If the controversy is not resolved by the parties themselves, the arbitrators shall proceed as follows.

(1)__With respect to a controversy over salaries, pensions and insurance, the arbitrators shall recommend terms of settlement and may make findings of fact.__Those recommendations and findings are advisory only and must be made, if reasonably possible, within 30 days after the selection of the neutral arbitrator.__The arbitrators may in their discretion make such recommendations and findings public, and either party may make such recommendations and findings public if agreement is not reached with respect to such findings and recommendations within 10 days after their receipt from the arbitrators.

(2)__With respect to a controversy over subjects other than salaries, pensions and insurance, the arbitrators shall make determinations with respect thereto if reasonably possible within 30 days after the selection of the neutral arbitrator.__Such determinations may be made public by the arbitrators or either party.__If made by a majority of the arbitrators, determinations are binding on both parties and the parties shall enter an agreement or take whatever other action that may be appropriate to carry out and effectuate such binding determinations.__ Such determinations are subject to review by the Superior Court in the manner specified by section 972.

B.__In reaching a decision under this section, the arbitrators shall consider the following factors:

(1)__The interests and welfare of the students and the public, and the financial ability of the employer to finance the cost items proposed by each party to the controversy;

(2)__Comparison of the wages, hours and working conditions of the employees involved in the arbitration proceeding with the wages, hours and working conditions