CHAPTER 1. FINDINGS AND INTENT
IC 20-29
ARTICLE 29. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FORTEACHERS
IC 20-29-1
Chapter 1. Findings and Intent
IC 20-29-1-1
Intent
Sec. 1. The general assembly declares the following:
(1) The citizens of Indiana have a fundamental interest in thedevelopment of harmonious and cooperative relationshipsbetween school corporations and their certificated employees.
(2) Recognition by school employers of the right of schoolemployees to organize and acceptance of the principle andprocedure of collective bargaining between school employersand school employee organizations can alleviate various formsof strife and unrest.
(3) The state has a basic obligation to protect the public byattempting to prevent any material interference with the normalpublic school educational process.
(4) The relationship between school corporation employers andcertificated school employees is not comparable to therelationship between private employers and employees for thefollowing reasons:
(A) A public school corporation is not operated for profit butto ensure the citizens of Indiana rights guaranteed them bythe Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(B) The obligation to educate children and the methods bywhich the education is effected will change rapidly with:
(i) increasing technology;
(ii) the needs of an advancing civilization; and
(iii) requirements for substantial educational innovation.
(C) The general assembly has delegated the discretion tocarry out this changing and innovative educational functionto the governing bodies of school corporations, composed ofcitizens elected or appointed under applicable law, adelegation that these bodies may not and should not bargainaway.
(D) Public school corporations have different obligationsconcerning certificated school employees underconstitutional and statutory requirements than privateemployers have to their employees.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.