Common use of Sabbatical Leaves Clause in Contracts

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might leave, without pay, for one year may be study leading granted to a teacher, and/or 10 and/or 12 month support employee by the Board for full time credit graduate study/degree with concentration program in their appropriate field subject to Board approval and the following conditions: 1. Not more than four employees in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelsystem may be granted sabbatical leaves at any one time. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year2. Requests Request for sabbatical leave must be received by the superintendent, in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on writing, no later than January 31st of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the leave is being requested. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have 3. The employee has completed at least six seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County Xxxxxxxx Township school systemdistrict. A teacher who No year shall be credited in which the employee has completed a sabbatical worked or been on paid leave less than ninety-three (93) days. If more than four requests (two for pay and two without pay) for such leave are submitted, the board will determine those eligible for such leave by the program the employee plans to take. If all candidates are in an approved program, then seniority shall determine the eligibility. The decision of the board shall not be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalarbitrable. X. Xx applicant who intends to study 4. Two of the four sabbatical leaves sited in A.1 above may be with 1/2 pay if the employee is taking a full time Board approved graduate program/degree program in their appropriate field during the day or if they are fulfilling an on-campus requirement of an advanced program. Documentation of this requirement must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted be furnished with the request stated in A.2 above. B. All sabbatical leaves must be approved by the Director Board and the Board shall take action on same no later than March 31st of Human Resources. After the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical has been completed, leave is requested. The employee shall continue to receive paid health benefits during the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completedsabbatical leave. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for C. Upon return from a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completedwhich was granted for full time graduate/degree program, the teacher employee shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the proper step of the salary schedule guide at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the school system during the period of his/her absence, and, in addition, shall receive proper credit for any advanced degree earned.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The Sabbatical leave shall be granted only for those purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that which will benefit definitely improve the school system by enhanced instruction in, or the administration of, the Framingham Public Schools. Leaves granted for professional competence study or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree for travel combined with concentration such study, or for any reason which, in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation judgment of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will contribute to the individual's cultural or technical qualifications in the schools shall be considered consistent with the purpose stated above. Sabbatical leave shall be granted no at the discretion of the Superintendent of Schools. Regularly appointed employees of the teaching, supervisory, or administrative staff who have given seven (7) school years of uninterrupted and satisfactory service in the Framingham Public Schools before their sabbatical takes effect shall be eligible for sabbatical leave. Not more than fifteen one percent (151%) applicants per yearof the teachers shall be on sabbatical leave at the same time. Requests The extent of the candidate's service, their sabbatical plans, and equitable distribution among the different teaching and administrative groups, and the order in which the applications are received shall be considered in determining the granting of sabbatical leaves. Sabbatical leave shall be granted for either one-half (½) or one (1) school year only. A teacher absent on sabbatical leave shall receive fifty percent (50%) of their current salary unless this amount exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the maximum salary for their classification, or the amount exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the maximum salary paid to a teacher with a master's degree. In other words, no person on sabbatical leave shall be paid at a rate higher than fifty percent (50%) of the maximum master's salary. Any person granted a leave of absence with partial pay shall, prior to the granting of such leave, enter into a written agreement with the Committee that, upon termination of such leave they will return to service in Framingham for a period twice the length of such leave and that, in default of completing such service, they will refund to Framingham an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by them while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered. Such repayment must be made within ten (10) months of the date of resignation. If repayment is not made within this time, reimbursement of collection expenses up to three hundred dollars ($300.00) actually incurred by the Committee may also be required by the Committee. Application for sabbatical leave must shall be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating made on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted form furnished by the Director Office of Human Resources. After Among other data, a statement of the program which the applicant plans to carry out while on leave shall be submitted. This program must be consistent with the purpose stated above. All applications for a sabbatical has been completed, leave shall be filed in the teacher shall present to the executive director Office of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other not later than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July December 1 of the sabbatical previous school year. After the sabbatical has been completedAn applicant may withdraw an application without prejudice. In extenuating circumstances, the teacher shall present Committee retains the discretion to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionconsider an application filed later than December 1. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Sabbatical leaves for study and research may be granted by the Board to teachers who have completed seven (7) years of a service. Such sabbatical leaves shall be in recognition of significant service through teaching and for the purpose of encouraging scholarly achievement, which contributes to the professional effectiveness of members of the staff and the value of their subsequent service to the school system. B. A sabbatical leave are to enable a may be granted for one (1) semester or one (1) full year. Each teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit on sabbatical leave shall receive one-half (1/2) of the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area pay he/she would otherwise receive during the period of need the sabbatical leave as well as benefit the teacher personallyall fringe benefits. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either shall not render service for one-half [½] compensation in another educational institution, provided however, that this shall not preclude the acceptance of a school year fellowship or other assistance in research. In calculating the number of sabbatical leaves, a sabbatical leave for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) yearsemester shall be considered as a leave for one- half (1/2) person. C. Application for a sabbatical leave shall be made in writing not later than March 1 preceding the school year for which the leave is desired. Should The application must be accompanied by a statement of a well- conceived plan for spending the leave in a manner calculated to contribute to the professional effectiveness of the applicant and to the best interests of the school district. Generally speaking, sabbatical leaves will not be granted for the purpose of obtaining a Master’s Degree. Said applicant shall contain a detailed analysis of the program the individual teacher not plans to pursue during his/her sabbatical absence. No changes in this program shall be made without the consent and knowledge of the Board. D. Each teacher who is granted a sabbatical leave will be expected to return to the service employ of the Board for at least a two (2) year period, and upon returning shall present to the Board a full report regarding the use of his/her sabbatical leave. Upon acceptance of his/her sabbatical leave, said teacher shall sign a promissory note with the Board in the amount of the sabbatical stipend to be granted by the Board, said promissory note may be redeemed by the teacher will be required in one of the two following manners: 1. In the event said teacher does not wish to refund return to the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from employ of the school district at the conclusion of the sabbatical leave, said teacher may repay to the Board all money advanced by the Board during his/her sabbatical leave. Said money shall be repaid in total at an annual interest rate of fifteen (15) percent. At the option of the teacher, this note may be redeemed over a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.four

Sabbatical Leaves. A. In order to enhance the professional status of teachers, the parties agree to the establishment of a Sabbatical Leave Committee to be comprised of an equal number of teachers and Board representatives. The purposes Association will select the teacher members of this Committee. This Committee shall evaluate the qualifications of all applicants and make recommendations to the Superintendent for those applicants deemed acceptable. The Superintendent shall, however, make the final decision with respect to such applicants. The Committee may also consult with the Superintendent annually with reference to possible changes in the criteria for the selection of teachers seeking Sabbatical Leave. No more than two percent (2%) of the teachers may receive a Sabbatical Leave in any one school year. Said committee shall be initiated upon the request of either party. B. The compensation for a teacher on Sabbatical Leave shall be one-half (1/2) of the base salary s/he would receive if s/he was employed as a teacher during the period for which the leave is effective. C. A teacher on Sabbatical Leave shall be entitled to participate in the Insurance Program provided for elsewhere in this Agreement. The Association and a teacher on Sabbatical Leave agree that the Board shall not be held liable for the death of or injuries sustained by the teacher while s/he is on Sabbatical Leave. Following the conclusion of a sabbatical leave are the Board will pay the five (5) percent employer retirement contribution to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in (less any required deductions) at the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be consideredtime it is required. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years Xxxxx to commencement of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completedSabbatical, the teacher shall present either be given assurance of his/her return to his/her assignment or the executive director assignment to which s/he will return shall be made known to him/her. It is recognized by the parities that in the event the anticipated position is abolished during the Sabbatical Leave because of Human Resources adequate verification of the work unforeseen circumstances relating to staff or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a budgetary reductions, program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed programchanges, and/or curriculum alterations, this provision shall not apply. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of Sabbatical Leave who will experience returning to a school year or for a full school year) different assignment than the anticipated position will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the notified as promptly as possible prior to his/her return. A teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return returning from sabbatical leave, a teacher will Sabbatical shall be placed at the same position on the salary schedule at the level the teacher as s/he would have achieved been had the teacher remained actively employed s/he taught in the system District during the period of absencesuch period.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a Board may grant sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit leaves in accordance with the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personallyfollowing procedures: 1. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon On recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board may permit teachers to take sabbatical leaves for one (1) semester. Such leaves shall be granted for purposes designed to benefit the school system through study, research, a planned program of travel, or an approved combination of the above. The sabbatical plan shall require the approval of the teacher’s Instructional Supervisor, the Principal, and the Superintendent. 2. A maximum of five (5) teachers divided equitably between the schools may be granted leaves for any school year. Whenever more than five (5) applications have been received, awards will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating based on the prior year evaluation quality of service as determined by criteria to be established by the Principal, the Superintendent, and the supervisory personnel (in the case of a teacher). 