Common use of Return to District Service Clause in Contracts

Return to District Service. A member, upon being granted sabbatical leave, shall agree to return to the District and shall be reassigned to the position held before taking leave, if available. Provided, if such position is not available, reassignment shall be made to a position commensurate with the position held prior to the leave, and in either case, at a salary level equivalent to the salary such member would have received had service to the District remained continuous. Such member shall agree to serve the District for two (2) years after return and, if such member should leave the service of the District voluntarily before said two (2) years have expired, the member shall reimburse the District in proportion to the unfilled agreement, the amount of compensation received. However, in the event the member dies or is disabled (disability to be defined pursuant to ORS 656.206) repayment shall not be required. The repayment shall be made without interest over a period of three (3) years. If neither the position held before taking sabbatical leave is available upon the member's return, nor a position equivalent thereto, the District shall endeavor to place the returning member in a position as nearly equivalent as possible to the one held prior to the sabbatical leave.