1. As the firststep in the performance of their duty to bargain, the public employer and the employee organization shall endeavor to agree upon impasse procedures. Such agreement shall provide for implementation of these impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the certified budget submission date of the public employer. However, ifpublic employees represented by the employee organization are teachers licensed under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, and the public employer is a school district or area education agency, the agreement shall provide for implementation of impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to May 31 of the year when the collective bargaining agreement is to become effective. Ifthe public employer is a community college, the agreement shall provide for implementation of impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to May 31 of the year when the collective bargaining agreement is to become effective. If the public employer is not subject to the budget certification requirements of section 24.17 and other applicable sections, the agreement shall provide for implementation of impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the date the next fiscal or budget year of the public employer commences. If the parties fail to agree upon impasse procedures under the provisions of this section, the impasse procedures provided in sections 20.20 and 20.22 shall apply. 2. Parties who by agreement are utilizing a cooperative alternative bargaining process shall,at the outset of such process, agree upon a method and schedule for the completion of §20.19, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) 14 impasse procedures should they fail to reach a collective bargaining agreement through the use of such alternative bargaining process.
‹ Prev All Iowa sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.