3. It is the policy of this Board to consider only those applicants who hold a Master’s degree and who have or will have completed seven (7) years of service to the District. Such service need not be continuous but any leave from service will not exceed one school year, and at least three years of uninterrupted service must have been or will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years immediately prior to the beginning of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had such a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends 4. Further, it is the policy of this Board to study must register give priority to requests for a minimum of twelve one (121) semester hours per semester unless an exception is year sabbaticals. Semester sabbaticals will be granted by only if circumstances are deemed to be extenuating in the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification judgment of the work or experience completedadministration and the Board. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program5. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for shall receive a salary equal to one-half [½] of the basic salary as if in actual service or the minimum salary provided by the first paragraph of Section 24-8 of the School Code, whichever is larger. In addition, the Board shall pay the retirement contribution as provided for under the Teacher’s Retirement System, State of Illinois. The Board will maintain the premium contributions toward any fringe benefits agreed to in this Agreement. 6. Normal credit on the salary schedule shall be given for such leave. Time on sabbatical leave is considered as time in service to the District. 7. During the sabbatical, the teacher shall file at least three (3) reports outlining the teacher’s progress in meeting the sabbatical plans together with the teacher’s impressions, experiences, and other matters consistent with the purpose and of interest to the students, staff, Board, and community. 8. The granting by the Board of a sabbatical leave should be interpreted as a finding that the leave is deemed to benefit the school year or system. Acceptance of such a leave carries with it the clear moral obligation on the part of the recipient to continue service in the District following the termination of the leave. The Board considers it reasonable to expect recipients of sabbaticals to return and perform contractual continued service for a full period of at least two school year) will years following the end of the sabbatical leave. A teacher who fails to continue the teacher’s service for two school years following the sabbatical shall be required to reimburse the Board for all compensation and fringe benefits paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent to the teacher or on behalf of the salary rate which teacher during the sabbatical year unless such return and performance is prevented by illness or incapacity. The teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will shall be required to refund sign a contract with the salary granted for sabbatical leaveBoard containing the reimbursement provision prior to the approval of the teacher’s sabbatical. H. Upon return from 9. All requests for sabbaticals shall be submitted to the Superintendent through the Instructional Supervisor and the Principal before February 1 of the year prior to the school year for which the sabbatical is requested. Requests for semester leaves must be received at least one full semester in advance of the leave, . The letter of application shall outline the purpose of the sabbatical leave together with a teacher will be placed on tentative plan for the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period achievement of absencethat purpose.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation 9.1 Members of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests administrative staff who have served in such capacity for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years may, upon recommendation of active service the Superintendent and approval of the Board of Education, be granted leave of absence for study or travel under the following conditions: (a) Preference will be given to applicants for sabbatical leave on the basis of the greatest benefit to the school system. (b) Applicants must file with the Superintendent statement of the definite purpose for which such leave of absence is desired and how such work will benefit the District. (c) Applicants must file with the Board a written intent to remain in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification service of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends Board for two (2) years after the expiration of such leave. In the event an administrator does not fulfill his/her agreement to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal serve following completion of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 school year of the sabbatical period on the professional staff of Amity Regional School District #5 on a full-time active staff basis and for two (2) full years, as such years are defined for his/her position, the following shall apply and serve as part of the written and declared sabbatical leave agreement between the member and Board. For service as defined above of less than one (1) full year. After , the grantee shall reimburse the Board a pro-rated sabbatical pay received and a pro-rated monetary value of fringe benefits received during the sabbatical has been completedperiod. For service, as defined above of more than one (1) year but less than two (2) full years, the teacher grantee shall present reimburse the Board one half (½) the sabbatical pay received and one half (½) the monetary value of all fringe benefits received during the sabbatical period. Such reimbursement shall be made to the Director Board in one lump sum within sixty (60) days of Human Resources adequate verification such breach of program completionagreement. The Board may waive the above requirements for reimbursement either in whole or in part. G. A teacher on sabbatical (d) Such leave shall not be granted for less than one (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a 1) full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of semester nor more than one (1) year. Should An administrator taking leave shall not be eligible for such leave again until six (6) years have expired after his/her return. (e) At any time, not more than one (1) administrator regularly employed shall be on a sabbatical leave of absence. (f) An administrator on sabbatical leave shall receive eighty percent (80%) of his/her present base salary for the teacher not length of the leave. The Board also shall continue his/her benefits as though he/she was actually on duty in his/her regular position. (g) Regular annual salary adjustments and benefits shall be given for time of leave, the same as for those administrators remaining in the schools. (h) Normally, applications for such leaves of absence for any school year shall be submitted by December 1st of the previous year and acted on by the Board no later than March 1st of that same school year. The Board may waive these deadlines in the unusual circumstance of an unforeseen opportunity that meets all other sabbatical requirements except for the deadline. (i) An administrator who has been granted a sabbatical leave shall return to his/her previous position or to a position equal to one held when the service sabbatical leave was granted provided his/her position has not been terminated. (j) Sabbatical leave once granted may not be terminated before the date of expiration of the Boardleave, unless mutually agreed upon by the teacher will be required to refund employee and the salary granted for sabbatical leaveSuperintendent. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on (k) Grants and/or other subsidies obtained by the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system administrator during the period of absenceleave shall not reduce the above compensation.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes 1. A leave of absence for a period not to exceed eighteen (18) University calendar weeks with full pay in accordance with current scheduling practice, or a leave of absence for a period not to exceed thirty-six (36) University calendar weeks with half pay, in accordance with current scheduling practice, for restoration of health, study, travel, or other appropriate purposes, may be requested by a FACULTY MEMBER and may, at the discretion of the President, be granted to any FACULTY MEMBER of any University who has submitted a request for consideration for a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher and who has completed seven (7) or more years of satisfactory service as a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period FACULTY MEMBER of one (1) yearor more of the UNIVERSITIES, as specified below. Should Library FACULTY MEMBERS who were granted ACADEMIC FACULTY rank shall accrue credits towards sabbatical leave only from the teacher not return date the ACADEMIC FACULTY rank was granted. Sabbatical leaves granted after March 20, 1997, will be based primarily upon merit. Unused sabbatical leave credit may be considered in the selection process. 2. At least five (5) consecutive years of such service shall have been rendered to the University from which the leave is sought. A FACULTY MEMBER who has been granted an approved leave without pay shall not be deemed to have had their consecutive service interrupted; provided, however, that time spent on such leave shall not count as service toward a sabbatical leave nor towards the accumulation of sick leave. 3. If the University operates on a system of units other than semesters, the FACULTY MEMBER may, at their option, be granted a sabbatical leave corresponding to one (1) or more of these units so long as the restriction set forth in subsection 1. above, concerning total weeks of sabbatical leave which can be granted in each such leave, is met. 4. One (1) sabbatical leave may be requested, considered and granted in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article for each additional seven (7) years of service. Leaves shall be accumulated so that no one shall lose entitlement to consideration for a sabbatical leave because of failure to use leave due to scheduling practices at a particular University, but no one shall be entitled to be considered for or use more than thirty-six (36) weeks of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for accumulated leave as part of any one (1) sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from 5. No FACULTY MEMBER who resigns, or who is retrenched, terminated, or for any other reason leaves employment with the STATE SYSTEM/UNIVERSITIES shall be entitled to request or be considered for the grant of a sabbatical leave. No sabbatical leave shall be granted unless the FACULTY MEMBER shall agree in writing to return to their employment with the University for a period of not less than one (1) year immediately following the expiration of such leave of absence. Where a FACULTY MEMBER has requested, been considered for, been granted and scheduled for a sabbatical leave in accordance with provisions of Section F.1. of Article 29, RETRENCHMENT, and that FACULTY MEMBER thereafter receives a notice of retrenchment in accordance with the terms of that same Article, the FACULTY MEMBER will be entitled to be returned to their former position but only for that period of time which precedes the effective date of the retrenchment. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the STATE SYSTEM/UNIVERSITIES from providing FACULTY MEMBERS who are on approved sabbatical leaves with notice of retrenchment in accordance with Article 29, RETRENCHMENT. 6. No sabbatical leave of absence shall be considered a termination or breach of the contract of employment and the FACULTY MEMBER on sabbatical leave shall be returned to the same position they occupied prior thereto. 7. If a FACULTY MEMBER is granted a sabbatical leave during two (2) summer periods the FACULTY MEMBER shall receive five (5) bi-weekly checks for each of the two (2) summer periods. However, a teacher will FACULTY MEMBER granted such a sabbatical leave shall not be placed eligible for a summer school contract. 8. Every FACULTY MEMBER while on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed sabbatical leave of absence shall be considered to be in regular full-time daily attendance in the system position from which the leave is being taken during the period of absencesaid leave, for the purpose of determining the FACULTY MEMBER'S length of service and the right to receive increments as provided by law or contract. 9. Every FACULTY MEMBER on sabbatical leave shall retain the right to make contributions as a member of the State Employees’ Retirement System, the Public School Employees' Retirement System, or an Alternative Retirement Plan (see Article 20.C.) and continue their membership therein. 10. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent any FACULTY MEMBER on sabbatical leave from receiving a grant for further study from any institution of learning other than the University, which employs them. 11. Each University may grant sabbatical leaves of absence in any one (1) year to up to seven percent (7%) of its FACULTY. 12. a. A committee chosen by and from the FACULTY at each University shall receive applications for sabbatical leaves at a time and in a manner which it shall determine and announce. No FACULTY MEMBER shall serve on a departmental or University-wide committee when they or a member of their immediate family or a person residing in their household is an applicant for sabbatical leave. No department chairperson shall make a recommendation regarding sabbatical leave if they or a member of their immediate family or a person residing in their household is an applicant for sabbatical leave. Immediate family shall be defined as spouse, child, step-child, parent, step-parent, parent-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. A department chairperson shall not be permitted to participate in the review of any applicants, when they or a member of their immediate family or a person residing in their household is an applicant for sabbatical leave. The department shall select another FACULTY MEMBER in the department acceptable to the department and management to substitute for the department chairperson.