This is the text of a gag order drafted by officials of the Washington Education Association in an attempt to prohibit teachers and their representatives from discussing the union's annual arbitration hearing.

1. No person representing the fee Challengers in this proceeding will disclose, disseminate, distribute, publish, or otherwise release any documents, testimony, portions of documents or testimony, or any other information concerning, or in any way relating to, this Impartial Fee Determination proceeding, Cause No. AAA 75-673-59-02, to any person, entity, organization, association, or corporation. The terms of this paragraph shall not apply to communications to specific individual fee Challenger(s) whom the undersigned person represents, as of this date, in the above-referenced proceeding. The terms of this paragraph shall, however, be binding on any fee Challenger who may receive information concerning this proceeding from his/her representative.

2. The Association may seek to enforce this order in any Washington State Superior Court, and the superior courts of the State of Washington shall have the authority and jurisdiction to enforce this order through its contempt and/or equitable powers.

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