| SB407 | EDUCATION MATTERS. (HOUCHIN E) Requires a school employer to submit a copy of the affidavit submitted by the exclusive representative indicating the number of teachers who are members of the exclusive representative to the Indiana education employment relations board (board). Requires the board to compile information included in the affidavit from each school corporation and post aggregate information on the board's Internet web site. Provides that the information posted by the board may not include any information that would identify a particular school employee. Requires the board to develop and post on its Internet web site training modules, videos, or other instructional material informing school employees of their rights to select an exclusive representative. Provides that each school year in which school employee participation in a school employee organization currently serving as the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit does not represent a majority of the school employees within the unit, the board shall notify the school employees of the bargaining unit of their right to: (1) representation; and (2) the ability to change their exclusive representative. Urges the general assembly to assign certain issues relating to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act to the education interim study committee. |
| | Current Status: | 4/27/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/10/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
3/30/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB407 |
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| SB409 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. (HOUCHIN E) Provides that formal collective bargaining between a school corporation and an exclusive representative may not begin before September 15. Provides that before September 15 of the first year of the state budget biennium, the department of education shall provide the parties with an estimate of the general fund revenue available for bargaining in the school corporation from the school funding formula. Provides that if the parties do not receive a certified estimate from the department of education within 30 days after the fall count of ADM, the parties may use the school corporation's estimate of the general fund revenue available based on the school corporation's fall count of ADM. Provides that when a collective bargaining agreement expires, the current contract remains in effect with no increase or increment in salary, wages, or benefits until a new contract is executed. Removes a provision that allows a school employer not to continue the current contract if continuation would place the school employer in a position of deficit financing or cause an increase in an employer's expenditures. Requires the Indiana education employment relations board to amend an administrative rule regarding dismissals of petitions for representation. Provides that a factfinder must conduct a public hearing not before November 15, and the hearing must be completed by February 15 of the calendar year after the start of formal collective bargaining. Changes the date, from March 30 to May 31, by which the Indiana education employment relations board must review collective bargaining agreements submitted by a school employer. |
| | Current Status: | 4/27/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/19/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
4/11/2017 - Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 452: yeas 48, nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | SB409 |
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