Ind. Code ch. 20-24-6

in effect

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-1 Employees; accrual of and financial responsibility for benefits

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 school and the school corporation that authorized the charter school, as determined by the provisions of the charter. (c) All benefits accrued by teachers as employees of the conversion charter school are the financial responsibility of the conversion charter school. (d) All benefits accrued by a teacher during the time the teacher was an employee only of the school corporation that authorized the charter school are the financial responsibility of the school corporation. The school corporation shall pay those benefits directly or reimburse the conversion charter school for the cost of the benefits. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.91-2011, SEC.16; P.L.280-2013, SEC.41.

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-2 Teachers; voluntary service and hiring

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.

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-3 Collective bargaining permitted

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 collective bargaining agreement for employees of a conversion charter school. Employees of a conversion charter school may organize and collectively bargain only as a unit separate from other school employees under IC 20-29. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.221-2015, SEC.10.

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-4 Repealed

[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 Repealed by P.L.91-2011, SEC.31.

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-5 General and alternative qualifications for full time teachers; 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 adopted by the state board concerning the licensing of teachers; or (2) be in the process of obtaining a license to teach in a public school in Indiana under the transition to teaching program established by IC 20-28-4-2. (b) An individual described in subsection (a)(2) must complete the transition to teaching program not later than three (3) years after beginning to teach at a charter school. (c) An individual who provides to students in a charter school a service: (1) that is not teaching; and (2) for which a license is required under Indiana law; must have the appropriate license to provide the service in Indiana. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.91-2011, SEC.17; P.L.6-2012, SEC.129; P.L.250-2017, SEC.19.

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-6 Substitute teachers

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 Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-7 Participation of employees in retirement fund

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 as provided in subsection (e), a person who teaches in a charter school is a member of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund. Service in a charter school is creditable service for purposes of IC 5-10.4. (c) Except as provided in subsection (e), a person who: (1) is a local school employee of a charter school; and (2) is not eligible to participate in the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; is a member of the public employees' retirement fund. (d) The board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system shall implement this section through the organizer of the charter school, subject to and conditioned upon receiving any approvals the board considers appropriate from the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Department of Labor. (e) Charter school employees may participate in a private pension or retirement program, if the organizer of the charter school offers the opportunity to participate in the program. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-7.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.105; P.L.234-2007, SEC.226; P.L.35-2012, SEC.101.

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-8 Decision to grant charter; not subject to restraint by collective 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.280-2013, SEC.42.

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-9 Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-9.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.91-2011, SEC.31.

Ind. Code § 20-24-6-10 Repealed

[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.

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