§ 20-29-6-15.1 — Initiation of factfinding

Indiana § 20-29-6-15.1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 29: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR TEACHERS
• Ch. 6: Collective Bargaining

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1. (a) If an agreement has not been reached
on the items permitted to be bargained collectively under section 4 of
this chapter, within fifteen (15) days after mediation under section 13
of this chapter has ended, the board shall initiate factfinding.
(b) Factfinding must culminate in the factfinder imposing contract
terms on the parties. The factfinder must select one (1) party's last best
offer as the contract terms. The factfinder's order must be restricted to
only those items permitted to be bargained and included in the
collective bargaining agreement under section 4 of this chapter and
must not put the employer in a position of deficit financing (as defined
in IC 20-29-2-6). The factfinder's order may not impose terms beyond
those proposed by the parties in their last, best offers.
(c) Costs for the factfinder shall be borne equally by the parties.
(d) Factfinding may not last longer than thirty (30) days.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.181. Amended by P.L.219-2015, SEC.4.