A teacher, being a member of the Association's Executive Committee or of the Executive Committee of any branch thereof or of any special committee of the Society or being appointed an official representative or a delegate of the Society, or 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 meeting 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 eight (8) teaching days in any school year provided that a satisfactory substitute can be secured and the cost of the substituteis reimbursed to the Division by the Society or Association.
A maximum of sixty (60) days in total may be taken for the purposes mentioned above during any school year by members of the Association. An additional forty (40) days of leave shall be granted for a member of the Provincial Executive at 1/200ths deduction.
No additional leave of absence beyond eight (8) days in a school year shall be taken for the purposes mentioned above, except with the consent and approval of the Board.
Five teaching days notice should be given to the Division by the teacher requiring the leave, provided that, in the event less notice is given, the Division shall not unreasonably withhold its consent for leave.