A teacher being a member of The Manitoba Teachers' Society Executive or of any branch thereof, or any special committee of the Society or any 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 purposes or both purposes on not more than a total of five (5) teaching days in any school year. Additional days may be granted at the discretion of the Division.
All leaves of absence under (A) or (B) above are conditional upon the availability of an acceptable substitute, except in cases of genuine emergency. The cost of the substitute teacher shall be borne by the Association.