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This alternate dispute resolution procedure shall supersede and replace all statutory dispute resolution procedure in 4117. ORC. The State Employment Relations Board shall have no authority to alter, modify or replace the parties mutually agreed to procedure. The Association retains its right to strike under the procedures contained in 4117 ORC.\n(b) No public employee shall strike during the term or extended term of this collective bargaining agreement or during the pendency of the settlement procedures of this contract.", "snippet_links": [{"key": "the-parties-to-this-agreement", "type": "clause", "offset": [37, 66]}, {"key": "mutual-understanding", "type": "clause", "offset": [83, 103]}, {"key": "related-to", "type": "clause", "offset": [122, 132]}, {"key": "terms-and", "type": "clause", "offset": [147, 156]}, {"key": "other-conditions-of-employment", "type": "clause", "offset": [157, 187]}, {"key": "deletion-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [227, 238]}, {"key": "condition-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [251, 263]}, {"key": "the-association", "type": "clause", "offset": [356, 371]}, {"key": "either-party", "type": "definition", "offset": [379, 391]}, {"key": "declaration-of-impasse", "type": "clause", "offset": [506, 528]}, {"key": "the-services", "type": "definition", "offset": [555, 567]}, {"key": "federal-mediation-and-conciliation-services", "type": "clause", "offset": [575, 618]}, {"key": "the-dispute", "type": "clause", "offset": [630, 641]}, {"key": "alternate-dispute-resolution-procedure", "type": "clause", "offset": [648, 686]}, {"key": "board-shall", "type": "definition", "offset": [803, 814]}, {"key": "no-authority-to", "type": "clause", "offset": [820, 835]}, {"key": "replace-the", "type": "clause", "offset": [853, 864]}, {"key": "agreed-to", "type": "clause", "offset": [882, 891]}, {"key": "right-to-strike", "type": "clause", "offset": [931, 946]}, {"key": "the-procedures", "type": "definition", "offset": [953, 967]}, {"key": "contained-in", "type": "definition", "offset": [968, 980]}, {"key": "public-employee", "type": "definition", "offset": [998, 1013]}, {"key": "during-the-term", "type": "clause", "offset": [1027, 1042]}, {"key": "term-of-this", "type": "clause", "offset": [1055, 1067]}, {"key": "agreement-or", "type": "definition", "offset": [1090, 1102]}, {"key": "settlement-procedures", "type": "clause", "offset": [1130, 1151]}, {"key": "this-contract", "type": "clause", "offset": [1155, 1168]}], "samples": [{"hash": "iIlcbA9CdVB", "uri": "/contracts/iIlcbA9CdVB#resolving-differences", "label": "Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement", "score": 30.449546814, "published": true}, {"hash": "1leKjwM07bS", "uri": "/contracts/1leKjwM07bS#resolving-differences", "label": "Collective Bargaining Agreement", "score": 28.520565033, "published": true}, {"hash": "enbuQ0x3YAE", "uri": "/contracts/enbuQ0x3YAE#resolving-differences", "label": "Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement", "score": 24.2258720398, "published": true}], "hash": "445b84dfd527eab47f07259958d04bc0", "id": 2}, {"size": 8, "snippet": "In the event that an agreement cannot be reached on items being negotiated, either party may declare that an impasse exists, but in any event, if negotiations are not successfully concluded by the first day of school, impasse shall exist. Time limits set forth herein may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. A mediator will be chosen by mutual agreement of both parties. In the event that mutual agreement cannot be reached, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service will be asked to appoint a mediator. After ten (10) working days have elapsed following the first mediation session, there being no agreements, either party may call for the implementation of fact finding. The representatives of the Board and Association shall meet within five (5) days after fact finding has been declared to select the Chairperson of the Fact Finding Committee. One\n(1) member shall be selected by the Association, and one (1) member shall be selected by the Board, within five (5) days. The third member shall be selected by the first two (2) members as follows: The parties shall notify the State Superintendent of Public Instruction that a fact finder is needed and request a list of potential fact finders from the State Superintendent. If no name on the list is agreeable to both parties, a coin toss shall occur with the party losing the toss striking a name from the list. The parties will then continue alternately striking names from the list until only one name remains. The person whose name remains on the list will serve as the chairperson of the fact finding committee. Within five (5) days after the selection of the Chairperson, the negotiation teams shall meet and exchange written language on each item at impasse. The exchanged documents shall also be furnished to the members of the Fact Finding Committee. The Fact Finding Committee shall hold a hearing at which the representatives of the parties shall be given an opportunity to present their respective cases with supporting evidence. The fact finding committee shall have the authority to, and prior to the hearing shall, establish procedural rules and shall conduct the hearing in closed session, and within twenty (20) days after the Fact Finding Hearing, shall present written recommendations to the Board and the Association. If either the Board or the Association decides to reject one or more of the fact finding Committee's recommendations, said party must, within seven (7) days after the Fact Finding Committee has presented its recommendations, request that the negotiation teams meet. The negotiation teams shall meet within seven (7) days of the request, unless both negotiation teams deem such a meeting to be unnecessary. At such meeting, the negotiation teams shall exchange written