§ 20-29-5-2 — Recognition of school employer organization as exclusive representative by school employer

Indiana § 20-29-5-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 29: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR TEACHERS
• Ch. 5: Units and Exclusive Representatives

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(a) A school employer may recognize as the
exclusive representative of the school employer's employees within an
appropriate unit a school employee organization that presents to the
employer evidence of the school employee organization's
representation of a majority of the school employees within the unit,
unless:
(1) another school employee organization representing twenty
percent (20%) of the school employees within the unit files
written objections to the recognition; or
(2) a school employee files a complaint to the composition of the
unit with the school employer or the board within the notice
period set forth in this section.
(b) Before recognizing an exclusive representative under this
section, the school employer shall post a written public notice of the
school employer's intention to recognize the school employee
organization as exclusive representative of the school employees within
the unit. The notice must be posted, for thirty (30) calendar days
immediately preceding recognition, in each of the buildings where the
school employees in any unit principally work.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-10(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.