A teacher, being a member of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Executive Committee or of the Executive Committee of any branch thereof, or any special committee of the Society, or being appointed an official representative or 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 or she is a member, or to act as a representative or delegate of the Society, or any branch of the Society, in a matter of Society business requiring absence from school, shall have the right to attend such meetings, 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 five (5) teaching days in any school year provided that a satisfactory substitute can be secured and provided that substitute rate is paid to the Division by the Society or the Association. A maximum of one hundred forty (140) days in total may be taken for the foregoing purpose during a school year by members of the Association.
No additional leave of absence in a school year shall be taken for the purposes mentioned above, except with the consent and approval of the Board and provided that a satisfactory substitute can be secured, and provided that the per diem rate of the teacher’s salary is reimbursed to the Division by the Society or the Association.
Five teaching days’ notice shall 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.