MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                          967

after the expiration of the two year period, upon petition, signed by
more than twenty percent (20%) of the public school employees in
said unit of said county or Baltimore City. All such elections shall be
conducted in the same manner as provided heretofore, in subsection
(e) hereof. All signatures to a petition requesting subsequent elec-
tions must be obtained within ninety (90) days prior to said election
date.

(g) An employee organization designated as an exclusive repre-
sentative shall serve as the negotiating agent of all public school
employees in the unit in such county or Baltimore City. An employee
organization designated as exclusive representative of the employees
in a unit must represent fairly and without discrimination all employ-
ees in the unit without regard to whether such employees are members
of such employee organization.

(h)(1) A public school employer, or such representatives as it
may designate, who shall not be less than two in number, shall meet
and negotiate with two or more representatives of the employee
organization so designated as the exclusive negotiating agent for the
public school employees in a unit of said county or Baltimore City,
upon request, with regard to all matters relating to salaries, wages,
hours and other working conditions.

(2)    The term "negotiate" as used herein shall include the duty
to confer in good faith, at all reasonable times, and to reduce to
writing the matters agreed upon as the result of such negotiations.

(3)    The designation of such representatives by the employer as
provided herein shall not preclude such employee organization from
appearing before, or making proposals to the public school employer
at any public meeting or hearing.

(i) If upon the request of either party the State Superintendent
of Schools determines from the facts that an impasse is reached in
negotiations between a public school employer and an employee
organization designated as an exclusive negotiating agent, the as-
sistance and advice of the State Board of Education may be requested,
with the consent of both parties. In the absence of such consent,
upon the request of either party, a panel shall be named to aid in
the resolution of differences, Such panel shall contain three persons,
one to be appointed by each party within three (3) days, and the
third to be selected by the other two within ten (10) days from the
date of said request. The State Board of Education, or the panel
selected, shall meet with the parties to aid in the resolution of differ-
ences, and, if the matter is not otherwise resolved shall make a written
report and recommendation within thirty (30) days from the date
of said request. Copies of such report shall be sent to representatives
of both the public school employer and the employee organization.
All costs of mediation shall be shared by the public school employer
and the employee organization.

(j) Public school employers and employee organizations sh