Common use of Association Leave Clause in Contracts

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill xxxx for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One grant one day of sick Association leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per yearor portion thereof in which the Board meets in work or regular session providing that an Association member attends such meetings and that the teacher attending would otherwise be on duty. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposesUnder the same conditions, the President Board shall be classified as Category 4 during grant one day of Association leave for each day or portion thereof in which the years served Board meets in office. Howeverspecial session, during if after considering the first year purpose of the special session, the Association determines it reasonable to have an Association member attend and the Association requests Association leave for that purpose from the Superintendent, and the Superintendent determines it reasonable to have an Association member attend the special meeting in office, any salary increases based on light of the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raisespecified purpose of that special meeting. 2. The Association Board shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 grant each school year twenty-five (25) additional days of leave per fiscal year with pay for use by its membersteachers to participate in Association business. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional Requests for such leave shall be at made in writing to the discretion Superintendent, and shall include the name(s) of the Superintendentteachers to be on Association leave and the specific dates involved. 3. Site Association representatives and members of In the event that a teacher traveling within the LKSD to attend a Board meeting or a grievance hearing as outlined above is prevented from returning to his/her duty station by bad weather conditions, that teacher shall be granted administrative leave if the teacher reports for duty to the Superintendent or his/her designee. The same rule shall apply if a teacher attending a Board meeting as the Association’s 's selected representative remains in a community in which the Board meeting is being held during a recess of Directors such meeting for up to twenty-four (24) hours. However, such rule shall not apply if the teacher in question works in a school located in the community in question. 4. The Superintendent may grant leave without pay for teachers to participate in Association activities other than the above. 5. A teacher who will be allowed on Association leave will notify his/her immediate supervisor not less than three days in advance of such leave. This requirement will be waived by the administrative supervisor in cases of special Board meetings or other extenuating circumstances which do not allow for such prior notification. 6. Association leave may not be utilized during in-services that are calendared by the site and/or District prior to leave school at the end of the student school day for up to three (3) regularly on the Friday before Labor Day, unless such in-services are scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at during the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per monthNEA-Alaska's delegate assembly, president's conference, or issues conference.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT Bargaining Team members and CBLT Joint Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.

Association Leave. 1a. Association Leave Days, without loss of compensation, may be granted by the Superintendent. The Superintendent President of the Association will recommend make such request by meeting with the Superintendent. The purpose of the release days will be specified as well as the names of those persons to be released. b. Representatives of the Board and Association will continue to meet weekly with members of the State Legislature during those time periods each year when the Legislature is in session. During the long session year, the Board will approvepay for substitutes, mileage and qualifying meals according to Board policy for eleven (11) days, and the short session for five (5) days. Two representatives of the Association chosen by the Association President or designee shall be provided release time without loss of compensation or benefits to meet with Legislators for one day, each week, in Indianapolis during these sessions and within the parameters stated in this Article. Additional days may be granted upon request. c. For negotiations involving primarily wages and benefits, the duly elected president Board will release three (3) teachers with pay and will authorize the payment of three (3) substitute teachers during the intensified bargaining sessions. For negotiations involving the entire contract, the Board will release up to eight (8) teachers with pay and will authorize the payment of eight (8) substitute teachers during these intensified bargaining sessions. d. The President of the Association, as an employee of the Board, may request by standard operating procedures to be absent with pay in order to conduct Association business thirty (30) days per school year. e. The Board will hire a leave of absence full-time substitute whose first responsibility will be to serve as the CTA president substitute for the term President of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day If the President is not absent, the substitute will be assigned to another classroom or released to the general pool of sick leave may substitutes for the Corporation. This provision is the Board's policy, was not bargained, and is included for informational purposes only. f. In addition to the PHMTA President’s requested days, this substitute will be transferred for each day accrued upon return assigned to Orange County, up to a maximum the President’s classroom under the President’s direction during the entire first week of 12 days per the regular school year. In case of extended illness or retirementThis provision is the Board's policy, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposeswas not bargained, and is included for informational purposes only. g. Finally, the PHMTA President shall will not be classified as Category 4 during the years served in officeassigned to non-curricular based assignments instead will have that time to conduct PHMTA business. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raiseThis provision was not bargained and has been included for informational purposes only. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill xxxx for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill xxxx for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT Bargaining Team members and CBLT Joint Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approveAssociation shall be granted a total of fifteen (15) days per year, the duly with pay, for attendance at conventions, conferences, and/or other contract-related activities (including short-term absences associated with an employee attending meetings related to his/her role as an elected president official in a State or National office of the Association’s affiliated organizations). Such leave shall be granted upon application made through AESOP not less than five (5) days in advance to the Superintendent except in situations where such notice is not possible. The Association President or designee (who is a member of the Association’s Executive Committee) may use Association Leave to attend a Chamber of Commerce luncheon with prior written approval of the Superintendent. If a bargaining unit member wants to utilize Association Leave in an increment less than half (½) a day, the Association must notify the Building Principal in writing at least one (1) week before the event, so a leave of absence spot-substitute can be found to serve as the CTA president cover for the term of his/her presidencyaffected bargaining unit member. If no spot-substitute can be found, the leave shall be denied. The district will serve as the fiscal agent Association may take seven (7) additional days per year for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing above stated purposes at no cost to the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The District - the Association shall reimburse the District for wages and any associated taxes and deductions resulting from obtaining a substitute. The same notice procedures shall apply to the additional days. An Association member who is elected to state or national office of the Association’s affiliated organization (e.g., President, Vice President, Treasurer/Secretary), and the office requires full-time release for a school year, the bargaining unit member may request an unpaid State/National Association leave for a period of one school year. The employee may continue to participate in the District’s health insurance program provided the employee pays the entire cost of the premium during the leave. Additionally, the employee may be paid a stipend during the leave equivalent to his/her regular salary if the Board 100% is first prepaid the full cost of any the stipend (i.e., wages, associated taxes, deductions, and all sums paid to or on behalf of said presidentSTRS employer contributions). The Association agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the School Board for District from any and all claims liability that arise may result from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave payment of absencethis salary. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president bargaining unit member shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit advance on the teacher salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance year he/she is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to hisState/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raiseNational Association leave. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.