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Certified employees who have served continuously and satisfactorily in the Midland Park Public Schools for a period of at least seven (7) full academic years may, on the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, and with the approval of the Board, be granted a sabbatical leave are of absence not exceeding one (1) year for the following purposes: 1. Approved study (college, writing, research, etc.) 2. Approved travel B. A certified employee on sabbatical leave shall receive a salary equal to enable a teacher one-half the annual salary to pursue an activity that will benefit which he/she would have been entitled were he/she teaching in the school system that year. Salary payments will be made on the same basis as for regularly employed certified employees. C. While on sabbatical leave, certified employees make the same payments into the Teacher Pension and Annuity Fund as would be made if teaching that year on full salary. The full twelve (12) month service credit is allowed for retirement and pension purposes. Certified employees also make the regular payment based on full salary for the year to Contributory Life Insurance and are fully covered during the year. D. During a sabbatical leave a certified employee accumulates sick leave. E. Requests for a sabbatical leave shall be made to the Superintendent of Schools before January 1 of the school year previous to the school year for which the leave is desired. The requests shall be in writing giving the reason for the leave, how it is expected to improve the quality of instruction, and any additional information which will be helpful in evaluating the request. It shall also have the written approval of the Principal. F. No more than two certified employees per year may be granted sabbatical leaves. The selection of certified employees to be recommended to the Board of Education for sabbatical leaves may be made by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area the Superintendent on the basis of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration information contained in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation written requests. Notification of the Superintendent, action taken by the Board of Education on requests for sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received given in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on February 1 of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredin which the request is made. X. Xx be eligibleG. Before beginning a sabbatical leave, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of certified employee shall enter into a contract to return to active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Midland Park Public Schools for a period of one at least three (13) yearyears after the expiration of such leave. Should the teacher A certified employee who does not return perform this service shall repay to the service Midland Park Board of Education a sum bearing the same ratio to the amount of salary received while on leave of absence, that the unfulfilled portion of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.three

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes 19.7.1 This section is suspended from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2016 school year and is subject to annual review at the request of the Association or the District, without being counted as a reopener of the requesting party. 19.7.2 Sabbatical leave proposals must be submitted to the Superintendent no later than January 15 of the year preceding the year of the proposed leave. 19.7.3 Sabbatical leave proposals shall be reviewed by a sabbatical leave committee composed of two administrators selected by the Superintendent and one teacher from each school, selected by the Association President. Upon receipt of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit proposal, the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit Superintendent shall notify the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelAssociation President and each shall select committee members. B. Upon recommendation 19.7.4 In reviewing sabbatical leave proposals, the sabbatical leave committee shall consider the effect that the proposed leave(s) would have on the continuity of the Superintendentinstructional program at the site where the requesting teacher is assigned, sabbatical leaves will and the benefit which the stated purpose of the leave offers to the instructional program. 19.7.5 No later than February 15, the committee shall make a recommendation to the Governing Board if it determines that any of the leave proposals should be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per approved for the following school year. Requests for The Governing Board shall make the final decision whether to approve any leave requests by March 1, or the first regular Board meeting thereafter. 19.7.6 One full time sabbatical leave must per year may be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on approved. An individual teacher can apply or two teachers can apply as a pair to share the prior year evaluation will sabbatical. Compensation shall be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification 60% of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of unit member’s salary and paid benefits per the proposed program. If agreement while the applicant unit member is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 19.7.7 To qualify for sabbatical leave, a unit member must have seven or more years of service in the District in the last nine years, including two years of full time service immediately preceding the year for which the leave is requested. 19.7.8 Unit members returning from sabbatical leave shall serve the District in an assignment within their credential for at least two years following the year of leave, or else repay the District for salary and fringe benefits paid during the leave. The District may require the unit member to provide a surety bond to guarantee service or repayment. 19.7.9 Upon return from sabbatical leave, the unit member shall submit a teacher will be placed on written report to the salary schedule at District describing the level leave and how it met the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed goals in the system during the period of absencesabbatical leave proposal.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes 19.7.1 This section is effective for the 1995-96 school year and is subject to annual review at the request of the Association or the District, without being counted as a reopener of the requesting party. 19.7.2 Sabbatical leave proposals must be submitted to the Superintendent no later than January 15 of the year preceding the year of the proposed leave. 19.7.3 Sabbatical leave proposals shall be reviewed by a sabbatical leave committee composed of two administrators selected by the Superintendent and one teacher from each school, selected by the Association President. Upon receipt of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit proposal, the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit Superintendent shall notify the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelAssociation President and each shall select committee members. B. Upon recommendation 19.7.4 In reviewing sabbatical leave proposals, the sabbatical leave committee shall consider the effect that the proposed leave(s) would have on the continuity of the Superintendentinstructional program at the site where the requesting teacher is assigned, sabbatical leaves will and the benefit which the stated purpose of the leave offers to the instructional program. 19.7.5 No later than February 15, the committee shall make a recommendation to the Governing Board if it determines that any of the leave proposals should be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per approved for the following school year. Requests for The Governing Board shall make the final decision whether to approve any leave requests by March 1, or the first regular Board meeting thereafter. 19.7.6 One full time sabbatical leave must per year may be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on approved. An individual teacher can apply or two teachers can apply as a pair to share the prior year evaluation will sabbatical. Compensation shall be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification 60% of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of unit member’s salary and paid benefits per the proposed program. If agreement while the applicant unit member is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 19.7.7 To qualify for sabbatical leave, a unit member must have seven or more years of service in the District in the last nine years, including two years of full time service immediately preceding the year for which the leave is requested. 19.7.8 Unit members returning from sabbatical leave shall serve the District in an assignment within their credential for at least two years following the year of leave, or else repay the District for salary and fringe benefits paid during the leave. The District may require the unit member to provide a surety bond to guarantee service or repayment. 19.7.9 Upon return from sabbatical leave, the unit member shall submit a teacher will be placed on written report to the salary schedule at District describing the level leave and how it met the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed goals in the system during the period of absencesabbatical leave proposal.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are Paragraph 1: Purpose In order to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced provide opportunities for professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendentimprovement, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen are available to teachers for formal, full-time study at a college or university. Paragraph 2: Eligibility (15a) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No An applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six performed seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends continuous ser- vice to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present Unified School District 259 immediately prior to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal commencement of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave. The continuity of service is not interrupted by an extended leave of up to one (1) year. However, time during such leave shall not be counted toward the approved program can be changed only by written consent required seven (7) years and at least two (2) of the executive director seven years must have been performed after the latest extended leave. The continuity of human resources prior to July 1 service is interrupted by any extended leave or leaves which total in excess of the sabbatical one (1) year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on (b) Applicants shall not have received sabbatical leave during the seven (either for one-half [½] 7) years immediately preceding the application. (c) Each applicant must sign a statement of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees intent to return to employment service in Unified School District 259 immediately upon termination of sabbatical leave. (d) Each applicant must sign a commitment to repay the amount paid during the sabbatical leave on a prorated basis in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system event the teacher fails to return to Uni- fied School District 259 and perform assigned services under a contract of em- ployment for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon year after return from sabbatical leave. Paragraph 3: Application (a) Applications shall be made to the Chairperson of the Committee for Sabbatical Leave on or before the annual deadline dates established by the said committee. (b) The application shall present the applicant’s plans for the sabbatical leave and such other information as the committee deems advisable. Paragraph 4: Selection (a) The Committee for Sabbatical Leave shall consist of two members appointed by the Superintendent, two members appointed by United Teachers of Wichita, and the Chief Human Resources Officer or designee, who will chair the commit- tee. (b) The committee will prepare a teacher will priority listing of eligible applicants and recom- mend teachers for sabbatical leave appointments. The committee shall judge the quality of the applications and recommend no more than five (5) teachers per contract year. (c) Consideration shall be placed on given to: (1) assured eligibility; (2) the salary schedule at potential contribution to the level applicant’s professional growth; (3) the teacher would have achieved had applicant’s prior contribution to the teacher remained actively employed in school district, potential for future leadership, or for improvement of classroom instruction; (4) evidence of professional growth; (5) any other pertinent factors as established by the system during committee. (d) The priority listing of applicants for sabbatical leave shall be submitted to the period of absenceBoard for approval.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation by the Superintendent of the SuperintendentSchools, sabbatical leaves will may be granted no for study, or other professional improvement, to a member of the teaching staff by the Committee, subject to the following conditions: A. No more than fifteen (15) applicants per members of the teaching staff will be absent on sabbatical leave during a particular school year. . B. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received submitted to the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee in writing writing, in such form as may be required by thethe Superintendent of Schools, between September 1st and December 31st of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a The teacher must have has completed at least six seven (67) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemFall River School System. A teacher Any leave granted under this Contract will not be considered as a break in service. D. Teachers may request a sabbatical leave for only a full-year or half-year duration. Teachers on sabbatical leave will be paid at fifty percent (50%) of their regular salary while on sabbatical leave. The first five (5) teachers with over eleven (11) years of service who has completed are granted a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants receive sixty percent (60%) of their salary while on sabbatical leave. All others who have not had are granted a sabbaticalsabbatical leave will receive fifty percent (50%) of their regular salary. X. Xx applicant who intends Xxxxx to study must register for a minimum granting of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher shall enter into written agreement with the Committee that upon the termination of such leave teachers will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed return to service in the system during Fall River School System for a period equal to double the period length of absencethe sabbatical leave. In default of completing such service, he/she shall refund to the Committee an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered, as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered, unless said default is due to illness, disability, discharge, death or other circumstances beyond the control of the individual. F. The Association shall have the right to directly recommend an individual to the Superintendent for a sabbatical leave provided the fifteen (15) number limitation set out above has not been exhausted. G. It shall be incumbent upon the Superintendent to report to the Committee all requests for sabbatical leave and the Committee, in its discretion, shall act on those recommendations.