(a) The Board may, upon request, grant Sabbatical Leave to members of the teaching staff.
(b) Sabbatical Leave may, upon request, be granted to a maximum of one teacher for every one hundred (100) teaching staff, or fraction thereof.
(c) Where all other considerations are very nearly equal, seniority shall be the basis for awarding Sabbatical Leave.
(d) All applications must be submitted not later than February 1st of the year in which consideration is asked.
(e) Remuneration while on Sabbatical Leave shall be two-thirds (2/3rds) of the basic salary received by the teacher in the year completed before leave is granted.
(f) Sabbatical Leave will be granted for further study. The merit of the particular program chosen should be set forth by the teacher applying in a letter to the Board.
(g) Sabbatical Leave will be granted or rejected by a joint Committee of the Board and the Manitoba Teachers' Society Association. Such committee will be composed of three (3) Board members appointed by the Board and two (2) Association members appointed by the Association President.
(h) Payment of the leave shall be made on a monthly basis in the same manner as it is presently for teachers on staff. Payment of the leave will be made with the provisions that the teacher shall return to the Division. If the teacher desires to seek employment elsewhere, he or she shall repay the amount received as set out below.
1. If not returning - full payment.
2. If returning for one year only - 50% repayment.
If a teacher fails to return after sabbatical, full repayment shall be made on or before September 1st of the year that the teacher would normally resume work in the Division.