Release Time for Association Business. 4.4.1 To secure release time for Association and/or CSEA Chapter business, a Unit Member shall first secure approval for release time from the Association and/or Chapter. Upon Association and/or Chapter approval, the Unit Member shall submit a request for approval of release time to the Unit Member’s immediate supervisor seventy-two (72) hours in advance. Leave request must state reason for and duration of release time. The request for release time may be denied if it is determined the request would adversely affect department operations.
Release Time for Association Business. In the event release time is not appropriate for assignments in this Article, upon request of the Association president, Association representatives shall be granted an equivalent paid credit-based assignment for the purpose of fulfilling such responsibilities, providing appointments of part-time faculty requiring a temporary contracted position shall be made in accordance with Article 25.2. The Association will reimburse the College for actual costs, as defined in Article 11.4.3.
Release Time for Association Business. For the duration of this Agreement the President of the Association shall be granted leave for up to 3 hours (class periods for Middle and High School teachers) per day and up to fifteen (15) days during the school year, provided that: (a) acceptable adjustments can be made for continuity of instruction or for service provided by the President to the District; (b) the Association will submit the name of its President and inform the District about the amount of leave to be granted; (c) during the leave, the President will receive the pay and benefits he/she would have received, with salary advancements and adjustments, had he/she remained in his/her last position with the District; and, (d) the Association will reimburse the District the cost (salary and benefits, if applicable) of the replacement teacher who enters the classroom of the President. For fifteen (15) full day release days, a twenty-four (24) hour notice will be given to the District. Sick days and personal days will be the equivalent of a full-time teacher. All other District provided benefits shall be the same as offered to all other teachers. During the term of this Agreement the president will continue to advance one step on the salary schedule and will be granted an equivalent number of years toward retirement. At the end of the term of office, the President has the right to resume full-time teaching in the same assignment, or equivalent position. Association leave will be approved for the number of official delegates verified for the Association’s bi-annual representative assemblies. The association will notify the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources by May 15 of the prior school year of the dates and number of staff in the subsequent school year who will be attending the representative assemblies. Additional days of professional leave requested by the Association for Association business will be granted if the Association reimburses the district for the cost of the substitute teacher and the Superintendent of his/her designee approves such request.
Release Time for Association Business. 9 1. Up to ten (10) days of paid leave per year shall be granted to the Association 10 President or designee for the purpose of Association business. Requests for 11 release time shall be initiated by the Association President and directed to the 12 Administrator for Human Resources, at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the 13 requested release time. This requirement of twenty-four (24) hours advance notice 14 may be waived by the Administrator for Human Resources, to accommodate 15 unanticipated events requiring more immediate attention. The request shall be 16 considered as granted upon approval by the Administrator for Human Resources, 17 contingent upon availability of substitutes. Release time must be taken in 18 increments of no less than one-half (1/2) day per Association representative 19 released, unless the employee being released does not require a substitute. 20 Additional release time may be arranged for through mutual agreement of the 21 Association President and the Administrator for Human Resources. All expenses 22 and costs for substitutes over and above ten (10) days shall be paid by the 23 Association. Release time under this Agreement shall not be used for any activity 24 which violates this Agreement.
Release Time for Association Business. 3.1 The District will allow release time for Association related professional business. This includes, but is not limited to, president-elect workshops, WEA rep assemblies, special training workshops, conferences, national or state Association business, or other business mutually agreed to by both parties. A maximum of forty-five (45) total release days per school year will be available to the Association provided that no more than five (5) employees use this leave in one day. Requests for Association leave must be made in writing by the Association president to the supervisor of the individual requesting the release time and approved by the superintendent at least two (2) days prior to its intended use, whenever possible. Thirty (30) of the forty-five (45) days are to be exclusively for the use of the president of the Association and will be used at an average of one day per week during the school year. The Association will pay the cost of the substitute(s) to the District within twenty (20) days of the release time.
Release Time for Association Business. 27 The Chapter President and/or designated representative(s) will be allowed, without loss of pay to a 28 maximum six (6) workdays per year for the purpose of conducting Association business or to attend 29 regional or State PSE events. The Chapter President and or designee shall provide the Superintendent 30 and the employee’s supervisor at least five (5) workdays notice of each employee’s use of Association 31 leave. No more than two (2) employees district-wide may utilize such leave on any given day. 33 The Association shall reimburse the District for the cost of a substitute for each day of Association 34 Business Leave, should one be required. If the Association uses more than the agreed to number of 35 days, the Association shall reimburse the District for the full cost of the employee’s wages and 36 benefits, plus the cost of a substitute, if one was required.
Release Time for Association Business. Up to three (3)designated Association representatives (in addition to the Association’s business agent) shall be allowed, as long as there is no disruption in work, a reasonable amount of release time off without loss of pay for purposes of participating in meetings and conferring or meeting and consulting sessions with City representatives on matters within the scope of representation. Such Association representatives shall first obtain permission through the appropriate management channel before leaving the work or work location.
Release Time for Association Business. If negotiation meetings between the Committee and the Association are scheduled by mutual agreement of the parties of this Agreement during the teacher's work day, the appropriate representatives of the Association shall be relieved from all regular duties without loss of pay as necessary in order to permit their participation in such meetings. If hearings held pursuant to this Grievance Procedure are scheduled by the Committee or its representatives during the school day, then, this grievant, and/or appropriate representatives of the Association shall be relieved of their regular duties without loss of pay for the time necessary to attend such meetings.
Release Time for Association Business. 1. The President of the RSU 23 Education Association or his/her designee(s) shall be allowed a total of four (4) days for Association business. Additional days may be granted by the Superintendent. The RSU 23 Education Association President shall notify the Superintendent or designee, at least two (2) days in advance of use of these release days. In the case of an emergency, the Superintendent or designee may waive the two (2) day notice.
Release Time for Association Business. 1. The employer shall provide at no cost to the Association thirty (30) days per school year of released time for the handling of Association business as deemed appropriate by the Association President. The Association shall be granted five (5) additional days to be used for projects mutually agreed upon by the Superintendent and the MEA/NEA Local 1, Lakeview President/Designee. The Association may use additional days with the approval of the Superintendent/Designee by reimbursing the Board for the cost of the substitute for the released teacher.
