Leave for Union President. A. On student instructional days, the Board will grant release time to the Union President each day, beginning at the end of the student day, at no cost to the Union. B. The Board will grant a full year's leave with pay to the Union President or designee. The leave time shall count toward accruing seniority. He/She may participate in all group fringe benefit plans provided by the Board. The Union shall pay the Board monthly installments beginning August 15, for the total cost (i.e. salary and fringe benefits including the Board's contribution) associated with the Presidential leave. The President's leave shall be for the term of the office granted on an annual basis, renewable for a maximum of three years. At the conclusion of the leave, the President shall be returned to the teaching position held at the commencement of the leave or a substantially similar position. Request for leave must be made by May 1, for the succeeding school year.
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