statements expressing their rationale for rejecting each recommendation found unacceptable and shall attempt to clarify any remaining differences. The negotiation teams shall then resume good faith effort to resolve the remaining differ- ences; provided, after fourteen (14) days after the exchange of written statements, either negotiation team may discontinue such effort. The Board shall file a copy of the fact finding report with the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. If the effort to resolve differences is successful, the parties shall draft a written agreement and present the agreement to both parties for ratification, and upon ratification such agreement shall also be forwarded to the State Superintendent. If the effort to resolve differences is unsuccessful, the Board shall forward to the State Superintendent in writing its final disposition of the negotiations impasse process within thirty (30) days of the effective date of implementation. The cost for the services of the mediator, including per diem expenses, if any, and actual and necessary travel expenses, shall be shared equally by the Board and the Association. The cost for the services of the fact finding committee, including per diem expenses, if any, and actual and necessary travel expenses, shall be shared in the following manner: The Board shall assume the expenses of its representative, the Association shall assume the expenses of its representative, and the expenses of the chairperson shall be shared equally by the Board and the Association.", "snippet_links": [{"key": "in-the-event", "type": "clause", "offset": [0, 12]}, {"key": "an-agreement", "type": "clause", "offset": [18, 30]}, {"key": "either-party", "type": "definition", "offset": [76, 88]}, {"key": "the-first-day-of-school", "type": "clause", "offset": [193, 216]}, {"key": "time-limits", "type": "definition", "offset": [239, 250]}, {"key": "mutual-agreement-of-the-parties", "type": "clause", "offset": [287, 318]}, {"key": "chosen-by", "type": "clause", "offset": [339, 348]}, {"key": "mutual-agreement-of-both-parties", "type": "clause", "offset": [349, 381]}, {"key": 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The mediator shall be obtained through the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service as first preference, or the American Arbitration Association if the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is not available. In the event agreement is not reached through mediation within twenty-one (21) calendar days after the first meeting with the mediator and the parties do not mutually agree to an extension of the twenty-one (21) day period, the Association may initiate the provisions of Section 4117.14 (D-2) of the Ohio Revised Code. Any cost involved in use of the mediator shall be shared equally by the Board and the Association. 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Within five (5) days of a declaration of impasse, the parties shall jointly contact the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and request the assistance of a mediator.", "snippet_links": [{"key": "calendar-days", "type": "definition", "offset": [20, 33]}, {"key": "number-of-days", "type": "clause", "offset": [40, 54]}, {"key": "mutually-agreed", "type": "definition", "offset": [55, 70]}, {"key": "tentative-agreement", "type": "definition", "offset": [77, 96]}, {"key": "all-items", "type": "definition", "offset": [100, 109]}, {"key": "either-party", "type": "definition", "offset": [126, 138]}, {"key": "a-bargaining", "type": "clause", "offset": [151, 163]}, {"key": "declaration-of-impasse", "type": "clause", "offset": [199, 221]}, {"key": "the-parties-shall", "type": "clause", "offset": [223, 240]}, {"key": "federal-mediation-and-conciliation-service", "type": "clause", "offset": [261, 303]}, {"key": "the-assistance", "type": "clause", "offset": [316, 330]}], "samples": [{"hash": "ck8Su7ZhVm4", "uri": "/contracts/ck8Su7ZhVm4#resolving-differences", "label": "Master Agreement", "score": 28.6920032501, "published": true}, {"hash": "5xjUAeA4yuS", "uri": "/contracts/5xjUAeA4yuS#resolving-differences", "label": "Master Agreement", "score": 28.6920032501, "published": true}, {"hash": "hOSH8fLVVib", "uri": "/contracts/hOSH8fLVVib#resolving-differences", "label": "Master Agreement", "score": 24.8466796875, "published": true}], "hash": "e80e869eb11195b3277fd01f5fd86fb5", "id": 5}, {"size": 5, "snippet": "A. Mediation - Following the sixty (60) calendar day period described in section 21.02 above, either party may declare a bargaining impasse, in which case, unresolved issues are to be submitted to mediation. The federal mediation and conciliation service will be utilized.\nB. The mediation period shall end upon the expiration of this agreement or upon such subsequent date certain as the parties may mutually agree.\nC. 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In the event there are proposals that have not been resolved in negotiations between the parties, either party may declare impasse. The expiration date of the contract shall be extended through the mediation process. Upon the declaration of impasse by either party, any unresolved issues shall either be withdrawn by the proposer or considered at impasse and submitted to mediation. If the designated representatives of the Board and the Association are unable to agree upon the selection of a mediator within five (5) calendar days, all unresolved issues shall be submitted to federal mediation within ten (10) calendar days.\nb. If, after a minimum of fifteen (15) calendar days, mediation has not resolved the differences, the Association shall have the right to proceed under Ohio Revised Code (ORC) Section 4117.14(D)(2).\nc. The expenses of the mediator shall be shared equally by the parties.\nd. Mediation may extend beyond the expiration date of the contract only with the mutual consent of the parties.\ne. 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