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Subchapter
003
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NEGOTIATIONS
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 2007)
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§ 2007. Fact-finding committee
(a) If mediation fails to resolve outstanding differences or is not requested and a continuing
disagreement persists, either party may, after negotiation on all matters properly
before them, request that any or all unresolved issues be submitted to a fact-finding
committee by notifying the other party of their intention and setting forth in writing
the issues to be submitted to fact-finding.
(b) The fact-finding committee, which shall be activated as soon as practicable upon request,
shall be composed of one member selected by the school board negotiations council,
one member selected by the negotiations council for the teachers’ or administrators’
organization, and one member who shall serve as chair, to be chosen by the other two
members. In the event that agreement cannot be reached on a third member for the fact-finding
committee, the American Arbitration Association shall be asked to appoint the third
member.
(c) The fact-finding committee shall convene as soon as practicable after its appointment,
hold informal hearings as necessary, and provide adequate opportunity to all parties
to testify fully on, and present evidence regarding, their respective positions.
All parties to the dispute shall furnish the fact-finding committee upon its request
all records, papers, and information in their possession pertaining to any matter
properly in issue before the fact-finding committee. The fact-finding committee shall
make a written report and shall deliver it to both parties recommending a reasonable
basis for the settlement of the disagreement within 30 days after the appointment
of all members of the committee.
(d) The report of the fact-finding committee shall be advisory only and shall not be binding
on either party. The report shall be made public by the fact-finding committee if
the issues in dispute have not been resolved within ten days of the delivery of the
report.
(e) All expenses of fact-finding and mediation shall be borne jointly by the parties to
the dispute. (Added 1969, No. 127, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1969; amended 2007, No. 82, § 36.)