Representation and Contract Administration. The Board agrees to provide a total of two (2) units of released time for both Fall and Spring Semesters and one unit of released time for Summer to full-time employees designated by the UFF for the purpose of carrying out the UFF's obligations in representing employees and administering this Agreement. The UFF may designate employees to receive released time during the academic year, subject to the following conditions: no more than one (1) employee per fifteen (15) employees per department/unit may be granted released time at any one time, nor may any employee be granted more than a two (2) unit reduction in a single semester. The UFF shall provide the Board with a list of requested designees for the academic year no later than May 15 of the preceding academic year. Upon the failure of the UFF to provide the Board with a list of designees by the specified deadlines, the Board may refuse to honor any of the requests which were submitted late. Upon approval of the designees by the Board, the designees shall serve for one (1) academic year. Substitutions for the spring semester may be made upon written notification submitted by the UFF to the Board no later than October 15.
Representation and Contract Administration. The Board agrees to provide a total of two (2) units of released time for both Fall and Spring Semesters and one unit of released time for Summer to full-time employees designated by the UFF for the purpose of carrying out the UFF's obligations in representing employees and administering this Agreement. The UFF may designate employees to receive released time during the academic year, subject to the following conditions: no more than one (1) employee per fifteen (15) employees per department/unit may be granted released time at any one time, nor may any employee be granted more than a two (2) unit reduction in a single semester. The UFF shall provide the Board with a list of requested designees for the academic year no later than May 1 of the preceding academic year. Upon approval of the designees by the Board, the designees shall serve for one (1) academic year. Substitutions for the spring semester may be made upon written notification submitted by the UFF to the Board no later than October 15.
Representation and Contract Administration. Commencing academic year 2019-2020, the Board agrees to provide a total of three (3) units of released time for both Fall and Spring Semesters and one unit of released time for Summer to full-time employees designated by the UFF for the purpose of carrying out the UFF's obligations in representing employees and administering this Agreement. The UFF may designate employees to receive released time during the academic year, subject to the following conditions: no more than one (1) employee per fifteen (15) employees per department/unit may be granted released time at any one time, nor may any employee be granted more than a two (2) unit reduction in a single semester. The UFF shall provide the Board with a list of requested designees for the academic year no later than May 15 of the preceding academic year, and by April 1 of the preceding academic year for the requested summer designee. Upon the failure of the UFF to provide the Board with a list of designees by the specified deadlines, the Board may refuse to honor any of the requests which were submitted late. Upon approval of the designees by the Board, the designees shall serve for one
