Ind. Code § 20-29-8-1 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code ch. 20-29-8
Ind. Code ch. 20-29-8
in effectInd. Code § 20-29-8-2 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-3 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(a).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-4 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(a).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-5 Purpose of factfinding
Sec. 5. The purpose of factfinding is to 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.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(b).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.27.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-6 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(b) part, (e).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-7 Appointment of factfinder; sources of funding
Sec. 7. (a) When a factfinder is requested or required under IC 20-29-6, the board shall appoint a factfinder.
(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 November 15 in the first year of the state budget biennium and must be concluded by February 15 of the calendar year after the start of formal collective bargaining.
(f) The factfinding process may not exceed thirty (30) 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 education fund revenue and, for a school employer for which the voters have passed an operating referendum tax levy under IC 20-46-1 or a school safety referendum tax levy under IC 20-46-9, the amount of revenue certified by the department of local government finance, excluding money distributed to a charter school under IC 20-46-1-21 or IC 20-46-9-22, may be considered a source of the funding for items. Money estimated to be or actually transferred from the school corporation's operations fund to its education fund may not be considered a source of funding for items.
(g) The factfinder shall make a recommendation as to the settlement of the disputes over which the factfinder has jurisdiction.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(k) The board shall make the findings and recommendations described in subsection (j) available to the public not later than ten (10) days after the findings and recommendations are delivered to the board.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.28; P.L.229-2011, SEC.183; P.L.219-2015, SEC.6; P.L.214-2017, SEC.6; P.L.244-2017, SEC.58; P.L.272-2019, SEC.7; P.L.189-2023, SEC.27.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-8 Factors considered by factfinder
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.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.29.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-9 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(c).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-10 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(d).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-10.1 Prohibition; serving as mediator and factfinder
Sec. 10.1. 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 in a dispute arising in the same school corporation within a period of five (5) years except by the mutual consent of the parties.
As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.184.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-11 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(d).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-12 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(d) part.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.31. Repealed by P.L.229-2011, SEC.274; P.L.109-2015, SEC.40.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-13 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(e).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-13.1 Findings and recommendations of factfinder; distribution; review
Sec. 13.1. (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.
As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.185.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-14 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(f).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
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