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. Sabbatical leaves of absence for restoration of health and leaves of absence for professional development and classroom occupational exchange (hereinafter referred to as “other compensated leaves”) shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Public School Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Section 5-522.2 as set forth in Appendix C (Classroom Occupation Exchange) and Section 11-1166 as set forth in Appendix D (Persons Entitled), as amended or as may be amended during the term of this contract, and subject to the following guidelines: 1. The purposes Employer reserves the right to specify the conditions under which sabbatical leaves for the restoration of health may be taken consistent with applicable law. 2. The Employer may limit the numbers of sabbatical leaves of absence or other compensated leaves granted in any semester to ten (10) percent of the number of persons eligible for such leave. 3. To be eligible for a sabbatical leave are to enable or other compensated leaves, the Employee shall have completed ten (10) years of satisfactory service as a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration Employee in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas Public Schools of the Commonwealth and at least five (5) consecutive years of such service shall be with the Employer. 4. Applications for sabbatical leave or study leading other compensated leave shall be submitted on the form provided by the Employer and forwarded with the required documentation to a bachelorthe Superintendent as soon as possible. Except in cases of illness or accident, all applications for sabbatical leave or other compensated leave for the fall semester of the following school year or the full year shall be received in Employer’s degree office by April 15. Similarly, except in cases of illness or accident, all applications for a non-degree vocational teacher; sabbatical leave or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area other compensated leave for the spring semester of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelschool year shall be received in Employer’s office by September 15. The Employer may waive this requirement. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent5. Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, sabbatical leaves will and other compensated leaves shall only be granted no more than fifteen for one (151) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for semester; a full school year, two (2) will consecutive semesters, or two non-consecutive semesters within two (2) calendar years. In the event an Employee enrolls in a full-year trimester program, calculation of minimum requirements for professional development as set forth in Section 1166.1 of the School Code as set forth in Appendix E (Leaves of Absence for Professional Development) shall be paid averaged over the year and the Employee shall spread the credits over the trimesters as evenly as possible. 6. During the period of sabbatical leave or other compensated leave, an Employee shall be compensated at one-half the base salary to which the Employee would have been entitled to had the Employee not taken the leave. In addition, the Employee shall be entitled to continuation of insurance benefits during the term of the leave. Upon approval the District shall furnish the Employee a statement of his or her gross salary for the school year in which the leave occurs. 7. Time worked during a split sabbatical or other compensated leave shall count toward the time requirements for subsequent sabbatical leaves or other compensated leaves of absence. 8. Sabbatical leaves or other compensated leaves already granted may not be rescinded by the applicant for the spring semester after the November Board meeting and for the Fall semester after the June Board meeting unless circumstances warrant. 9. A leave of absence for professional development shall be directly related to the professional responsibilities as determined by the Board at fifty (50) percent of School Directors and shall be restricted to activities required by regulations of the salary rate State Board of Education and by the laws of this Commonwealth, for a professional certificate or commission to improve professional competency. All requests for a leave of absence for professional development shall be subject to review and authorization by the Board of School Directors, which shall have sole authority to adopt and enforce policy establishing the teacher conditions for approval of such leaves. The minimum requirements for professional development as set forth in § 1166.1 of the School Code shall apply to Employees requesting a leave for professional development. In addition, the Employee requesting a leave of absence for professional development shall submit to the Board of School Directors a detailed plan describing the professional development activities to be undertaken. The Board of School Directors shall be authorized to approve or reject the plan, consistent with its written policy. Upon completion of the leave, the Employee shall provide to the Board of School Directors satisfactory evidence that the Employee’s approved plan for professional development was fully complied with during the leave of absence. If the Employee fails to do so, unless prevented by illness or physical disability, the Employee shall forfeit all benefits to which said leave would have received if been entitled under the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service provisions of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted School Code for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absenceabsence for professional development.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Board of Education may grant sabbatical leaves of absence to teachers for one full year, and/or one-half (1/2) year, based upon the Superintendent’s recommendation, subject to the following conditions: 1) The teacher has completed at least seven (7) full school years of service in the South Bound Brook School District. 2) If there is a qualified applicant, sabbatical leave may be granted to one (1) eligible teacher during any one school year. 3) Sabbatical leaves are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit be used only for the school system by enhanced professional competence purpose of education or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or education related travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (154) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be mutually agreed on by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior Association and the Superintendent no later than November 15, and action must be taken no later than January 1 of the school year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. Such requests must include a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years proposal clearly stating purpose of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. a. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or purpose other than fulfilling residency requirements for a full school year) will an accredited advance degree shall be paid by the Board at fifty percent (50%) percent salary for a full year of the salary rate which the teacher he would have received if the teacher he had remained on active duty, provided that such . b. A teacher agrees to return to employment in on sabbatical leave for purposes of fulfilling residency requirements for an accredited advanced degree shall be paid by the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Board seventy-five percent (75%) of the annual salary he would have received if he had remained on active duty. 6) When sabbatical leave is granted for a period of less than one (1) full year, it will be for continuing education in a field approved by the Board. Should the teacher not return to the service The salary for this category shall be fifty percent (50%) of the Board, annual salary prorated for the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical term of leave. H. 7) Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he would have achieved had the teacher he remained actively employed in the system during the period of his/her absence. 8) A teacher will be required to teach in South Bound Brook for two (2) years immediately following his/her sabbatical leave. In default thereof, the teacher shall reimburse the District those monies received in payment under the terms of this Article in proportion to that amount of the required not spent within the South Bound Brook School District. A written agreement shall be entered into by both parties embodying these terms. 9) Should the request for sabbatical leave be refused, the teacher shall be given the reasons in writing, by the Superintendent. Neither the refusal of requests, nor the reasons given, may be used as a grievance. 10) Employees on sabbatical leave shall receive no benefits other than as are listed in this Article.

Sabbatical Leaves. In the interest of rewarding professional performance and encouraging independent research, achievement, and professional growth, the Superintendent shall adhere to the following policies in respect to granting sabbatical leaves as recommended by the Superintendent. A. The purposes Normally no more than one (1) teacher of a the professional staff shall be absent on sabbatical leave are at any one time; said leave to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit run concurrently with the normal school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelyear. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must Only those persons who have completed at least six (6) full years on the professional staff in the Granby Public Schools shall be eligible for sabbatical leave. C. Any member who desires to apply for sabbatical leave shall make such application on an application form devised by the Superintendent and shall submit such application to the Superintendent by November 30, if the leave is to commence the following September. D. In passing on an application for sabbatical year, the Superintendent will apply the following criteria: years of active service in of applicant, type of research or study planned, educational value of proposed research or study to the Xxxxxxxxx County Granby Public schools, relationship to professional growth of applicant, urgency of proposed research or study, and distribution of candidates by school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical levels (i.e., elementary, junior high and senior high). E. Each applicant will be considered only after all applicants who have notified not had a sabbaticallater than January 3, of the Superintendent's decision. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for F. Any member accepting sabbatical leave shall enter into a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by written agreement with the Director of Human Resources. After Granby Public Schools in accordance with M.G.L. c71, s41A. G. When the sabbatical leave has been completed, the teacher shall present to sabbatical scholar shall, if requested, submit a report of his/her research or study in such form as has been determined by the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completedSuperintendent. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for H. Each member granted a sabbatical leave, leave shall have the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees right to return to employment in a position substantially equivalent to his/her former position. The employee will be entitled to any position that he/she would have been entitled to had he/she not taken the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for leave. I. A sabbatical scholar on a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical year leave, a teacher will be placed on shall receive one-half (1/2) salary including the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencecurrent increment.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation by the Superintendent of the SuperintendentSchools, sabbatical leaves will be granted no for study or travel to members of the teaching staff by the Committee subject to the following conditions: A. No more than fifteen six (156) applicants per year. Requests members of the professional staff will be absent on sabbatical leave at any one time. B. Request for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be required by thethe Superintendent of Schools no later than January 15th, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1st, of the school year preceding the school year which the sabbatical leave is requested. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a The teacher must have has completed at least six five (65) consecutive full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalBrockton School System. