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A5 NEG – Released Time for Licensed Employee Agent Group President

  • Effective: 5/24/1977
  • Revision: 6/8/2021
  • Reviewed: 4/26/13
  1. Board Directive
    The Board authorizes the release of the licensed employee agent group president as specified below and directs the Administration to allow such absences according to the following provisions:
  2. Administrative Policy
    The following administrative policy provisions shall be followed in administering this policy:

    1. The employee agent group president, when serving on a full-time or half-time basis, will be released from his/her teaching position for the equivalent amount of time.  The employee agent group will reimburse the District the comparable salary and benefits for such released time.
    2. The released-time president will declare by February 15 of the final year of his/her term whether it is his/her intention to return to a full-time teaching assignment.
    3. For a full-time president, the right of return to the same position, school and grade/subject, will exist for a maximum of two (2) years.
      1. If a request is made for additional two-year periods, the president will be guaranteed a return to the District in a position for which he/she is qualified. The assignment will be in the major and/or minor field of certification.
      2. The return after four (4) or more years may not necessarily be in the same building from which the president left.
      3. The right of return will not include reinstatement of extra-curricular or appointed positions previously held.
    4. For a half-time president, the right of return to the same position, school and grade/subject in a full-time position exists as long as the half-time president has remained at the same school and grade/subject he/she held prior to becoming the employee agent group president.
      1. If a half-time president has not remained at the same school and grade/subject he/she held prior to becoming president, the president will be guaranteed a return to the District in a full-time position for which he/she is qualified.
      2. The right to return will not include reinstatement of extracurricular or appointed positions previously held.
      3. An elementary partnership in which a half-time president is working is not considered a job share and cannot be dissolved; however, a new partner can be selected.
    5. The released time employee agent group president cannot be a Reduction in Staff.
    6. The individual(s) replacing the full-time or half-time released president will be advised that they do not have the expectation of continued employment.
      1. The position may be posted and candidates interviewed using standard District procedures.
      2. For an elementary partnership in which a half-time president is working, the president will assist with the selection of the partner.
    7. Time served as released-time employee agent group president will be counted for purposes of experience credit on the District salary schedule.  The released-time president will accrue all annual leave and other benefits allowed by District policy.
    8. If the employee agent group president is not serving on a full-time or half-time basis, the following provisions will apply:
      1. The employee agent group shall be allowed up to twenty-five (25) days per year for its president to perform employee agent group business.
      2. The employee agent shall pay appropriate salary and benefit costs for days used up to twenty-five (25) days.
      3. For continuity of the teaching programs, the same substitute shall be used whenever possible.
      4. The released-time president shall follow notification procedures used for leave and request a substitute if needed.
    9. The released time employee agent group president is subject to all other District policies.