Chuck Rubright is a partner and chair of the Education Law Group. Chuck has extensive practical experience in negotiations, arbitration, employee dismissals, public section employee and retirement benefit matters, and litigation of public sector labor questions. He was formerly a hearing examiner and mediator for the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board. He has been a practicing attorney since 1974, a member of the firm since 1975 and a partner since 1982. Currently he serves on both the firm’s management and compensation committees. Chuck has negotiated and settled more than 290 collective bargaining agreements. He has negotiated contracts for Indiana public schools ranging in size as small as Crothersville to as large as the Gary Community School Corporation. Currently Chuck is serving as chief negotiator in several school districts including Anderson Community Schools, M.S.D. Lawrence Township, M.S.D. Warren Township, M.S.D. Washington Township, Vigo County School Corporation, and Monroe County Community School Corporation. Additionally, Chuck personally serves as general counsel to the Anderson Community School Corporation, Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation, M.S.D. Washington Township, Franklin Township Community School Corporation, M.S.D Lawrence Township, and M.S.D. Decatur Township. Chuck also has been extensively involved in implementing the mandates of Senate Enrolled Act 199 and restructuring retirement benefits at numerous school corporations. Since 2011, Chuck has been assisting school districts addressing changes in the bargaining law, the new evaluation requirements and performance based compensation.
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