Section 20-29-5-7 - Teacher members on committees; certification of exclusive representative membership(a) This section does not apply to the bargaining team for the exclusive representative.(b) The percentage of teacher positions the exclusive representative may appoint to serve on a statutory or locally created district wide committee may not exceed the percentage of teachers in the school corporation who are members of the exclusive representative. If multiplying the number of teacher positions on the committee by the percentage of teachers in the school corporation who are members of the exclusive representative does not produce a whole number, the product must be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The percentage of positions applies to the number of teacher positions on a committee and not to the total number of positions on a committee.(c) The percentage of teacher positions the exclusive representative may appoint to serve on a statutory or locally created school wide committee may not exceed the percentage of teachers in the school who are members of the exclusive representative. If multiplying the number of teacher positions on the committee by the percentage of teachers in the school who are members of the exclusive representative does not produce a whole number, the product must be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The percentage of positions applies to the number of teacher positions on a committee and not to the total number of positions on a committee.(d) A committee to which this section applies may not address subjects of bargaining under this article. A school employer's appointment of a teacher to a committee is not an unfair practice as it relates to the appointment of the teacher committee members.(e) By September 15 of each school year, the local president or other officer or designee of the exclusive representative shall certify by affidavit to the school employer the number of teachers in each school and in the entire school corporation who are members of the exclusive representative.(f) By October 1 of each school year, the school employer shall provide the board with a copy of the affidavit submitted to the school employer under subsection (e). The board shall compile information included in the affidavit from each school corporation and post the information on the board's Internet web site. The information posted by the board under this subsection may only include aggregate data for each school corporation and may not include any information that would identify a particular school employee.Amended by P.L. 86-2018,SEC. 179, eff. 3/15/2018.Amended by P.L. 212-2017,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2017.Added by P.L. 48-2011, SEC. 10, eff. 7/1/2011.