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Full-time unlimited and seasonal, and part-time unlimited and seasonal employees who have
completed three (3) consecutive years of service in a Technical College or the MnSCU System
shall be entitled to enroll in credit courses on a “space available” basis, without payment of
tuition. Such enrollment shall not exceed twenty (20) semester credits per year, running from
fall session through summer session.
Effective July 1, 1997, the employee will pay all applicable fees.
1. Employees at a State University shall have tuition waived at any State University.
2. Employees at a Technical, Community or Co-located College shall have tuition waived at
any Technical, Community or Co-located College.
3. Employees of the MnSCU system office shall have this tuition waiver apply and must make
a choice each contract period of 1 or 2 as stated above.
The employee’s spouse or dependent child(ren) may share this tuition waiver not to exceed
sixteen (16) credits.
The tuition waiver benefit shall not apply to any courses that are part of an applied doctorate
program.
8. Union Meetings. The provisions of the Master Agreement shall be supplemented and/or
modified as follows:
Employees may be permitted to adjust their hours of work to permit their attendance at regular
monthly meetings of the Local Union. Such adjustments shall be of reasonable duration, not to
exceed two (2) hours. Employees who desire to make these adjustments must request prior
approval from their department supervisor or other Employer designee five (5) calendar days in
advance of the meeting date. Requests shall include an indication of the length of release time
requested. Approval of these requests will not be unreasonably withheld. The Employer
reserves the right to rescind this approval in the event of emergency or other unusual
conditions, or to maintain adequate staffing during the time of the meeting. Employees shall
receive no compensation for time spent at union meetings, but may utilize vacation leave or
work extra hours, within five (5) working days, if work is available, to prevent loss of earnings.
In the event work is available and an employee elects to work extra hours to offset time spent
at union meetings, the Employer shall have no liability for overtime hours or pay until the
employee has worked an amount of time outside his/her regular shift which is equal to the
amount of time spent at a union meeting.
9. Board of Trustees Meetings. The MnSCU Policy Committee President or Designee shall be
granted Union Leave sufficient to attend meetings and hearings conducted by the MnSCU
Board of Trustees. Such leave shall be considered paid leave for purposes of vacation and
sick leave accrual.
10. Seasonal Layoffs. Section 4b and 4e (second paragraph) of Article 15 of the Master
Agreement shall be modified as follows:
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