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Ind. Code § 20-29-6-7 (2025)

Discussion or meeting; not subject to open door law

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     Sec. 7. (a) A school employer may discuss:

(1) with a certificated employee or group of certificated employees; or

(2) at one (1) or more meetings that are open to all certificated employees;

any topic that significantly impacts a certificated employee's working conditions or impacts the educational quality of the school employer's students.

     (b) A discussion or meeting under subsection (a) is not subject to the open door law (IC 5-14-1.5).

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.18; P.L.286-2013, SEC.92; P.L.213-2015, SEC.189; P.L.106-2016, SEC.11; P.L.217-2017, SEC.103; P.L.73-2019, SEC.7; P.L.168-2022, SEC.17; P.L.200-2023, SEC.26.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2023 · leading case: Jay Classroom Teachers Ass'n v. Jay Sch. Corp. & Indiana Educ. Emp. Relations Bd., 55 N.E.3d 813 (Ind. 2016).
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Jay Classroom Teachers Ass'n v. Jay Sch. Corp. & Indiana Educ. Emp. Relations Bd., 55 N.E.3d 813 (Ind. 2016). · cites it 4× “§ 20-29-6-7, with I.C. § 20-29-6-7(b) (2007), while also limiting mandatory bargaining subjects to just wages, salaries, and related fringe benefits, compare I.”
Ind. Educ. Emp. Relations Bd. & Nettle Creek Sch. Corp. v. Nettle Creek Classroom Teachers Assoc., 26 N.E.3d 47 (Ind. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “Ind.Code § 20-29-6-7. However, “[t]he obligation to discuss does not require either party to enter into a contract, agree to a proposal, or make a concession related to the items listed in [Indiana Code section 20-29-6-7].”
Indianapolis Educ. Ass'n & President Elden Wolting v. Indianapolis Pub. Schs., No. 49A02-1101-PL-27 (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 27, 2012). · cites it 19× “The School Improvement Plan/Superintendent’s Advisory Group (“SIP/SAG”) is composed of representatives of IPS and IEA and is scheduled to meet monthly for the purpose of “meaningful discussion” on the topics listed in Ind. Code § 20-29-6-7 . 11. In the 2006-2007 school year,…”
Culver Cmty. Teachers Ass'n v. Indiana Educ. Emp. Relations Bd., No. 19A-PL-2989 (Ind. Ct. App. Aug. 12, 2020). · cites it 2× “Indiana Code Section 20- 29-6-1 provides: (a) School employers and school employees shall: (1) have the obligation and the right to bargain collectively the items set forth in [Indiana Code Section 20-29-6-4]; (2) have the right and obligation to discuss any item set forth in…”
Tedrow v. Franklin Twp. Cmty. Sch. Corp., 674 F. Supp. 3d 494 (S.D. Ind. 2023). · cites it 2× “In Indiana, a handbook includes matters that a school corporation must discuss with a teacher’s union, Ind. Code § 20-29-6-7 , unlike employment matters subject to bargaining.”
Ind. Code § 20-29-6-7(10): 1 case
Indianapolis Educ. Ass'n & President Elden Wolting v. Indianapolis Pub. Schs., No. 49A02-1101-PL-27 (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 27, 2012). “The School Improvement Plan/Superintendent’s Advisory Group (“SIP/SAG”) is composed of representatives of IPS and IEA and is scheduled to meet monthly for the purpose of “meaningful discussion” on the topics listed in Ind. Code § 20-29-6-7 . 11. In the 2006-2007 school year,…”
Ind. Code § 20-29-6-7(b): 1 case
Jay Classroom Teachers Ass'n v. Jay Sch. Corp. & Indiana Educ. Emp. Relations Bd., 55 N.E.3d 813 (Ind. 2016). “§ 20-29-6-7, with I.C. § 20-29-6-7(b) (2007), while also limiting mandatory bargaining subjects to just wages, salaries, and related fringe benefits, compare I.”
Ind. Code § 20-29-6-7(c): 1 case
Indianapolis Educ. Ass'n & President Elden Wolting v. Indianapolis Pub. Schs., No. 49A02-1101-PL-27 (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 27, 2012). “The School Improvement Plan/Superintendent’s Advisory Group (“SIP/SAG”) is composed of representatives of IPS and IEA and is scheduled to meet monthly for the purpose of “meaningful discussion” on the topics listed in Ind. Code § 20-29-6-7 . 11. In the 2006-2007 school year,…”
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