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SABBATICAL AND PROFESSIONAL LEAVE. Section 1. Desiring to reward professional performance and encourage independent research and achievement, the Board shall xxxxxx a policy which encourages and permits teachers to plan and take sabbatical leaves. Upon recommendation by the Superintendent or his/her designee from central office, and approval of the Board, a sabbatical leave shall be granted for approved scholarly programs, whether or not carried on in an academic institution, when the following conditions are met. (a) No more than one percent (1%) of the teaching staff shall be absent on sabbatical leave at any one time. (b) The teacher’s written application for sabbatical leave is received by the Superintendent or his/her designee from central office, no later than March 31 of the year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. Such application must include a statement of the nature of the course of study to be pursued and the benefits to be derived from such course of study by the Waterbury System. In emergency situations the March 31 filing date may be waived by the Superintendent or his/her designee from central office. A teacher receiving such leave shall retain all privileges and benefits that he would have received had he not been on such leave. (c) The teacher has completed at least seven (7) consecutive full school years of service in the Waterbury School System and at least seven (7) consecutive full years of service in the Waterbury School System since his last sabbatical leave. Such time limits may be waived by the Board in exceptional situations. Section 2. An advisory committee comprised of three (3) professors, drawn from local area colleges shall review the written applications submitted for sabbatical leave consideration. The WTA shall choose one (1) member of this advisory committee, the Board another, and the two

SABBATICAL AND PROFESSIONAL LEAVE. 245. Section 1. Desiring to reward professional performance and encourage independent research and achievement, the Board shall xxxxxx a policy which encourages and permits teachers to plan and take sabbatical leaves. Upon recommendation by the Superintendent or his/her designee from central office, and approval of the Board, a sabbatical leave shall be granted for approved scholarly programs, whether or not carried on in an academic institution, when the following conditions are met. (a) No more than one percent (1%) of the teaching staff shall be absent on sabbatical leave at any one time. (b) The teacher’s written application for sabbatical leave is received by the Superintendent or his/her designee from central office, no later than March 31 of the year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. Such application must include a statement of the nature of the course of study to be pursued and the benefits to be derived from such course of study by the Waterbury System. In emergency situations the March 31 filing date may be waived by the Superintendent or his/her designee from central office. A teacher receiving such leave shall retain all privileges and benefits that he would have received had he not been on such leave. (c) The teacher has completed at least seven (7) consecutive full school years of service in the Waterbury School System and at least seven (7) consecutive full years of service in the Waterbury School System since his last sabbatical leave. Such time limits may be waived by the Board in exceptional situations. Section 2. An advisory committee comprised of three (3) professors, drawn from local area colleges shall review the written applications submitted for sabbatical leave consideration. The WTA shall choose one (1) member of this advisory committee, the Board another, and the two

SABBATICAL AND PROFESSIONAL LEAVE. 244. Section 1. Desiring to reward professional performance and encourage independent research and achievement, the Board shall xxxxxx a policy which encourages and permits teachers to plan and take sabbatical leaves. Upon recommendation by the Superintendent or his/her designee from central office, and approval of the Board, a sabbatical leave shall be granted for approved scholarly programs, whether or not carried on in an academic institution, when the following conditions are met. (a) No more than one percent (1%) of the teaching staff shall be absent on sabbatical leave at any one time. (b) The teacher’s written application for sabbatical leave is received by the Superintendent or his/her designee from central office, no later than March 31 of the year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. Such application must include a statement of the nature of the course of study to be pursued and the benefits to be derived from such course of study by the Waterbury System. In emergency situations the March 31 filing date may be waived by the Superintendent or his/her designee from central office. A teacher receiving such leave shall retain all privileges and benefits that he would have received had he not been on such leave. (c) The teacher has completed at least seven (7) consecutive full school years of service in the Waterbury School System and at least seven (7) consecutive full years of service in the Waterbury School System since his last sabbatical leave. Such time limits may be waived by the Board in exceptional situations. Section 2. An advisory committee comprised of three (3) professors, drawn from local area colleges shall review the written applications submitted for sabbatical leave consideration. The WTA shall choose one (1) member of this advisory committee, the Board another, and the two