Common use of Sabbatical Leave/Grant Clause in Contracts

Sabbatical Leave/Grant. 1. The District may provide sabbatical leave/grants for certificated personnel for the purpose of study and/or travel that will be to the benefit of the students and the School District. The following conditions prevail: a. Certificated personnel must have rendered satisfactory service for six (6) consecutive years before being eligible for this extended professional leave. b. Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than a semester/quarter nor more than a school year to an employee in order to pursue any of the following programs: (1) A planned program of courses taken in an accredited institution of higher learning which is related to the professional growth of the applicant. Applicants who apply under this program shall agree to undertake a full load as determined by the institution involved. (2) Educational travel of a nature and extent which will materially increase the proficiency of the applicant as a teacher. Acceptable travel is defined as travel related to the school work of the employee. c. The committee will meet prior to December 20th to decide if economic conditions allow funding a sabbatical. Applications outlining plans for the period of absence must be submitted to the Association/Employer Committee. This committee shall consider all applications and make recommendations. The decision of the Board will be final. d. Applications for sabbatical leave/grants must be filed with the Superintendent of Schools not later than February 15 of the year in which the leave/grant is to become effective. e. The total of sabbatical leaves and/or grants awarded in any one (1) academic year shall not exceed an aggregate of one (1.0) FTE certificated position. Employees awarded sabbatical leave/grants will be remunerated at one-half (1/2) of their actual salary (for 180 days excluding supplemental contracts) for the period of the leave/grant and they may remain enrolled in District insurance plans, at their own expense, if the insurance plans so allow. Salary during the leave shall be paid in equal monthly installments during the leave period. f. Experience increments, retirement, and all other rights afforded by the District are retained. Any additional benefits granted to regular employees will automatically apply to those on sabbatical leave. g. The recipient must agree to return to the service of Port Xxxxxxxx School District for a period of three (3) years following the expiration of the sabbatical leave period. If the recipient does not return to the district, he/she must repay all monies provided in the sabbatical grant that is a cost to the District on or before June 1 of the following year. If the recipient returns to the District and resigns prior to the end of the three years, the recipient must repay one-third of the costs for each year of the obligation that is not fulfilled within six (6) months of his/her resignation. h. Each recipient shall make written reports to the Board of Directors by December 1, April 1, and July 1, of the grant year.

Sabbatical Leave/Grant. 1. The District may provide sabbatical leave/grants for certificated personnel for the purpose of study and/or travel that will be to the benefit of the students and the School District. The following conditions prevail: a. Certificated personnel must have rendered satisfactory service for six (6) consecutive years before being eligible for this extended professional leave. b. Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than a semester/quarter nor more than a school year to an employee in order to pursue any of the following programs: (1) A planned program of courses taken in an accredited institution of higher learning which is related to the professional growth of the applicant. Applicants who apply under this program shall agree to undertake a full load as determined by the institution involved. (2) Educational travel of a nature and extent which will materially increase the proficiency of the applicant as a teacher. Acceptable travel is defined as travel related to the school work of the employee. c. The committee will meet prior to December 20th to decide if economic conditions allow funding a sabbatical. Applications outlining plans for the period of absence must be submitted to the Association/Employer Committee. This committee shall consider all applications and make recommendations. The decision of the Board will be final. d. Applications for sabbatical leave/grants must be filed with the Superintendent of Schools not later than February 15 of the year in which the leave/grant is to become effective. e. The total of sabbatical leaves and/or grants awarded in any one (1) academic year shall not exceed an aggregate of one (1.0) FTE certificated position. Employees awarded sabbatical leave/grants will be remunerated at one-half (1/2) of their actual salary (for 180 days excluding supplemental contracts) for the period of the leave/grant and they may remain enrolled in District insurance plans, at their own expense, if the insurance plans so allow. Salary during the leave shall be paid in equal monthly installments during the leave period. f. Experience increments, retirement, and all other rights afforded by the District are retained. Any additional benefits granted to regular employees will automatically apply to those on sabbatical leave. g. The recipient must agree to return to the service of Port Xxxxxxxx School District for a period of three (3) years following the expiration of the sabbatical leave period. If the recipient does not return to the district, he/she she/they must repay all monies provided in the sabbatical grant that is a cost to the District on or before June 1 of the following year. If the recipient returns to the District and resigns prior to the end of the three years, the recipient must repay one-third of the costs for each year of the obligation that is not fulfilled within six (6) months of his/her resignation. h. Each recipient shall make written reports to the Board of Directors by December 1, April 1, and July 1, of the grant year.