A school employer shall discuss with the exclusive representative of certificated employees the following items:

1. (1) Curriculum development and revision.
2. (2) Selection of curricular materials.
3. (3) Teaching methods.
4. (4) Hiring, evaluation, promotion, demotion, transfer, assignment, and retention of certificated employees.
5. (5) Student discipline.
6. (6) Expulsion or supervision of students.
7. (7) Pupil/teacher ratio.
8. (8) Class size or budget appropriations.
9. (9) Safety issues for students and employees in the workplace, except those items required to be kept confidential by state or federal law.
10. (10) Hours.
11. (11) Funding for a plan for a remediation program for any subset of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.

12. (12) The following nonbargainable items under IC 20-43-10-3.5 :

    1. (A) Teacher appreciation grants.
    2. (B) Individual teacher appreciation grant stipends to teachers.
    3. (C) Additions to base salary based on teacher appreciation grant stipends.
13. (13) The pre-evaluation planning session required under IC 20-28-11.5-4 .
14. (14) The superintendent's report to the governing body concerning staff performance evaluations required under IC 20-28-11.5-9 .

15. (15) A teacher performance model.

    [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.