a) A teacher being a member of The Manitoba Teachers' Society Executive or of any branch thereof, or any special committee of the Society or branch thereof, and being authorized by the Executive Committee of the Society to attend a meeting of the Society in a matter of the Society business requiring absence from school, shall have the right to attend such meeting or to act as a representative or delegate and shall be excused from school duties for either purpose or both purposes on not more than a total of five (5) teaching days in any school year except the Association President who shall be allowed not more than a total of thirteen (13) teaching days in any school year. A maximum of thirty-eight (38) days in total may be taken for the purposes mentioned above during any school year by members of the Association inclusive of the President. A substitute teacher will be provided by the Division, and where provided, the cost of the substitute shall be borne by the Society.
b) A teacher being a member of the Provincial Executive of The Manitoba Teachers' Society shall be allowed a total of ten (l0) days leave of absence per school year in addition to the days provided for in 5:01(a). For the additional ten (10) days of leave the Society shall reimburse the Division at the rate of one two hundredth (1/200th) of the teacher's applicable salary for each day of leave.
c) A teacher who serves as President or Vice-President of The Manitoba Teachers' Society shall be guaranteed a leave of absence concurrent with their term of office. Upon return from such leave the teacher shall be assigned the same or comparable position that was held prior to said leave. The Division is to be notified upon a teacher being elected to allow as long a notice period as possible. In the case of a special subject area teacher, a suitable replacement must be available.