NEA-Alaska/NEA Office Leave. Any professional employee elected to an office in NEA-Alaska or NEA which requires his/her full-time absence from the District will be granted Association Office Leave at his/her request. This leave will normally be for an entire teaching year. During the period of leave, the employee will receive the salary s/he would normally receive while performing his/her teaching duties; including all rights of tenure, retirement, advancement, and any other rights s/he would normally receive. In return, the School District will be reimbursed by JEA for the salary and benefits paid to the employee. This section of the Agreement will take effect only upon the receipt by the District of a binding agreement from JEA that these funds will be reimbursed by those organizations. Upon completion of the Association Office Leave, the employee is guaranteed the same or equivalent position to the one s/he left.
