A teacher, being a member of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Executive Committee, or the Executive Committee of any branch thereof, or of any special committee of the Society, or being appointed an official representative or delegate of the Society or of any branch thereof, and being authorized by the Executive Committee of the Society to attend a meeting of the committee of which he/she is a member, or to act as a representative or delegate of the Society or of any branch of the Society in a matter of Society business requiring absence from school, shall have the right to attend such meetings or to act as such representative or delegate and shall be excused from school duties for either purpose or both purposes on not more than a total of twelve (12) teaching days in any school year.
A part time President of the Association and any teacher elected or appointed to the Disability Benefits Plan Case Management Committee or the Disability Benefits Plan Committee, shall be allowed a total of fifteen (15) days in any school year, provided that a substitute satisfactory to the Division can be secured and that the cost of providing such a substitute is assumed by the Society.
Any teacher elected to the Provincial Executive, to a maximum of two (2) teachers, shall be allowed a total of forty (40) days per teacher in any school year, provided that a substitute satisfactory to the Division can be secured and that the cost of providing such a substitute is assumed by the Society. Leave of Absence days described in this paragraph are not a part of the one hundred (100) day total stipulated in the following paragraph.
No additional Leave of Absence beyond the stipulated number of days in a school year shall be taken for the purposes mentioned above, except with the consent of the Division. No more than twelve (12) teachers shall take such leave on any one day and no more than a total of one hundred (100) days of such leave shall be taken during any school year by all members of the Association without the prior approval of the Division. Time required by teachers to attend grievance or interest arbitrations within the Division shall not be counted within the aforesaid maximums.