Advisory Panel. In the case of disagreement about the meaning or application of this document or if an agreement is not reached during negotiations, the matter will be submitted to an advisory panel within ten (10) days after the request of either party to the other. The Board will name one member and the Association will name another. A third member who shall be the chair shall be designated by the first two noted members. Members of such an advisory panel shall not be members of the Board of Education or employees of such Board. In case the first two members fail to agree on a third member within ten (10) days after receiving a written request by either party to so act, the American Arbitration Association shall be requested to submit to them a list of seven (7) arbitrators. The selection of the arbitrator shall be according to the voluntary rules of the American Arbitration Association. The advisory panel shall have the authority to hold hearings and to confer with any persons deemed advisable in seeking to effect recommendations for resolving the disagreement. Within fifteen (15) days after receiving the matter(s) under dispute, or by mutually agreed date, the panel shall first report recommendations for settlement to the negotiation teams. The Association shall take action upon the recommendations of the advisory panel within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of said recommendations. The Board shall take action upon the recommendations of the advisory panel at a special or regular meeting conducted not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the receipt of said recommendations.
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