A teacher, being a member of the Manitoba Teachers' Society Executive Committee or of the Executive of any branch thereof, or of any special committee of the Society, or being appointed as an official representative or delegate of the Society or any branch thereof, and being authorized by the Executive Committee of the Society to attend the meetings of the Committee of which he/she is a member, or to act as a delegate or representative, shall be excused from school duties for either purpose or both purposes for not more then a total of ten (10) teaching days in any one school year, provided that a substitute satisfactory to the Division can be secured and that the cost of the substitute teacher be borne by the Society.
Maximum days allowed the Association in combined total shall not exceed forty (40) days in any school year. One teacher for every ten (10) teachers per school or fraction thereof, will be allowed leave on any given day.
Leave of absence up to twenty (20) days in the school year shall be granted to the President of the Association and not be counted within the forty (40) day overall maximum.
The above notwithstanding, leaves of absence from school duties for the purpose of attendance at interest arbitration hearings shall not be counted in the individual or group maximum days of leave of absence.
The teacher shall notify the Division a minimum of seven (7) days prior to taking such leave. In exceptional circumstances, the Division has the right to waive the limitation on the number of teachers per school and the notice period.