Leave under Section 5:00 may be granted upon written application to the office of the Superintendent.
Leave may be granted, without pay, to any employee elected to or campaigning for his/her own election to the Manitoba or Saskatchewan Legislature or the House of Commons of Canada. Such leave shall be for a maximum period of two (2) months in the case of campaigning, or in the case of his/her election, up to a maximum of two (2) years.
If elected, an employee granted leave under this Article shall not participate in the Division's benefit program while on such leave, and the leave granted shall not be counted in determining the employee's years of experience. Application for extension must be made prior to the expiration of said leave.
A teacher having completed four (4) or more years of service under contract with the Division may, upon written request, be granted a leave of absence without pay of up to but not exceeding two (2) school years.
Request for leave shall be provided to the Division at least three (3) teaching months before the leave is to commence. The notice period may be reduced and/or waived by the Division.
Leave of less than one (1) full school year shall coincide with and be equal to the normal breaks within the school year. Leave other than at these times may be approved by the Division providing the staffing needs of the school can be satisfactorily met.
A teacher having first become eligible for leave and having taken such leave shall again become eligible for leave following completion of four (4) or more additional years of service under contract with the Division.
A teacher on leave must advise the Division by registered mail at least two (2) months prior to the expiry of the leave of his/her intention to return from leave.
The Division will not guarantee the same or similar position to the teacher following such leave.
Sabbatical leave may be granted to members of the instructional staff under the following conditions:
Where leave has been granted by the Division and no substitute is required, no deduction of salary shall be made; excluding Article 4:09 Personal Leave.
Leave may be granted, for reasons deemed suitable by the Division at a deduction of 1/n (where n equals the number of school days in the current school year as prescribed by the Minister responsible for Education) of annual salary, from one school year to the next, for each working day absent from duties.