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher D. Teachers on sabbatical leave shall receive from the Committee ten percent (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year10%) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate salaries for every year of service up to eighty percent (80%) which the teacher they would have received if the teacher they had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return . X. Xxxxx to the service granting of sabbatical leave, a teacher shall enter into a written agreement with the BoardCommittee that upon the termination of such leave, the teacher will return to service in the Brockton School System for a period equal in length to one-half (1/2) as many years as there are ten percent (10%) salary units granted. In default of completing such service, he/she shall refund to the Committee an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/ her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be required rendered, unless said default is due to refund illness, disability, discharge, death or other circumstances beyond the salary granted control of the individual. Payment for default of completing service after a sabbatical leaveleave shall be made in a period of time not to exceed two (2) years unless said default is due to illness, disability, discharge, death or other circumstances beyond the control of the individual. H. F. Upon his/her return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will teacher’s salary shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher same as he/she would have achieved received had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencehis/her leave been spent in the Brockton School System, and he/she shall be returned to the same position which he/she held at the time said leave commenced, if it exists, or if not to a substantially equivalent position. X. In the event that a teacher has been granted, but is unable to take, a sabbatical leave under normal circumstances the Committee has no obligation, subsequent to May 1st, to place the teacher in his/her former class if the position is filled or to employ him/her for the duration of the leave until such time as a vacancy occurs in an area in which he/she is certified.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a Full-time administrative employees shall be eligible to apply for sabbatical leave are to enable in accordance with the following provisions: 1. A tenured administrator who has completed a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area minimum of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration seven (7) years of continuous service in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area schools of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelPennsville Township is eligible. B. Upon recommendation 2. Sabbatical leave may be requested for either a full year or one-half year. 3. Sabbatical leave shall be for the purpose of educational advancement only. Acceptance of other full-time employment during such leave is prohibited. 4. The term of sabbatical leave shall be taken with the Superintendentregular school year (July 1 to June 30). 5. No more than one (1) administrator shall be granted such leave in any one year. 6. Employees granted sabbatical leave shall receive one-half (1/2) their annual contracted salary if such leave is for one (1) year, sabbatical leaves or one-quarter (1/4) of their annual contracted salary if such leave is for one-half (1/2) year. Stipends for such leave will be granted no more than fifteen divided into equal monthly installments and paid on the fifteenth (1515th) applicants per yearday of each month the employee is on sabbatical leave. 7. Requests Application for sabbatical leave must be received filed in writing by the C. No to the Superintendent of Schools on or before December 1 preceding the proposed leave year. Such application shall state the purpose of such leave and the intended duration of the leave. The Superintendent will consult with the Administration Committee of the Board of Education and the President of the Pennsville Administrators Association and they, jointly will make recommendations to the Board. Within one (1) month of receipt of a recommendation, the Board will notify the applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be consideredin writing stating whether his/her request was granted or denied. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program8. If the applicant is accepted for a granted sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior grantee shall agree in writing to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present return to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionPennsville Township School District and work at least two (2) years after such leave expires. G. A teacher 9. If an employee on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by resigns during such leave, he/she shall refund to the Board at fifty all such salary paid to him/her during the period of leave. If an employee resigns within one (501) percent year of the expiration of his/her sabbatical leave, he/she shall refund to the Board such proportion of the salary rate which paid during the teacher would have received if leave of absence as the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period unexpired proportion of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return year shall bear to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leavesaid period. H. 10. Upon return from sabbatical leave, the employee will present a teacher will be placed on report to the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed Board of Education describing his/her study during such leave and proposals for making use of it in his/her work in the system during the period of absencePennsville School District.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that which will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence competence, or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas areas, or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas areas; or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendentsuperintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than up to fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by thethe superintendent between July 1 and December 1 of the year preceding the school year for which the leave is requested. All applications will receive equal consideration regardless of when submitted within the above time frame. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director executive director of Human Resourceshuman resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources human resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director executive director of Human Resources human resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Superintendent may grant sabbatical leaves for full time study for credit for a recognized degree beyond the Bachelor’s degree to a member of a the teaching staff subject to the following conditions: 1. No more than two (2) members of the teaching staff will be absent on sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit during the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel.year; B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will in such form as may be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted required by the Director Superintendent of Human Resources. After Schools no later than February l (except for good cause), and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April l of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical has been completedleave is requested, or, if the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for has already been granted a sabbatical leave, until the approved program can be changed only by written consent completion of another period of seven (7) consecutive full years of service in the executive director Franklin School System; 3. The teacher has completed at least seven (7) consecutive full school years of human resources prior to July 1 of service in the sabbatical yearFranklin School System; 4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave for one year will receive fifty percent (either 50%) and for one-half [½] one semester will receive up to one hundred percent (100%) of a school year or their regular salary at the time their leave commences for a full school year) will be paid the period authorized by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutySuperintendent, provided that such pay, when added to any program grant or other financial assistance will not exceed the teacher’s regular salary rate; 5. Prior to the granting of a sabbatical leave, a teacher agrees to shall enter into a written agreement with the Superintendent that upon termination of such authorized leave, they will return to employment service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Franklin School System for a period of one two (12) year. Should years, in addition to a written contract with the teacher not return to Superintendent on the service of the Board, terms by which the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for go on sabbatical leave., and that, in default of completing said minimum service, or failing to live up to all aspects of the written contract, they shall refund to the Town of Franklin, an amount of money equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed, bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered; H. 6. Upon their return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will teacher’s salary shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher same as they would have achieved received had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencetheir leave been spent in the Franklin School System, and they shall be returned to the same position which they held at the time said leave commenced, if available, or if not, to a substantially equivalent position.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. Section A The purposes of a personnel shall be eligible for sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be absence for one (1) year at half salary for study leading to a graduate degree with concentration and observation at any time after seven (7) years of total service in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas Newark Public School District, except that at least two (2) years of such service shall have been rendered in that position from which said sabbatical leave is applied for. If the individual shall have served in such a position for fewer than two (2) full years, leave may be granted except that the sabbatical leave salary shall be based upon the highest rate paid to said personnel immediately preceding promo- tion into the administrative or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelsupervisory position currently held by said personnel. B. Upon Section B The personnel shall also be eligible for sabbatical leave of absence for one (1) year at half salary for rest and recreation at any time after fourteen (14) years of total service in the Newark Public Schools, except that the two (2) year provision contained in Section A of this article shall be equally applicable to sabbatical leaves of absence for rest and recreation. Section C The leaves set forth in Section A and B of this article shall be granted annually, depending on the availability of funds, at the recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical . Section D The leaves will set forth in Section A and B of this article shall be granted no more annually to not less than fifteen five percent (155%) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutypersonnel, provided that the number of applicants for such teacher agrees to return to employment in leaves exceeds such five percent (5%). Section E Applications for leaves provided hereinabove must be filed no later than March 1 for leaves which will commence at the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service beginning of the Board, the teacher ensuing school year and no later than October 1 for leaves which will commence February 1. Consideration will be required given in special cases to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leaveappli- cations filed at times other than March 1 and October 1. Notification of action taken shall be within three (3) months of date of request. H. Upon return from Section F All current District rules and practices with respect to sabbatical leaveleaves not inconsistent with the provisions of this article shall be maintained. Section G Sabbaticals of CASA personnel shall begin as of July 1 and end as of June 30 of the follow- ing year, except for such special cases as are made upon request of the individual and favorably acted upon by the District following a teacher will be placed on favorable recommendation by the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absenceSuperintendent.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are shall be granted to enable a teacher by the Board for approved graduate study, including study in another area of specialization, or for other reasons of value to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or System, subject to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personallyfollowing conditions: 1. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the SuperintendentIf there are sufficient qualified applicants, sabbatical leaves will shall be granted no to not more than fifteen two (152) applicants per teachers in any one school year. Sabbatical leaves are for one full year only. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be mutually agreed on by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Association and the Superintendent no later than December 1, and the action must be taken on all such requests no later than March 1 of the prior school year evaluation will preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested and the teacher shall be considerednotified in writing of such action. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have has completed at least six seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalGateway Regional School District. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty percent (50%) percent of the salary rate which the teacher he/she would have received if the teacher he/she had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of his/her absence. 6. A teacher who is granted a sabbatical agrees to return to Gateway for a period of at least two (2) contract years after his/her sabbatical leave. In order to be granted a sabbatical leave, the teacher shall sign a promissory note indicating his/her obligation to repay the District in the event that he/she does fail to continue working for at least two contract years after his/her sabbatical leave. 7. To be eligible for a second sabbatical leave, a teacher must complete another seven (7) full years of service in the Gateway Regional School District. 8. A teacher who is granted sabbatical leave shall take a minimum of twelve (12) graduate credits. 9. Teachers on sabbatical leave are not considered on active duty but nevertheless will be eligible for co-curricular assignments, if mutually agreed upon. B. Before any teacher becomes entitled to a second sabbatical leave, eligible teachers who have never received sabbatical leave will be given preference.

