, a school employer may permit school employees to confer with the school employer or with any school employee organization during working hours without loss of time or pay.
        (3) Encourage or discourage membership in any school employee organization through discrimination in regard to:
            (A) hiring;
            (B) tenure of employment; or
            (C) any term or condition of employment.
        (4) Discharge or otherwise discriminate against a school employee because the employee has filed a complaint, affidavit, petition, or any information or testimony under this article.
        (5) Refuse to:
            (A) bargain collectively; or
            (B) discuss;
        with an exclusive representative as required by this article.
        (6) Fail or refuse to comply with any provision of this article.
     (b) If:
        (1) a complaint is filed that alleges an unfair practice has occurred with respect to a subject that may be discussed under this article; and
        (2) the complaint is found to be frivolous;
the party that filed that complaint is liable for costs and attorney's fees.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-8-5; (11)SE0575.1.27. -->     SECTION 27. IC 20-29-8-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,

SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 5. The purpose of factfinding is to give a neutral advisory opinion provide a final solution on the items permitted to be bargained under IC 20-29-6-4 whenever the parties are unable by themselves, or through a mediator, to resolve a dispute.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-8-7; (11)SE0575.1.28. -->     SECTION 28. IC 20-29-8-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 7. (a) When a factfinder is requested or required under IC 20-29-6, the board shall appoint a factfinder from the staff or panel established under section 6 of this chapter.
    (b) The factfinder shall make an investigation and hold hearings as the factfinder considers necessary in connection with a dispute.
    (c) The factfinder :
        (1)
may restrict the factfinder's findings to those issues that the factfinder determines significant;
        (2) must restrict the findings to the items listed in IC 20-29-6-4; and
        (3) may not impose terms beyond those proposed by the parties in their last, best offers.

    (d) The factfinder may use evidence furnished to the factfinder by:
        (1) the parties;
        (2) the board;
        (3) the board's staff; or
        (4) any other state agency.
    (e) The factfinder shall conduct the factfinding hearing in public in a room or facility owned by the county or local unit of government located in the county in which the school employer is located, or if the school employer is located in more than one (1) county, in the county in which the greatest number of students who attend the school employer's schools reside. The public hearing may begin not earlier than October 1 in the first year of the state budget biennium and must be concluded by December 31 of the same year.
    (f) The factfinding process may not exceed fifteen (15) days from beginning to end, and not more than two (2) of those days may be used for public testimony, which may be taken at the discretion of the factfinder. During the public hearing, each party shall present fully its last, best offer, including the fiscal rationale for the offer. Only general operating funds and those funds certified by the department of education and the department of local government finance may be considered as a source of the finding for items, unless the school funding formula allows other funds to be used for

certain items.
    (e) (g) The factfinder shall make a recommendation as to the settlement of the disputes over which the factfinder has jurisdiction.
    (f) (h) The factfinder shall:
        (1) make the investigation, hearing, and findings as expeditiously as the circumstances permit; and
        (2) deliver the findings to the parties and to the board.
    (g) (i) The board, after receiving the findings and recommendations, may make additional findings and recommendations to the parties based on information in:
        (1) the report; or
        (2) the board's own possession.
The board may not make any recommendations to the parties related to any items not specifically identified in IC 20-29-6-4.
    (h) (j) At any time within five (5) days after the findings and recommendations are delivered to the board, the board may make the findings and recommendations of the factfinder and the board's additional findings and recommendations, if any, available to the public through news media and other means the board considers effective.
    (i) (k) The board shall make the findings and recommendations described in subsection (h) (j) available to the public not later than ten (10) days after the findings and recommendations are delivered to the board.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-8-8; (11)SE0575.1.29. -->     SECTION 29. IC 20-29-8-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 8. In conducting hearings and investigations, the factfinder is not bound by IC 4-21.5. The factfinder shall, however, consider the following factors:
        (1) Past memoranda of agreements and contracts between the parties.
        (2) Comparisons of wages and hours of the employees involved with wages of other employees working for other public agencies and private concerns doing comparable work, giving consideration to factors peculiar to the school corporation.
        (3) The public interest.
        (4) The financial impact on the school corporation and whether any settlement will cause the school corporation to engage in deficit financing as described in IC 20-29-6-3.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-8-10; (11)SE0575.1.30. -->     SECTION 30. IC 20-29-8-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 10. A person who has served as a mediator in a

dispute between a school employer and an exclusive representative may not serve as a factfinder or an arbitrator in a dispute arising in the same school corporation within a period of five (5) years except by the mutual consent of the parties.

