(a)In an effort to fill a vacant teaching
position, offer a new program or class, or supplement a program
currently being offered, the governing body of a school corporation or
the equivalent authority for a charter school or nonpublic school may
issue an adjunct teacher permit to an individual if the following
minimum requirements are met:
(1)The individual has at least four (4) years of experience in the
content area in which the individual intends to teach.
(2)The school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school
conducts an expanded criminal history check and expanded child
protection index check concerning the individual as required
under IC 20-26-5-10.
(3)The individual has not been convicted of a felony listed in
section 8(c) of this chapter or described in section 8(d) of
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(a) In an effort to fill a vacant teaching
position, offer a new program or class, or supplement a program
currently being offered, the governing body of a school corporation or
the equivalent authority for a charter school or nonpublic school may
issue an adjunct teacher permit to an individual if the following
minimum requirements are met:
(1) The individual has at least four (4) years of experience in the
content area in which the individual intends to teach.
(2) The school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school
conducts an expanded criminal history check and expanded child
protection index check concerning the individual as required
under IC 20-26-5-10.
(3) The individual has not been convicted of a felony listed in
section 8(c) of this chapter or described in section 8(d) of this
chapter or the individual's conviction has been reversed, vacated,
or set aside on appeal.
However, the governing body or equivalent authority may establish
stricter requirements than the requirements prescribed by this
subsection.
(b) If a governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent
authority for a charter school or nonpublic school issues an adjunct
teacher permit to an individual under subsection (a):
(1) the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school
may enter into an employment agreement for employment with
the individual as a part-time or full-time teacher of the school
corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school;
(2) the individual who holds the adjunct permit may teach in any
content area, including a career and technical education content
area, in which the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic
school allows the individual to teach based on the individual's
experience described in subsection (a);
(3) the individual must be assigned a teacher mentor for support
in pedagogy; and
(4) the individual must complete the following training within the
first ninety (90) days of employment:
(A) Bullying prevention.
(B) Child abuse and neglect.
(C) Youth suicide awareness and prevention.
(D) Human trafficking.
The training described in subdivision (4)(D) may be completed through
the online platform described in IC 20-19-3-29.
(c) An adjunct teacher may not provide special education
instruction.
(d) The salary of an adjunct teacher under an employment
agreement described in IC 20-28-6-7.3 is not subject to the
requirements under IC 20-28-9-1.5 or a local compensation plan
established by a school corporation as described in IC 20-28-9-1.5.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining
agreement entered into or renewed before July 1, 2022, an employment
agreement entered into under this section is not subject to a collective
bargaining agreement entered into under IC 20-29.
(f) It is not an unfair practice for a school corporation to enter into
an employment agreement under this section.
(g) Each school corporation or charter school that hires an adjunct
teacher under this section shall report to the department the following
information:
(1) The number of adjunct teachers who hold a permit issued
under this section that the school corporation or charter school
has hired each school year, disaggregated by the grade level and
subject area taught by the adjunct teacher.
(2) The following information for each adjunct teacher described
in subdivision (1):
(A) The name of the adjunct teacher.
(B) The subject matter the adjunct teacher is permitted to teach.
(C) A description of the adjunct teacher's experience described
in subsection (a)(1).
(D) The adjunct teacher's total salary and any other
compensation paid to the adjunct teacher during the school
year.
(E) The number of previous adjunct teaching employment
agreements the adjunct teacher has entered into with the school
corporation or charter school or any other school corporation or
charter school.
(h) A school corporation or charter school shall post a vacant
adjunct teacher position on the department's online adjunct teacher
portal established under IC 20-19-3-25.
(i) A school corporation may notify the parents of students enrolled
in the school corporation of a vacant adjunct teacher position.
(j) The governing body of a school corporation shall announce any
vacant adjunct teacher positions at meetings of the governing body.