Attendance at Professional Meetings and Conferences. Attendance at professional meetings and conferences with pay and with reimbursement of reasonable travel, lodging, and meal expenditures may be granted employees to attend professional meetings or visit other schools when approved by the Superintendent. Only 2 non-District assigned professional leave days will be allowed per contract year when substitute pay is covered by the District. Professional leave days with substitute pay reimbursed to the District will be considered separately.
Attendance at Professional Meetings and Conferences. When authorized by the Superintendent or designee, attendance at professional meetings, conferences, and school visitations, employees will be granted reimbursement of registration fees, travel, lodging, and meal expenditures as deemed reasonable and appropriate by the District.
Attendance at Professional Meetings and Conferences. 20.00 Absence from school, with or without pay, may be authorized by the Superintendent to permit employees to attend local, district, state and national meetings and conferences of a professional nature including the OEA Representative Assembly.
20.01 Any request for attendance at a meeting or a conference for which Board paid expenses or partial Board paid expenses are sought, shall be approved by the Board of Education in advance of attendance at such meeting or conference.
20.02 Initial requests for permission to be absent from school to attend any professional meeting will be made to the building principal. Final authorization for attendance at any professional meeting or conference shall be obtained prior to the absence from the building principal or local Superintendent. These requests can be approved or disapproved by the Board of Education. These guidelines are developed under Section 3313.20 of the Ohio Revised Code which allows school employees to receive compensation and expenses for days on which he/she is excused in accordance with the policy statement of the Board.
20.03 Professional meetings are defined as conferences, meetings, workshops, and seminars which update the employee and/or are designed to help the employee do his/her job better and/or attend the OEA Representative Assembly.
20.04 The application form requesting attendance prior to attendance at any professional meeting will be completed by the employee and given to the principal or supervisor who will then indicate in writing his approval or rejection. The principal or supervisor will then forward the application to the Superintendent.
20.05 Expenses allowable are actual reasonable expenses for motel/hotel as defined below, travel expenses equal to the prescribed Internal Revenue Service reimbursement rate per mile, or the exact bus, rail or airfare, plus actual parking charges, and required registration fees. Expenses for food shall not exceed a reasonable amount with the maximum reimbursement for food being thirty dollars ($30.00) per day, based on supporting receipts. Expenses will not be paid to teachers attending the OEA Representative Assembly.
A. All expenses for mandated meetings shall be paid by the Board.
B. Hotel or motel reimbursement at Holiday Inn style or comparable facilities may be allowed for non-mandatory meetings.
C. No motel or hotel expenses will be reimbursed which are incurred within fifty (50) miles of the school administration office.
D. A membership fe...
Attendance at Professional Meetings and Conferences. Attendance at meetings and conferences of professional organizations may take place during working hours upon prior approval of the Court. The Court may also provide or reimburse the cost of conference fees to the bargaining unit member. Where approval to attend is granted by the Court, the bargaining unit member shall be reimbursed travel expenses consistent the Xxxxxxxx County Trial Court Travel Policy, Policy No. 2005-1.
