Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-509.12
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Employee leave of absence
Official statutory text
A. A school district board of education may approve a request
from a school district employee for a leave of absence to hold
office as an officer, director, trustee, or agent of a national,
statewide, or school district employee association. The employee
requesting the leave shall provide the school district
superintendent with proof of election and proof of the term of
office for the national, statewide, or school district employee
association. Proof of election shall include but not be limited to
certification by the national, statewide, or school district
employee association of the date of the election and the results of
the election. Board of education approval for leave requested
pursuant to this section shall have definitive beginning and end
dates.
B. Leave granted pursuant to this section shall be leave
without pay. The school employee on leave shall not be entitled to
maintain any benefits granted by the school district regardless of
whether the benefit is paid by the employee on leave or the
association for which the person is serving as an officer, director,
trustee, or agent.
C. During the leave period, the school employee's position with
the school district shall be maintained without advancement on the
minimum salary schedule adopted pursuant to Section 5-141 of Title
70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and with no accrual of sick leave,
personal business leave, or personal leave. The employee on leave
shall not accumulate service credit within the Teachers' Retirement
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1019
System of Oklahoma. Following the term of leave granted pursuant to
the provisions of this section, the employee granted leave may
return to his or her former position or a comparable position.
D. A school district employee granted leave pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall be prohibited from accessing school
district office space.
E. If a national, statewide, or school district employee
association that serves as a school district employee organization
established pursuant to Section 509.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
Statutes fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the
school district board of education shall no longer recognize the
organization as a representative of employees.
from a school district employee for a leave of absence to hold
office as an officer, director, trustee, or agent of a national,
statewide, or school district employee association. The employee
requesting the leave shall provide the school district
superintendent with proof of election and proof of the term of
office for the national, statewide, or school district employee
association. Proof of election shall include but not be limited to
certification by the national, statewide, or school district
employee association of the date of the election and the results of
the election. Board of education approval for leave requested
pursuant to this section shall have definitive beginning and end
dates.
B. Leave granted pursuant to this section shall be leave
without pay. The school employee on leave shall not be entitled to
maintain any benefits granted by the school district regardless of
whether the benefit is paid by the employee on leave or the
association for which the person is serving as an officer, director,
trustee, or agent.
C. During the leave period, the school employee's position with
the school district shall be maintained without advancement on the
minimum salary schedule adopted pursuant to Section 5-141 of Title
70 of the Oklahoma Statutes and with no accrual of sick leave,
personal business leave, or personal leave. The employee on leave
shall not accumulate service credit within the Teachers' Retirement
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1019
System of Oklahoma. Following the term of leave granted pursuant to
the provisions of this section, the employee granted leave may
return to his or her former position or a comparable position.
D. A school district employee granted leave pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall be prohibited from accessing school
district office space.
E. If a national, statewide, or school district employee
association that serves as a school district employee organization
established pursuant to Section 509.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
Statutes fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the
school district board of education shall no longer recognize the
organization as a representative of employees.
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