Sabbatical Leaves. In the interest of rewarding professional performance and encouraging independent research, achievement, and professional growth, the Superintendent shall adhere to the following policies in respect to granting sabbatical leaves as recommended by the Superintendent. A. The purposes Normally no more than one (1) teacher of a the professional staff shall be absent on sabbatical leave are at any one time; said leave to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit run concurrently with the normal school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelyear. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must Only those persons who have completed at least six (6) full years on the professional staff in the Granby Public Schools shall be eligible for sabbatical leave. C. Any member who desires to apply for sabbatical leave shall make such application on an application form devised by the Superintendent and shall submit such application to the Superintendent by November 30, if the leave is to commence the following September. D. In passing on an application for sabbatical year, the Superintendent will apply the following criteria: years of active service in of applicant, type of research or study planned, educational value of proposed research or study to the Xxxxxxxxx County Granby Public schools, relationship to professional growth of applicant, urgency of proposed research or study, and distribution of candidates by school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical levels (i.e., elementary, junior high and senior high). E. Each applicant will be considered only after all applicants who have notified not had a sabbaticallater than January 3, of the Superintendent's decision. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for F. Any member accepting sabbatical leave shall enter into a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by written agreement with the Director of Human Resources. After Granby Public Schools in accordance with M.G.L. c71, s41A. G. When the sabbatical leave has been completed, the teacher shall present to sabbatical scholar shall, if requested, submit a report of his/her research or study in such form as has been determined by the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completedSuperintendent. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for Each member granted a sabbatical leave, leave shall have the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees right to return to employment in a position substantially equivalent to his/her former position. The employee will be entitled to any position that he/she would have been entitled to had he/she not taken the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for leave. I. A sabbatical scholar on a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical year leave, a teacher will be placed on shall receive one-half (1/2) salary including the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencecurrent increment.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are shall be granted to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit by the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be Board for study, including study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization for the purpose of obtaining a Master Degree, Doctorate Degree, or for other than reasons of value to the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel.school system subject to the following conditions: B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent1. If there are sufficient qualified applicants, sabbatical leaves will shall be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearto a maximum of one teacher at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave leaves must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as prescribed by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Board of Education to include reference to the status of the applicant’s T.P.A.F, Pension, group life insurance, social security and withholding tax. Such requests on the prior prescribed form must be submitted no later than December 1, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than March 1 of the school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher applicant must have completed at least six seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemBrigantine School District. A teacher who Request for sabbatical leave must include documentation that the applicant may reasonably be expected to complete the degree or the area of specialization which has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalpreviously been approved by the Board of Education with the credits being taken during the term of such leave. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty percent (50%) percent of the salary rate which for the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutyfull year sabbatical leave, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of or one hundred percent (1100%) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted rate for one-half school year sabbatical leave. H. 5. Upon return returning from sabbatical leave, a teacher shall remain in the employ of the Brigantine Board of Education for a period of no less than two (2) full school years, or if not in the full-time employment of the Board for two (2) years, shall reimburse the Board an amount equal to the salary actually paid to him during the sabbatical year. B. Any group medical coverages in force at the time immediately prior to the sabbatical leave on the teacher and family coverage, if applicable, will be placed on the salary schedule continued at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system Board expense during the period term of absence.the sabbatical leave X. Xxxx leave will not be accumulated during the term of a sabbatical leave

Sabbatical Leaves. Upon recommendation by the superintendent of schools, sabbatical leave may be granted to any certified teacher by the Board of Education subject to the following conditions: A. The purposes leave is used for study in a recognized college or in an approved program to enhance the educational field of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or district granting such a leave. 1. Criteria Present verification of intent to enable attain a. No less than twelve (12) credit hours of graduate study at a teacher recognized college if intent is for graduate studies. b. Present at least one interim progress report and a summary report upon which to perform in a critical area enhance resources of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelour district. c. Upon completion present proof that original intent has been attained. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the superintendent of schools in writing by thein such form as may be required. Such requests may be in the superintendent’s possession no later than December 31 of the fiscal year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. C. No Notification of applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on selected should be given to applicant by April 15 of the prior fiscal year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year in which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher D. The applicant must have completed at least six seven (67) consecutive full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalLindenwold School District. X. Xx The applicant who intends agrees to study must register for remain in the Lindenwold School District at least three (3) years following the expiration of a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completedleave. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue Xxxxxxxxxx leaves may be granted for less than one (1) school year with sixty percent (60%) pay and a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal full year of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionhealth benefits. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period limit of one (1) sabbatical leave will be extended each year. H. No one teacher may receive a sabbatical leave more often than every ten (10) years. I. The teacher granted a sabbatical leave will be eligible for the following employment considerations upon return. 1. Should The salary increments will be added if the employee had been in the Board’s active employment during such time of such leave. 2. Accumulated sick leave held immediately prior to such leave shall be retained. 3. Reinstatement date of employees to whom a sabbatical leave of absence has been granted shall be mutually determined at the time of the requested leave. Any teacher not return granted a sabbatical leave shall at his/her request be restored to the service exact same teaching position providing extenuating circumstances do not exist which affect the welfare of more than two classes on the Boardsame grade level. If an exact same teaching assignment is not possible during the year of reinstatement, the said teacher will be required to refund guaranteed an option for his/her exact same teaching position the salary granted for sabbatical leavefollowing school year. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally1. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon An administrator may, on recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen sabbatical leave of absence for purpose of approved study, travel or health for a period not exceeding one (151) applicants per yearyear if the administrator has been continuously employed by the Board for a period of at least seven (7) years. 2. An administrator on sabbatical leave shall receive one half (1/2) of the annual salary to which he/she would have been entitled had he/she remained in the school system during that period. 3. Requests for sabbatical leave must of absence shall be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating made to the Superintendent before November 1 for each school year. Administrators so requesting sabbatical leave shall be notified of the Board’s action on the prior year evaluation will be consideredrequest by January 1. X. Xx be eligible4. Prior to commencing the sabbatical leave, an administrator shall enter into a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of contract for return to active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system District for a period of one at least two (12) yearyears after the expiration of such leave. Should Such contract shall provide for the teacher return of all money received while on sabbatical leave plus six percent (6%) interest in the event that the administrator does not return to active service, provided, however, that such reimbursement shall not be required where the service failure is due to pregnancy, total incapacity or other incapacity of a physical or mental nature. A determination concerning such a return of funds received while on sabbatical leave shall be within the sole discretion of the Board, . 5. An administrator returning from sabbatical leave shall be placed on the teacher will be required to refund step of the salary schedule he/she would have attained had he/she remained in the District. Any additional benefits granted for to regular administrators shall automatically apply to an administrator on sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from 6. Seven (7) administrative years must have passed since a prior sabbatical leave in order for an administrator to become eligible for a second sabbatical leave. 7. Before any administrator becomes entitled to a second sabbatical leave, a teacher eligible administrators who have never received sabbatical leave will be placed on given preference. 8. All programs of study in which administrators are enrolled shall be approved by the salary schedule at Superintendent and the level Board in writing and shall be successfully undertaken within the teacher would have achieved had sabbatical leave. However, these may be completed after the teacher remained actively employed in termination of the system during the period of absencesabbatical.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are Paragraph 1: Purpose In order to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced provide opportunities for professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendentimprovement, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen are available to teachers for formal, full-time study at a college or university. Paragraph 2: Eligibility (15a) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No An applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six performed seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends continuous ser- vice to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present Unified School District 259 immediately prior to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal commencement of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave. The continuity of service is not interrupted by an extended leave of up to one (1) year. However, time during such leave shall not be counted toward the approved program can be changed only by written consent required seven (7) years and at least two (2) of the executive director seven years must have been performed after the latest extended leave. The continuity of human resources prior to July 1 service is interrupted by any extended leave or leaves which total in excess of the sabbatical one (1) year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on (b) Applicants shall not have received sabbatical leave during the seven (either for one-half [½] 7) years immediately preceding the application. (c) Each applicant must sign a statement of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees intent to return to employment service in Unified School District 259 immediately upon termination of sabbatical leave. (d) Each applicant must sign a commitment to repay the amount paid during the sabbatical leave on a prorated basis in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system event the teacher fails to return to Unified School District 259 and perform assigned services under a contract of employment for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon year after return from sabbatical leave. Paragraph 3: Application (a) Applications shall be made to the Chairperson of the Committee for Sabbatical Leave on or before the annual deadline dates established by the said committee. (b) The application shall present the applicant’s plans for the sabbatical leave and such other information as the committee deems advisable. Paragraph 4: Selection (a) The Committee for Sabbatical Leave shall consist of two members appointed by the Superintendent, two members appointed by United Teachers of Wichita, and the Chief Human Resources Officer or designee, who will chair the commit- tee. (b) The committee will prepare a teacher will priority listing of eligible applicants and rec- ommend teachers for sabbatical leave appointments. The committee shall judge the quality of the applications and recommend no more than five (5) teachers per contract year. (c) Consideration shall be placed on given to: (1) assured eligibility; (2) the salary schedule at potential contribution to the level applicant’s professional growth; (3) the teacher would have achieved had applicant’s prior contribution to the teacher remained actively employed in school district, potential for future leadership, or for improvement of classroom instruction; (4) evidence of professional growth; (5) any other pertinent factors as established by the system during committee. (d) The priority listing of applicants for sabbatical leave shall be submitted to the period of absenceBoard for approval.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Unit members of the Office are eligible for a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence of one year or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen less after seven (157) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full consecutive years of active service in employment with the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemOffice. