Ind. Code § 22-2-20-1 "Case conference committee"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "case conference committee" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-35-9-3.
As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
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in effectInd. Code § 22-2-20-2 "Child"
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "child" means a biological child, adopted child, foster child, or stepchild.
As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-2-20-3 "Employee"
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "employee" means a person employed or permitted to work or perform services for remuneration under a contract of hire, written or oral, by an employer.
As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-2-20-4 "Employer"
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "employer" means the following:
(1) A sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity with one (1) or more employees.
(2) A state agency.
(3) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13).
As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-2-20-5 "State agency"
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of any of the following:
(1) The executive, including the administrative department of state government.
(2) The legislative department of state government.
(3) The judicial department of state government.
(4) A state educational institution.
(5) A body corporate and politic created by statute.
As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-2-20-6 Adverse employment actions; employee absence to attend a conference or meeting
Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), an employer may not take an adverse employment action against an employee as a result of the employee's absence from work to attend:
(1) an attendance conference under IC 20-33-2.5; or
(2) a case conference committee meeting;
with respect to the employee's child.
(b) An employer may take an adverse employment action against an employee as a result of the employee's absence from work to attend a conference or meeting described in subsection (a) if:
(1) the employee has attended more than one (1) conference or more than one (1) meeting for the calendar year;
(2) the absence was longer than reasonably necessary to:
(A) attend; and
(B) travel to and from;
the conference or meeting; or
(3) the employee failed to give the employer notice of the conference or meeting at least five (5) days in advance of the conference or meeting.
(c) An employer is not required to pay an employee for:
(1) attending; or
(2) traveling to or from;
a conference or meeting described in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-2-20-7 Documentation requirements
Sec. 7. (a) An employee shall provide to the employee's employer documentation that the employee attended a conference or meeting described in section 6 of this chapter.
(b) Upon request, a school shall provide to an employer or the employee of the employer documentation of a conference or meeting described in section 6 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-2-20-8 Scheduling of electronic conference or meeting
Sec. 8. An employee shall make a reasonable effort to schedule a conference or meeting described in section 6 of this chapter as an electronic conference or meeting.
As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 22-2-20-9 Expiration
Sec. 9. This chapter expires July 1, 2029.
As added by P.L.109-2025, SEC.1.
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