SOURCE: IC 20-29-8-12; (11)SE0575.1.31. -->     SECTION 31. IC 20-29-8-12, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 12. The board shall pay the following: (1) The compensation and expenses of any mediator or factfinder. (2) The cost of an arbitrator, which shall be reimbursed equally by the two (2) parties under procedures for collection and payment established by the board.
SOURCE: IC 20-29-8-13; (11)SE0575.1.32. -->     SECTION 32. IC 20-29-8-13, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 13. (a) The investigation, hearing, and findings of the factfinder must be:
        (1) made as expeditiously as the circumstances allow; and
        (2) delivered to the parties and to the board.
    (b) The board, after receiving the findings and recommendations under subsection (a), may make additional findings and recommendations to the parties based upon information in the report or in the board's possession. The board may not make any recommendations to the parties related to any items not specifically identified in IC 20-29-6-4 and may not address items beyond those proposed by the parties in their last, best offers.
    (c) The board:
        (1) may, at any time within five (5) days; and
        (2) shall, within ten (10) days;
after receiving the findings and recommendations delivered under subsection (a), make the findings and recommendations of the factfinder and the board's additional findings and recommendations, if any, available to the public through the news media and any other means.
SOURCE: IC 20-40-8-11; (11)SE0575.1.33. -->     SECTION 33. IC 20-40-8-11, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2006, SECTION 163, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 11. Money in the fund may be used to pay for the purchase, lease, repair, or maintenance of equipment to be used by the school corporation. However, money in the fund may not be used to pay for the purchase, lease, repair, or maintenance of the following:
        (1) Vehicles to be used for any purpose. other than maintenance vehicles.
        (2) Except as provided in section 12 of this chapter, equipment to

be used primarily for interscholastic or extracurricular activities.

SOURCE: IC 20-40-8-16; (11)SE0575.1.34. -->     SECTION 34. IC 20-40-8-16, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2006, SECTION 163, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 16. (a) For purposes of this section, maintenance does not include janitorial or comparable routine services normally provided in the daily operation of the facilities or equipment.
    (b) Subject to this section, money in the fund may be used to pay for services of school corporation employees who are:
        (1) bricklayers;
        (2) stone masons;
        (3) cement masons;
        (4) tile setters;
        (5) glaziers;
        (6) insulation workers;
        (7) asbestos removers;
        (8) painters;
        (9) paperhangers;
        (10) drywall applicators and tapers;
        (11) plasterers;
        (12) pipe fitters;
        (13) roofers;
        (14) structural and steel workers;
        (15) metal building assemblers;
        (16) heating and air conditioning installers;
        (17) welders;
        (18) carpenters;
        (19) electricians; or
        (20) plumbers;
as these occupations are defined in the United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Fourth Edition, Revised 1991.
    (c) Payment may be made under this section for employee services described in subsection (b) only if:
        (1) the employees perform:
            (A) construction of;
            (B) renovation of;
            (C) remodeling of;
            (D) repair of; or
            (E) maintenance on;
        the facilities and equipment specified in sections 10 and 11 of this chapter; and
        (2) the total of all annual salaries and benefits paid by the school

corporation to employees described in this section is at least six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000); and
        (3) (2) the payment of the employees described in this section is included as part of the school corporation's proposed plan.
    (d) The number of employees covered by this section is limited to the number of employee positions described in this section that existed in the school corporation on January 1, 1993.

