Section 24.2.5. 2 If no settlement has been reached within the thirty (30) days referred to in the preceding 3 subsection, and the grievant and the Association believe the grievance to be valid, the employee 4 may demand arbitration of the grievance. The grievance may be submitted by the Association 5 to final and binding arbitration. Such arbitration shall be conducted by an arbitrator under the 6 rules and administration of the American Arbitration Association. The parties to this agreement 7 shall then be bound by the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association, and 8 the decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding. During the arbitration under this step, 9 neither the District nor the grievant will be permitted to assert any grounds not previously 10 disclosed to the other party. The arbitrator shall not have the power to alter, modify, amend, 11 add to, or subtract any of the terms of this agreement or substitute his/her judgment for that of 12 the parties.
Section 24.2.5. 20 The arbitrator shall commence hearings within a reasonable period of time after selection, and 21 shall render an award in writing within thirty (30) calendar days. The award of the arbitrator, 22 together with written findings and conclusions, shall be final and binding upon the parties to 23 this Agreement and upon the complaining employee or employees, if any. The Arbitrator is not 24 vested with the power to change, alter, modify, add to or subtract from this Agreement in any 25 of its parts.
Section 24.2.5. Section 24.25 of the Lease is hereby amended to delete the reference to “Section 11” in Section 24.25 of the Lease and replace it with “Section 12”.