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by During the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher unit member shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher he would have received earned if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees working in his/her regular contract assignment. B. The unit member who is granted a sabbatical leave must agree to return to full-time employment with the Office for not less than twice the length of the leave, immediately following the completion of the leave, or repay the salary received during the sabbatical leave. The unit member shall post a bond in an amount not less than the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a salary to be paid during the period of one leave. C. Sabbatical leaves may be granted for purposes of professional study, research, or other purposes determined by the Office to be mutually beneficial to the unit member and the Office. D. The number of certificated unit members who may be granted sabbatical leaves shall not exceed two percent (12%) yearat any time, computed to the nearest whole number. E. An advisory screening committee consisting of SDCOE administration and unit members shall review all sabbatical leave applications and make recommendations to the Superintendent for consideration. Should A sabbatical leave applicant shall outline fully the teacher purposes, objectives and program of professional study, research, or other purposes of the sabbatical leave. The unit member who is granted a sabbatical leave shall file with the Superintendent not later than six (6) weeks after return to his/her regular assignment, evidence that he/she has achieved or completed the service stated purposes, objectives, and program of his/her sabbatical leave. The unit member shall not be considered as having completed the requirements of his/her sabbatical leave until this evidence has been approved by the Superintendent. F. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall retain all rights and privileges relating to tenure, sick leave, health plan, salary schedule and other employee benefits. A unit member shall have the right to return following completion of the Board, sabbatical leave to his/her regular contract assignment with the teacher will Office. G. Applications shall be required filed not later than seven months prior to refund the salary granted for sabbatical period of leave. H. Upon return from A unit member shall not accept gainful employment while on sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on leave without prior written approval of the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absenceSuperintendent.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are may be granted by the Board only to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable who is enrolled as a teacher to perform full-time matriculated student in a critical M.A., M.S., C.A.S., Ed.D. or Ph.D. program at an accredited college or university in that teacher’s current area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent1. If there are sufficient qualified applications, sabbatical leaves will leave may be granted no more than fifteen to a maximum of two (152) applicants per yearteachers at any one (1) time. 2. Requests Request for a sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be mutually agreed on by the C. No applicant the Association and the Superintendent, not later than December 15 of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. A teacher granted a sabbatical leave on or before February 15 must provide on or before April 5, positive written indication he has applied as a full-time matriculated student in a program pursuant to Section A above. Failure to do so will result in the teacher not receiving the leave with an unsatisfactory rating on pay pursuant to Subsection 4 of this Article. If, subsequent to April 5, the prior year evaluation teacher is not accepted as a matriculated student, or he/she should change his/her mind about the sabbatical, he/she will be consideredallowed to maintain his/her position if it is still vacant. However, if the position has been filled, he/she will be granted a leave of absence without pay equal to the length of time requested for the sabbatical. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have completed at least six seven (67) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed District and enter into a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalSabbatical Leave Contract with the District. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for shall receive one-half [½] (1/2) of his/her annual salary. In the event a school year or for a full school yearteacher is on leave to travel, the rate of pay shall be at thirty-five percent (35%) of his/her annual salary. The salary will be paid by at the Board at fifty (50) percent rate of the salary rate which the teacher pay he/she would have received if the teacher had he/she remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed on active duty in the system during the period of his/her absence. 6. The teacher receiving sabbatical leave will agree to return to this District for at least one (1) year following his leave, or agree to repay the District that portion of his/her salary received from the District while on leave. 7. While on a sabbatical, a teacher shall report three (3) times each semester on the progress of his/her studies or travel experience and the benefits accruing to the District. 8. Upon return to the District, the teacher shall plan, in conjunction with the Superintendent, a program for other teachers in which he/she will share with other teachers, the result of his/her sabbatical.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The A teacher must have taught in the Elmbrook School System for a period of at least five continuous years before consideration can be given for sabbatical leave. Those who have taught for five years may apply for such leave, which shall not be for more than one school year. A teacher desiring such leave shall file a request with the Superintendent of Schools by February 1. This request should delineate the purposes of a the teacher's sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit program and the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personallybenefits which pupils and schools shall derive therefrom. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation approval of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present submit the request to the executive director Board of Human Resources adequate verification of Education for its decision by April 1. The Board reserves the work right to refuse or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed programapprove each request. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leaveA teacher, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present upon returning to the Director school system, shall be employed either in the teacher's former position or in a position of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. like nature and status, but not necessarily at the same school, grade or subject. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by shall retain all seniority, retirement rights and benefits upon returning from such leave. During the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall accrue seniority and receive insurance benefits, but shall not receive sick leave benefits. Upon returning to the school system, the teacher shall be placed at the next step on the salary schedule schedule, e.g. a teacher at step 7, B.A., for the level 1993-94 school year, would be at step 8, B.A., for the 1994-95 school year. A teacher granted such sabbatical leave shall receive, from the District, one-half salary of the year in which the teacher last taught in the system. Payment would have achieved had be in twenty-four (24) installments beginning in September and ending the following August. A teacher granted such leave is obligated to return to the school system for at least three years of employment; provided any teacher does not return after the sabbatical leave, the teacher remained actively employed in must repay the school system during the sabbatical salary, pro-rated over the period of absenceunfulfilled obligation, and the Board may require a promissory note as evidence of the obligation. The death of a teacher while on sabbatical leave or during the three years of service following a leave shall cancel the repayment of the obligation.

Sabbatical Leaves. (Applies only to teaching staff) A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are Sabbatical leaves may be granted to enable a teacher by the Board for the purpose of post-graduate academic study appropriate to pursue an activity the teacher's area of employment subject to the following conditions: 1. Leaves shall be granted for one-half (1/2) year at one hundred (100) percent of the salary that will benefit the teacher would have received had he remained on active duty. 2. To qualify, teachers shall present a program of study, to include a minimum of nine (9) credits of post-graduate work in the half school year, to the Superintendent by November 1 of the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a year preceding the year for which the leave is requested. Such course work shall be successfully completed during the period of the leave for the teacher to perform in a critical area have satisfied the conditions of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelleave. B. Upon recommendation 3. The Superintendent shall review proposals with the Board of Education and notify approved applicants by March 30 of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests year preceding the year for sabbatical which the leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be consideredis requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 4. Proposals shall include details of and justification for the program selected. 5. A teacher must have completed at least six seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalDelaware Valley Regional High School District to qualify. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources6. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he would have achieved had the teacher he remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence. 7. A teacher receiving a sabbatical leave must return to Delaware Valley to teach for the three (3) years following the completion of the leave. If this obligation is not fulfilled, the board must be reimbursed by the recipient. (i.e. - If a teacher should return from a sabbatical leave, teach in the Delaware Valley Regional High School for one (1) year, and then leave the system, he must repay the Board of Education two-thirds (2/3) of the salary he received during the sabbatical leave.) The Association and the Board believes a teacher on sabbatical leave has an obligation to live up to the terms and conditions of the sabbatical leave policy.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes amount of the Professional Development Fund specified in Article to be spent on sabbatical leaves in any fiscal year shall be determined by the Faculty Professional Development Committee and not exceed of the total fund. In determining the funds available for sabbatical leaves, the calculation shall be based on total professional development funds less of the salaries of Members instructing in Trades and Technology Programs identified by the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act. applicant of the decision no later than March During a sabbatical leave are of more than six months, the Member shall receive normal benefits and the salary shall be calculated at the following rate, pro-rated on a monthly basis. of salary after four years of service to enable the College: of salary after five years of service to the College; of salary after six years of service to the College. During a teacher sabbatical leave of six months or less, the Member shall receive normal benefits and the salary shall be calculated at the following rate, on a monthly basis. after four years of service to pursue an activity the College; after five years of service to the College; after six years of service to the College. In addition to the above reductions of salaries, a Continuous Time Member will receive a further reduction that will benefit accords with the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable proportion of workload carried during the academic year in which applies for the sabbatical. (For example, a teacher to perform in person who is eligible for a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to salary sabbatical but who is carrying a graduate degree with concentration workload in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas year applies would receive a salary x during the sabbatical.) Unless otherwise approved, such leave shall be of a duration of twelve months or study leading less and the salary calculated pursuant to Article and or a bachelor’s degree proportionate part thereof, shall be paid monthly during the term of the leave. If the College authorizes a sabbatical leave for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading Member, it has an obligation to ensure that a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than position is made available on return on the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation understanding that all relevant clauses of the SuperintendentCollective Agreement remain in effect during absence, and the period during which a Member is on sabbatical leaves leave counts toward service time under the Collective Agreement but not toward earning of an increment. A Member who has been on sabbatical leave shall return to the College and complete an assigned workload equivalent to that which would have borne had not been on sabbatical. In the case of a returning Continuous Member, the amount that would have borne shall be calculated based on the partial assigned workload carried during the academic year in which applied for the sabbatical. In either of the above cases, the required obligation’’ will normally be fulfilled during the academic year in which the Member returns, but it may be carried over a maximum of two years on approval by the Division Leader. A Member not returning to the College from a sabbatical leave or who otherwise fails to meet the return service obligation described in above shall reimburse the Professional Development Fund within six months of the conclusion of the sabbatical leave, for any monies paid to by the College during the sabbatical leave. Any negotiation of the nature or method of this repayment must be done to the satisfaction of the Faculty Professional Development Committee. In order to qualify for a subsequent sabbatical, a Member must have been continuously employed by the College since the previous sabbatical. Salary and benefits will be granted no more than fifteen calculated as per the criteria listed in and (15e) applicants per yearabove, where of in this case refer to years of service since the completion of the previous sabbatical. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligibleFor this clause only, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years year of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed employment by a sabbatical Continuous Part-time Member will be considered only after all applicants to be a year of service. Members who have not had Sessional or Replacement Sessional contracts prior to achieving Continuous status, shall be allowed to count each Sessional or Replacement Sessional contract as a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register year of service for a minimum the purpose of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted determining eligibility for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a 1. A sabbatical leave are may be granted to enable a teacher unit member by the Board upon recommendation of the Superintendent for study or for reasons deemed to pursue an activity that will benefit be of value to the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelSuperintendent. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical 2. Sabbatical leaves will shall be granted no more than fifteen for one (15l) applicants per year. , subject to the following conditions: (a) Sabbatical leaves may be granted to one (l) unit member at any one time. (b) Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating no later than January 1st, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than March 1st of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher (c) Unit members must have completed at least six seven (67) full continuous years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a Pompton Lakes School district to be eligible for sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalleave. