AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.
of school safety and security measures, plans, and systems.
(4) Interviews and negotiations with industrial or commercial
prospects or agents of industrial or commercial prospects by the
Indiana economic development corporation, the office of tourism
development, the Indiana finance authority, the ports of Indiana,
an economic development commission, the Indiana state
department of agriculture, a local economic development
organization (as defined in IC 5-28-11-2(3)), or a governing body
of a political subdivision.
(5) To receive information about and interview prospective
employees.
(6) With respect to any individual over whom the governing body
has jurisdiction:
(A) to receive information concerning the individual's alleged
misconduct; and
(B) to discuss, before a determination, the individual's status
as an employee, a student, or an independent contractor who
is:
(i) a physician; or
(ii) a school bus driver.
(7) For discussion of records classified as confidential by state or
federal statute.
(8) To discuss before a placement decision an individual student's
abilities, past performance, behavior, and needs.
(9) To discuss a job performance evaluation of individual
employees. This subdivision does not apply to a discussion of the
salary, compensation, or benefits of employees during a budget
process.
(10) When considering the appointment of a public official, to do
the following:
(A) Develop a list of prospective appointees.
(B) Consider applications.
(C) Make one (1) initial exclusion of prospective appointees
from further consideration.
Notwithstanding IC 5-14-3-4(b)(12), a governing body may
release and shall make available for inspection and copying in
accordance with IC 5-14-3-3 identifying information concerning
prospective appointees not initially excluded from further
consideration. An initial exclusion of prospective appointees from
further consideration may not reduce the number of prospective
appointees to fewer than three (3) unless there are fewer than
three (3) prospective appointees. Interviews of prospective
appointees must be conducted at a meeting that is open to the
public.
(11) To train school board members with an outside consultant
about the performance of the role of the members as public
officials.
(12) To prepare or score examinations used in issuing licenses,
certificates, permits, or registrations under IC 25.
(13) To discuss information and intelligence intended to prevent,
mitigate, or respond to the threat of terrorism.
(14) To train members of a board of aviation commissioners
appointed under IC 8-22-2 or members of an airport authority
board appointed under IC 8-22-3 with an outside consultant about
the performance of the role of the members as public officials. A
board may hold not more than one (1) executive session per
calendar year under this subdivision.
(c) A final action must be taken at a meeting open to the public.
(d) Public notice of executive sessions must state the subject matter
by specific reference to the enumerated instance or instances for which
executive sessions may be held under subsection (b). The requirements
stated in section 4 of this chapter for memoranda and minutes being
made available to the public is modified as to executive sessions in that
the memoranda and minutes must identify the subject matter
considered by specific reference to the enumerated instance or
instances for which public notice was given. The governing body shall
certify by a statement in the memoranda and minutes of the governing
body that no subject matter was discussed in the executive session
other than the subject matter specified in the public notice.
(e) A governing body may not conduct an executive session during
a meeting, except as otherwise permitted by applicable statute. A
meeting may not be recessed and reconvened with the intent of
circumventing this subsection.