Common use of Arbitration Step Clause in Contracts

Arbitration Step. If the ASSOCIATION is not satisfied with the disposition made by the Superintendent, the grievance, at the option of the ASSOCIATION, may be submitted to arbitration before an impartial arbitrator. The ASSOCIATION shall exercise its right of arbitration by giving the Superintendent written notice of its intention to arbitrate within twenty (20) school days of receipt of the written disposition of the Superintendent. Within sixty (60) school days of this filing with the Superintendent, the ASSOCIATION shall file the Demand to Arbitrate with the American Arbitration Association. If the parties cannot agree as to the arbitrator within one (1) week of the described ASSOCIATION Demand for Arbitration, any party may request that the American Arbitration Association select an arbitrator in accordance with its rules which likewise govern the arbitration proceeding. The BOARD and the ASSOCIATION shall not be permitted to assert in such arbitration proceeding any ground or to rely on any evidence not previously disclosed to the other party. The arbitrator shall have no power to alter, add to or subtract from the terms of this Agreement, or BOARD rule, order, policy or regulation. Both parties agree to be bound by the award of the arbitrator and agree that judgment thereon may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.