Travel and Conference Fund. The Board shall establish and maintain a travel and conference fund for full-time teachers in its operating budget equivalent to 0.64 of 1% (0.0064) of the current budgeted payroll for full-time teachers, said funds to be allocated and administered according to procedures already established at the College. The purpose of the provision of such funds is to allow the opportunity for attendance at conferences which shall serve to enhance the professional competencies of the teacher and/or the quality of instruction to College students. Travel Conference funds shall also be made available to teachers pursuing archival research within their professional areas of responsibility. A teacher requesting such funding shall provide the College with a description of the proposed research and its application to the professional responsibilities of the teacher. The College President shall bear the responsibility to assure that the intent and the prospective product of the conference to which the attendance is requested, or the archival research to be pursued, appears to serve the purposes of this provision. When the travel or conference is initiated by administrative request for the purpose of serving administratively determined ends, the provision of funds for such travel shall not deprive other full-time teachers of the travel-conference group of the opportunity to participate in conferences of their own choosing. With administrative approval, additional funds may be made available for invitational participation in programs which reflect credit upon both individual teachers and the College.
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