SOURCE: IC 20-40-8-19; (11)SE0575.1.35. -->     SECTION 35. IC 20-40-8-19, AS AMENDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss), SECTION 322, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 19. Money in the fund may be used before January 1, 2014, to pay for up to one hundred percent (100%) of the following costs of a school corporation:
        (1) Utility services.
        (2) Property or casualty insurance.
        (3) Both utility services and property or casualty insurance.
A school corporation's expenditures under this section may not in a calendar year exceed in 2010 and in 2011 three and five-tenths percent (3.5%) of the school corporation's 2005 calendar year distribution.
SOURCE: IC 20-40-8-22; (11)SE0575.1.36. -->     SECTION 36. IC 20-40-8-22 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 22. Money in the fund may be used to pay for up to one hundred percent (100%) of the costs incurred by a school corporation under a service contract for the maintenance and care of real property owned by the school corporation.
SOURCE: IC 20-40-16-2; (11)SE0575.1.37. -->     SECTION 37. IC 20-40-16-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.109-2010, SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "wage and salary increase" means an increase in wages or salaries payable for the same or a similar position after subtracting, for all employees, any of the following received by the individual:
        (1) An increase in wages or salary of an employee from an increment under IC 20-28-9-2 bargained for under a written contract signed before March 1, 2010, that has not expired.
        (2) An increase in wages or salary of an employee from an increment under IC 20-28-9-2 that does not exceed the increment permitted under an increment schedule in effect during the previous year under a written contract in effect for the previous year or under the status quo provisions in IC 20-29-9-16. However, the increment may not exceed two percent (2%) of the wages and salary of the employee in the previous year.
        (3) (1) An increase in wages or salary that is paid to an employee as a result of the employee completing licensing requirements.
        (4) (2) Health care benefit cost increases for the same or an equivalent plan that are shared by the employee and the employer in the same proportion as health care benefit costs are shared in the previous year.
SOURCE: IC 20-40-16-3; (11)SE0575.1.38. -->     SECTION 38. IC 20-40-16-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.109-2010, SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 3. No funds transferred under this chapter may be used to increase an increment schedule from an existing increment agreement or to increase fringe benefits except those under section 2(4) 2(2) of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 20-28-9-1; IC 20-28-9-2; IC 20-28-9-3; IC 20-28-9-4; IC 20-29-2-17; IC 20-29-3-12; IC 20-29-3-13; IC 20-29-6-11; IC 20- 29-6-14; IC 20-29-6-15; IC 20-29-6-17; IC 20-29-8-1; IC 20-29-8-2; IC 20-29-8-3; IC 20-29-8-4; IC 20-29-8-6; IC 20-29-8-9; IC 20-29-8- 10; IC 20-29-8-11; IC 20-29-8-13; IC 20-29-8-14.
; (11)SE0575.1.39. -->     SECTION 39. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: IC 20-28-9-1; IC 20-28-9-2; IC 20-28-9-3; IC 20-28-9-4; IC 20-29-2-17; IC 20-29-3-12; IC 20-29-3-13; IC 20-29-6-11; IC 20-29-6-14; IC 20-29-6-15; IC 20-29-6-17; IC 20-29-8-1; IC 20-29-8-2; IC 20-29-8-3; IC 20-29-8-4; IC 20-29-8-6; IC 20-29-8-9; IC 20-29-8-10; IC 20-29-8-11; IC 20-29-8-13; IC 20-29-8-14.
SOURCE: ; (11)SE0575.1.40. -->     SECTION 40. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) Notwithstanding IC 20-29-3-5, the current terms of the members of the Indiana education relations board are terminated effective July 1, 2011.
    (b) The governor shall appoint the replacement members of the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board by July 1, 2011. Before appointing the members under this SECTION, the governor shall obtain recommendations from the speaker of the Indiana house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the Indiana senate concerning the appointment of members to replace the members described in subsection (a). However, if either fails to submit recommendations to the governor before July 1, 2011, the governor shall make the appointments without recommendation by the speaker or president pro tempore.

     (c) The terms of the members appointed under subsection (b) begin July 1, 2011.
SOURCE: ; (11)SE0575.1.41. -->     SECTION 41. An emergency is declared for this act.


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