Association Leave. Twenty-Five (25) days per year of Association Leave shall be allowed, as follows, to the bargaining unit to be used for any lawful purpose under Oregon's public employees’ collective bargaining law as follows: 1. The Superintendent Twenty-five (25) days leave shall be granted with pay and with the Association paying only the total cost of the necessary substitutes. 2. All Association Leave requiring a substitute will recommend and be taken in not less than one-half (1/2) day blocks. Written application to the building principal must be made at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance. 3. At least one (1) teacher in each building will be allowed Association Leave at the same time. However, no teacher will be unreasonably denied Association Leave. 4. All Association Leave must be approved by the Association President. 5. No employee will be released for Association Leave in excess of three (3) days per school year without express approval of the Superintendent. 6. Association Leave taken under this Article shall not be used in such a way as to interfere with other employees' contracted school day duties. 7. An employee engaged during the school day in negotiating on behalf of the Association with any representative of the Board or participating in any professional grievance negotiation, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties with loss of salary, unless the District requires that the matter take place during the school day; then in that event the employee shall be released without loss of salary, and this shall not be counted as Association Leave. 8. All leave taken within this Article shall be deducted from the twenty-five (25) days Leave allowance. 9. Association Leave usage will approve, the duly elected president of be reported quarterly to the Association, a . 10. The District will grant the local Association President up to 1/2 time (one-half time) leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. entire school year that the President is in office, subject to the provisions stated below. a. The district District will serve as bill the fiscal agent local for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefitsbenefit costs, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end costs of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit President. b. Upon return from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposesleave, the President shall be classified granted all rights and accruals as Category 4 during the years served in office. Howeverif he/she had taught full time, during the first year in office, any salary increases based including movement on the previous year’s evaluation scores salary schedule. The President shall be applied to receive sick and personal leave benefits as if a full time staff member. c. To insure the least disruptive environment for the students involved, the President shall establish with his/her salary. In subsequent years, while supervisor a defined work schedule and release program as close as reasonably practicable to May 15 of the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across school year prior to the board raiseyear of the intended leave. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional d. This leave shall not be at used for purposes which require the discretion contacting of the Superintendentother teachers during their classroom time, nor interfere with employee's other contracted school day duties. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent Association President will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence have release time up to serve as the CTA president for the term one hundred percent (100%) of his/her presidencycontract consistent with a two-year term of office. The district will serve as cost of the fiscal agent release time borne by the Association shall be equivalent of a teacher on Step 1, Class 1 on the salary schedule to include health and welfare benefits costs for that salary/employee, but not statutory benefits. The District shall pay the payment of his/her salary, release time officer’s salary and fringe benefits, benefits at rates in accordance with the existing collective bargaining agreement between the Association and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department District. The Association President shall be eligible for payroll purposes onlysalary advancement and reclassification during the release period. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of District for all salary and benefits associated with any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said presidentrelease time. The Association agrees to hold harmless District shall make all STRS contributions as if the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves President were serving in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidencyregular assignment. The president President shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president also maintain his/her seniority and shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused accrue sick leave days accrued in the same manner as president, provided daily attendance is documented all other bargaining unit members. a. The Association shall notify the district in writing by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer April 15 of sick leave credit from each year of the Association’s intent to utilize the release time as outlined in this section. One day Such notification shall consist of sick the President submitting a leave may be transferred of absence request form to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. b. If the request is for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes100% leave, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first released for a two-year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores term and upon completion of that year shall be applied placed in a comparable position, school, and grade level (depending upon vacancies) upon returning to his/her salaryclassroom assignment. In subsequent years, while The returning teacher shall have priority consideration as stated in Article XIII E.5 for positions open throughout the president district for which he/she is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raisequalified. 2. The Annually the Association shall be granted 2% credited with a total of membership but not less than 105 fifteen (15) days of leave per fiscal year for use release time to be used by its members. No one employee may use more than five employees who are representatives of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall Association, such use to be at the discretion for local, state, or national meetings of the SuperintendentAssociation. 3. Site Up to 30 additional days of release time may be purchased by the Association on an as-needed basis at the daily rate of substitute pay. The Association will strive to use not more than five (5) days by any one person. 4. Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed released from school duties upon two (2) days advance notification to leave school at the end of Superintendent or his/her designee by the student day Association President. 5. Release time with substitute cost provided shall be granted for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed Association representatives to leave school at the end of the day for one attend Public Employee Relations Board (1PERB) regularly scheduled meeting per monthhearings pertaining to EEEA/EUSD issues.

