Sec. 9. “Exclusive representative” means the:

(1) school employee organization that has been:

(A) certified for purposes of this article by the board; or

(B) recognized by a school employer as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit;

under IC 20-29-5-1 through IC 20-29-5-5; or

(2) person or persons authorized to act on behalf of a representative described in subdivision (1).

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-2(l).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.