(a) A teacher being a member of The Manitoba Teachers' Society Executive Committee or any branch thereof or of any special committee or any branch thereof, and being authorized by the Executive Committee of the Society in a matter of society business requiring absence from school, shall have the right to attend such meeting or to act as such representative or delegate shall be excused from school duties on not more than a total of five teaching days in any school year.
A maximum of thirty (30) days in total may be taken for the purposes mentioned in this clause during any one school year by the members of the Association. This maximum shall not be applied to collective bargaining between the parties.
(b) A teacher who is serving as president of the local association of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society shall be excused from school duties up to 1/6 time. A substitute teacher satisfactory to the Board shall be provided. The cost of the president’s salary and benefits shall be borne by the Association. The number of teaching days so excused may be extended if the Manitoba Teachers’ Society member makes a request for an extension to the Superintendent. The reasons for the extension shall be included in any such request and any such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In all cases the teacher shall notify the Superintendent’s office five (5) teaching days prior to taking such leave. In emergency cases the five (5) days notice may be waived by mutual consent.