Common use of Guidelines for Eligibility Clause in Contracts

Guidelines for Eligibility. 1. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, an applicant must do the following: a. have completed six (6) full, continuous years of service with the District; b. agree, in writing, to complete at least two (2), full and continuous years of teaching duties with the District after any sabbatical leave lasting one (1), full school year. A Teacher, whose service is discontinued for any reason other than the incapacity to teach or being placed on unrequested leave before the expiration of the two (2)-year obligation, shall pay back, to the District, a fractional amount of his/her salary equal to the unresolved portion of the two (2)-year obligation; and c. agree, in writing, to complete teaching duties with the district for periods of time, as indicated below, after any sabbatical leave of less than one (1) year. A Teacher, whose service is discontinued for any reason other than the incapacity to teach or being placed on unrequested leave before the expiration of the obligation for a sabbatical leave of less than a full year, shall pay back to the District a fractional amount of his/her salary equal to the unresolved portion of an obligation as follows: 1) completion of one (1), full duty year of service to be performed in the school year immediately following the year in which leave of one (1) semester or less is taken. This will be prorated if the sabbatical is less than one (1) semester. 2) completion of two (2), full duty years of service to be performed in the two (2) school years immediately following the year in which leave of more than one (1) semester is taken.