966                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 405

request for recognition as exclusive representative of all public school
employees in said unit in such county or Baltimore City.

(2)    Thereafter, if any other employee organization certifies that
it has a membership enrollment of at least ten percent (10%) of the
total number of public school employees in such unit, as of said
June 1, then, in such event, an election shall be held, in which the
public school employees in such unit shall be offered a choice among
each of said employee organizations as the exclusive representative
of all public school employees in said unit or of no exclusive repre-
sentation.

(3)    If no other employee organization certifies that it has a
membership enrollment of at least ten percent (10%) of the total
number of public school employees in such unit, then, upon request
by said employee organization described in subsection (1) hereof, an
election shall be held wherein the ballot shall offer a choice between
exclusive representation by such organization and no exclusive repre-
sentation.

(4) If no other employee organization certifies that it has a
membership enrollment of at least ten percent (10%) of the total
number of public school employees in such unit, and no request for
election is made as provided for in subsection (3) hereof, then, upon
further certification by said employee organization described in sub-
section (1) hereof that it has a membership enrollment of the majority
of the public school employees in such unit in said county or Baltimore
City, in such event the public school employer shall designate said
employee organization as the exclusive representative of all public
school employees in said unit in such county or Baltimore City.

(5) The State Board of Education shall adopt reasonable rules
and regulations for verifying the number of certificated employees
(or persons of equivalent status in Baltimore City) of the public
school employer who are members in good standing of an employee
organization on the date of such certification or who may have
signed a petition provided for herein. The State Board of Education
shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the conduct of elec-
tions held hereunder and the certification of the results thereof, and
it shall provide supervision of such elections. Such elections shall
be conducted in each school facility where public school employees
are assigned on a regularly scheduled school day, in a manner assuring
the secrecy of the ballot, and all such elections shall be held on a regu-
lar working day for public school employees, between June 1 and June
15 inclusive, except that such an election shall not be held in Baltimore
City in the year 1968. In all elections held hereunder, the employee
organization receiving the largest number of votes cast in a unit shall
be declared to be the exclusive representative of all public school
employees in such un