Association Leave. 1. The Superintendent will recommend and the Board will approve, the duly elected president of the Association, a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president for the term of his/her presidency. The district will serve as the fiscal agent for the payment of his/her salary, fringe benefits, and fixed charges by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes only. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any and all sums paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raise. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.

Association Leave. The District will grant the Association and its members a total of four hundred forty (440) hours leave for ASK ESP business during the regular school year (five hundred sixty hours (560) during a bargaining year). An additional one hundred twenty (120) hours will be granted during the summer months for ASK ESP use. Association leave will be limited to eight (8) days per year for any one (1) individual. ASK ESP will reimburse the District for each member at a rate equivalent to step one (1) of the pay range for each member’s classification for each day of leave used. Representative Assembly/Executive Board Leave The Superintendent District shall provide up to four (4) hours per month for officers and building representatives to attend executive board and representative assembly meetings. Such provision applies only to members who need to be released from work between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. The Association will recommend and reimburse the Board will approveDistrict for the cost of the employees' time at each employee's hourly rate multiplied by the number of hours off work. Advance approval from each employee's supervisor is required at least one (1) week in advance. In emergency situations, where one (1) week advance notice is not possible, the duly elected president Association shall contact the Human Resources office to request a waiver of the Associationone (1) week notification requirement. Leave for Elected/Appointed Position in OEA/NEA Should an Association member be elected or appointed to an OEA or NEA position which requires absence from work, the ASK ESP President shall request a meeting with the District to discuss arrangements for unpaid leave time. Association President Leave Upon request by the Association prior to June 1st, the District will grant the Association President a leave of absence to serve as the CTA president without pay for the term following fiscal year. Such leave guarantees return to the same position or to a comparable position. Upon return to a District position, the Association President shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level which they would have achieved had they remained actively employed in the District. Furthermore, the Association President shall accrue benefits in the same manner that they would have accrued benefits had they remained actively employed in the District. This unpaid leave shall be for the President to carry out the statutory duties of his/her presidencythe Association as exclusive representative in collective bargaining, contract administration and grievance processing during the life of the contract and related activities bearing a direct relationship to labor-management relationships between the Association and the District. Such leave shall be granted upon request of the Association President prior to June 1st of the year preceding the school year in which the leave is to be taken. The district District shall continue to pay the President as if they were employed in the position held prior to the leave. The Association will serve as report to the fiscal agent District the annual pay for the payment Association President and the District will coordinate payment, spread over the number of his/her salarymonths (i.e. 10, fringe benefits11, and fixed charges or 12) specified by placing the president in an assigned department for payroll purposes onlyAssociation. The Association shall reimburse the Board 100% of any District the total cost (i.e. salary, payroll, and all sums fringe benefits) paid to or on behalf of said president. The Association agrees to hold harmless the School Board for all claims that arise from actions that occur while the CTA president serves in office. Optional insurance coverage may be continued by paying the premiums due during the approved leave of absence. The bill for the optional insurance coverage will be sent directly to the president to continue the insurance plans. The president shall return to the school previously assigned at the end of the term of his/her presidency. The president shall not earn annual leave, nor be covered by the Board’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance during said term. The president shall be given credit on the salary schedule for the year(s) served as president and seniority shall be accrued during said leave. The president may transfer any unused sick leave days accrued as president, provided daily attendance is documented by the CTA president during the period served as president. It shall be the Association president’s responsibility to assist in securing the requested transfer of sick leave credit from the Association. One day of sick leave may be transferred for each day accrued upon return to Orange County, up to a maximum of 12 days per year. In case of extended illness or retirement, all withheld hours will be transferred immediately. For evaluation purposes, the President shall be classified as Category 4 during the years served in office. However, during the first year in office, any salary increases based on the previous year’s evaluation scores shall be applied to his/her salary. In subsequent years, while the president is classified as a Category 4 s/he shall receive increases designated as an across the board raisePresident. 2. The Association shall be granted 2% of membership but not less than 105 days of leave per fiscal year for use by its members. No one employee may use more than five of the above days per fiscal year. Additional leave shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent. 3. Site Association representatives and members of the Association’s Board of Directors shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the student day for up to three (3) regularly scheduled meetings per month. CBLT members and CBLT Committee members shall be allowed to leave school at the end of the day for one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month.