CHAPTER 3. EMPLOYEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
IC 12-24-3
Chapter 3. Employees of State Institutions
IC 12-24-3-1
Application of IC 4-15-2
Sec. 1. Except as provided in IC 4-15-2-3.8, IC 4-15-2 applies to
all employees of a state institution.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-3-2
Persons convicted of sex offenses disqualified
Sec. 2. To provide greater security for patients, visitors, and
employees, the division may not employ in a state institution an
individual who has been convicted of any of the following offenses:
(1) Rape (IC 35-42-4-1).
(2) Criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2).
(3) Child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3).
(4) Child exploitation (IC 35-42-4-4).
(5) Sexual misconduct with a minor as a Class A or B felony
(IC 35-42-4-9).
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.228-2001, SEC.3.
IC 12-24-3-3
Bonds and crime policies
Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "employee" includes the
superintendent of an institution.
(b) The director may require an employee of a state institution to
furnish a bond in an amount determined by the director. The director
shall require a superintendent to furnish a bond in an amount
determined by the director.
(c) A bond required by this section must be:
(1) payable to the state;
(2) conditioned upon the faithful performance of the employee's
duties;
(3) subject to the approval of the insurance commissioner; and
(4) filed in the office of the secretary of state.
(d) The premiums for a bond required by this section shall be paid
from the money of the division.
(e) The division may secure a standard form blanket bond or
crime insurance policy endorsed to include faithful performance that
covers all or any part of the employees of the division. A blanket
bond or crime insurance policy secured by the division under this
subsection must be in an amount of at least fifty thousand dollars
($50,000).
(f) The commissioner of insurance shall prescribe the form of the
bonds or crime policies required by this section.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.49-1995, SEC.9.
IC 12-24-3-4
Teachers; salary schedule; approval; contract terms; hours of
work; requisites
Sec. 4. (a) Each year the director shall set a salary schedule for
each of the educational systems established in a state institution as
provided in subsections (b) and (c).
(b) The director shall set a salary schedule by using a daily rate of
pay for each teacher that equals the rate of pay of the largest school
corporation in the county in which the state institution is located. If
the school corporation in which the state institution is located
becomes the largest school corporation in the county in which the
state institution is located, the daily rate of pay for each teacher must
equal that of the school corporation in which the institution is
located, without regard to whether the school corporation in which
the state institution is located remains the largest school corporation
in the county.
(c) The salary schedule set by the director is subject to the
approval of the state personnel department and the budget agency.
(d) The director shall prescribe the terms of the annual contract.
The prescribed annual contract shall be awarded to licensed teachers
qualified for payment under the salary schedule prescribed under this
section. The director shall advise the budget agency and the governor
of this action.
(e) Hours of work for all teachers shall be set in accordance with
IC 4-15-2.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-3-5
Employee wage payment arrangements
Sec. 5. (a) Notwithstanding IC 22-2-5-2, the state institution and:
(1) an employee if there is no representative described under
subdivision (2) or (3) for that employee;
(2) the exclusive representative of its certificated employees
with respect to those employees; or
(3) a labor organization representing its noncertificated
employees with respect to those employees;
may agree in writing to a wage payment arrangement.
(b) A wage payment arrangement under subsection (a) may
provide that compensation earned during a school year may be paid:
(1) using equal installments or any other method; and
(2) over:
(A) all or part of that school year; or
(B) any other period that begins not earlier than the first day
of that school year and ends not later than thirteen (13)
months after the wage payment arrangement period begins.
Such an arrangement may provide that compensation earned in a
calendar year is paid in the next calendar year, so long as all the
compensation is paid within the thirteen (13) month period beginning
with the first day of the school year.
(c) A wage payment arrangement under subsection (a) must be
structured in such a manner so that it is not considered:
(1) a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for purposes of
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code; or
(2) deferred compensation for purposes of Section 457(f) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(d) Absent an agreement under subsection (a), the state institution
remains subject to IC 22-2-5-1.
(e) Wage payments required under a wage payment arrangement
entered into under subsection (a) are enforceable under IC 22-2-5-2.
(f) If an employee leaves employment for any reason, either
permanently or temporarily, the amount due the employee under
IC 22-2-5-1 and IC 22-2-9-2 is the total amount of the wages earned
and unpaid.
(g) Employment with the state institution may not be conditioned
upon the acceptance of a wage payment arrangement under
subsection (a).
(h) An employee may revoke a wage payment arrangement under
subsection (a) at the beginning of each school year.
As added by P.L.41-2009, SEC.2.