20.21 - FACT-FINDING.
20.21 FACT-FINDING.
If the impasse persists ten days after the mediator has been
appointed, the board shall appoint a fact-finder representative of
the public, from a list of qualified persons maintained by the board.
The fact-finder shall conduct a hearing, may administer oaths, and
may request the board to issue subpoenas. The fact-finder shall make
written findings of facts and recommendations for resolution of the
dispute and, not later than fifteen days from the day of appointment,
shall serve such findings on the public employer and the certified
employee organization.
The public employer and the certified employee organization shall
immediately accept the fact-finder's recommendation or shall within
five days submit the fact-finder's recommendations to the governing
body and members of the certified employee organization for
acceptance or rejection. If the dispute continues ten days after the
report is submitted, the report shall be made public by the board.
However, the board shall not appoint a fact-finder representative
of the public if the public employees represented by a certified
employee organization are teachers licensed under chapter 272 and the
public employer is a school district or area education agency, or are
professional employees and the public employer is a community
college. The board shall adopt rules regarding the time period after
mediation when binding arbitration procedures must begin for teachers
or professional employees exempt from this section. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 20.21] Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 174, §6; 2002 Acts, ch 1047, §1, 20
Referred to in § 20.19