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12d) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher unit member on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty one-half (501/2) percent his/her regular salary. (e) Applications for sabbatical leave must set forth the program of studies and and related data justifying the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of sabbatical as an educational investment by the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. (f) Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence. (g) Every individual who is granted sabbatical leave must sign and fulfill a contract to return to service as an employee of the Board for at least twice the duration of the sabbatical leave, or reimburse the Board for the amount of salary granted during the leave. Any unit member going on sabbatical leave must accept the reimbursement obligation in writing prior to action on the leave by the Superintendent. Any payments made to unit members on sabbatical leave shall be contingent upon adherence to the plan approved as a basis for sabbatical leave, and the Board shall be fully reimbursed for any payments made to a unit member on sabbatical leave not adhering to the approved plan.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes A sabbatical leave, upon approval of the Board, may be granted to a sabbatical leave are full-time teacher for study, for travel, or for other reasons of value to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or system, subject to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personallyfollowing conditions: 1. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the SuperintendentIf there are sufficient qualified applicants, sabbatical leaves will shall be granted no more than fifteen to a maximum of one (151) applicants per yearteacher at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating no later than March 1, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than May 1 of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible3. After ten years of experience within the district, a teacher must have completed sabbatical leave of absence for one year may be taken at one-half of the salary of the applicant for the purpose of further study or travel covering at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification 8 months of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed programyear. If the applicant sabbatical is accepted for a sabbatical leavethe purpose of completing study for an advanced degree, the approved program can period of experience within the district will be changed only by written consent seven years instead of ten. Requests for leave and projected plans will be submitted for approval to the executive director of human resources prior to July Superintendent before March 1 of the sabbatical school year preceding the year of the requested leave. Documentary proof of how this time was used must be placed in the hands of the Superintendent one month before the beginning of the next school year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. 4. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty (50%) percent of the salary rate which the teacher he would have received if the teacher he had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he would have achieved had the teacher he remained actively employed in the system during the period of his absence. 6. During the course of the Sabbatical Leave, quarterly reports will be submitted to the Superintendent on the progress of the leave. A final report will be submitted prior to the beginning of the school year in which the teacher returns (to school). 7. The cost of study or travel is to be borne by the teacher. 8. Completion of a sabbatical leave within the district shall impose an obligation upon the teacher to renew his contract, unless otherwise terminated by the Board of Education, for two academic years. This shall not apply in the event of the teacher's physical disability, or if otherwise waived by the Board of Education. In any other instance, if the teacher wishes to terminate his employment, he shall repay the Board of Education the uncompleted percentage of the two years times the salary he received during the sabbatical leave. 9. Application shall be made upon a form prescribed by the Superintendent and shall clearly state the nature, purpose, professional benefits, and benefits to the school district of the proposed activity for which the sabbatical leave is requested. In recommending the sabbatical leave of absence, the Superintendent shall give consideration to the use to be made of the requested leave and to seniority in service within the Bedminster School District. The granting of sabbatical leave shall be at the discretion of the Board based upon the recommendation of the Superintendent. The principle criterion for judging any request for sabbatical leave is whether or not in the sole judgment of the Board, it will contribute to the improvement of the district's teaching service. 10. In the event that the program of study or travel being pursued by the teacher on sabbatical leave should be interrupted by serious accident or illness to the teacher, such an interruption shall not constitute a breach of conditions of such leave nor prejudice the teacher in receiving all rights and privileges provided for under the terms of the sabbatical leave provided that the Superintendent was notified of such accident or illness within ten (10) days of its occurrence and is subsequently furnished with satisfactory evidence thereof. 11. If the Superintendent shall become convinced that a teacher on sabbatical leave is not fulfilling the purpose of such leave of absence, he shall immediately report this fact to the Board. The Board may terminate the leave of absence as of the date of its abuse, after giving the teacher an opportunity to be heard.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. In order to enhance the professional status of teachers, the parties agree to the establishment of a Sabbatical Leave Committee to be comprised of an equal number of teachers and Board representatives. The purposes Association will select the teacher members of this Committee. This Committee shall evaluate the qualifications of all applicants and make recommendations to the Superintendent for those applicants deemed acceptable. The Superintendent shall, however, make the final decision with respect to such applicants. The Committee may also consult with the Superintendent annually with reference to possible changes in the criteria for the selection of teachers seeking Sabbatical Leave. No more than two percent (2%) of the teachers may receive a Sabbatical Leave in any one school year. Said committee shall be initiated upon the request of either party. B. The compensation for a teacher on Sabbatical Leave shall be one-half (1/2) of the base salary s/he would receive if s/he was employed as a teacher during the period for which the leave is effective. C. A teacher on Sabbatical Leave shall be entitled to participate in the Insurance Program provided for elsewhere in this Agreement. The Association and a teacher on Sabbatical Leave agree that the Board shall not be held liable for the death of or injuries sustained by the teacher while s/he is on Sabbatical Leave. Following the conclusion of a sabbatical leave are the Board will pay the five (5) percent employer retirement contribution to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in (less any required deductions) at the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or traveltime it is required. B. Upon recommendation D. Prior to commencement of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completedSabbatical, the teacher shall present either be given assurance of his/her return to his/her assignment or the executive director assignment to which s/he will return shall be made known to him/her. It is recognized by the parities that in the event the anticipated position is abolished during the Sabbatical Leave because of Human Resources adequate verification of the work unforeseen circumstances relating to staff or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a budgetary reductions, program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed programchanges, and/or curriculum alterations, this provision shall not apply. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of Sabbatical Leave who will experience returning to a school year or for a full school year) different assignment than the anticipated position will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the notified as promptly as possible prior to his/her return. A teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return returning from sabbatical leave, a teacher will Sabbatical shall be placed at the same position on the salary schedule at the level the teacher as s/he would have achieved been had the teacher remained actively employed s/he taught in the system District during the period of absencesuch period.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes School Committee, at its discretion, may grant sabbatical leaves to members of a sabbatical leave are the teaching staff using the following order of priorities in granting such leaves: 1. For graduate study at an accredited institution or professional training school for self- improvement or improvement of curriculum directly related to enable a teacher the teacher’s present assignment. 2. Graduate study at an accredited institution or professional training school for the improvement of the curriculum or self-improvement related to pursue an activity that will benefit the overall needs of the school system by enhanced system. 3. Travel in which the experience will have direct influence upon the instruction of students. 4. Travel in which the experience will have a direct influence upon the stated needs of the school system. 5. Study at an accredited institution or professional competence training school for degree or other formal program requirements which are only mildly related to enable a teacher classroom instruction. 6. Travel which is only mildly related to perform in a critical area either institution or the needs of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelschool system. B. Upon recommendation Sabbatical leaves are subject to the following conditions: 1. No more than three (3) members of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will bargaining unit shall be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearsabbatical leave at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing in such form as may be required by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Superintendent of Schools no later than December 31 and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1 of the prior year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have has completed at least six five (65) consecutive full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalLeominster School System. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave (either shall be paid full salary for one-a half [½] of a school year or half salary for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the . 5. The teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees shall agree to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Leominster School System for a period of one (1) full year in the event of a semester’s leave or two (2) full years in the event of a full year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical ’s leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave6. If an active employee is entitled to receive salary during a calendar month, a teacher his/her insurance benefits will be placed on kept in force. If an employee is not entitled to receive salary for a calendar month, he/she shall be deemed to have been granted a leave of absence without pay, and he/she shall make payment for the salary schedule at entire cost of his/her insurance to the level governmental unit and there shall be no contribution by the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencegovernmental unit for each employee’s insurance (“ee Chapter 32B, “ection 7A- State Law.)

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system FCPS by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need need, as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or of study leading to a bachelorBachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; teacher or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by thethe Superintendent between July 1 and December 1 of the year preceding the school year for which the leave is requested. All applications will receive equal consideration regardless of when submitted within the above time frame. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year year’s evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemwith FCPS. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director Director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director Director of human resources Human Resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) year will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent % of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system with FCPS for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes School Committee, at its discretion, may grant sabbatical leaves to members of a sabbatical leave are the teaching staff using the following order of priorities in granting such leaves: 1. For graduate study at an accredited institution or professional training school for self- improvement or improvement of curriculum directly related to enable a teacher the teacher’s present assignment. 2. Graduate study at an accredited institution or professional training school for the improvement of the curriculum or self-improvement related to pursue an activity that will benefit the overall needs of the school system by enhanced system. 3. Travel in which the experience will have direct influence upon the instruction of students. 4. Travel in which the experience will have a direct influence upon the stated needs of the school system. 5. Study at an accredited institution or professional competence training school for degree or other formal program requirements which are only mildly related to enable a teacher classroom instruction. 6. Travel which is only mildly related to perform in a critical area either institution or the needs of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelschool system. B. Upon recommendation Sabbatical leaves are subject to the following conditions: 1. No more than three (3) members of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will bargaining unit shall be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearsabbatical leave at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing in such form as may be required by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Superintendent of Schools no later than December 31 and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1 of the prior year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have has completed at least six five (65) consecutive full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalLeominster School System. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave (either shall be paid full salary for one-a half [½] of a school year or half salary for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the . 5. The teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees shall agree to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Leominster School System for a period of one (1) full year in the event of a semester’s leave or two (2) full years in the event of a full year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical ’s leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave6. If an active employee is entitled to receive salary during a calendar month, a teacher his/her insurance benefits will be placed on kept in force. If an employee is not entitled to receive salary for a calendar month, he/she shall be deemed to have been granted a leave of absence without pay, and he/she shall make payment for the salary schedule at entire cost of his/her insurance to the level governmental unit and there shall be no contribution by the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencegovernmental unit for each employee’s insurance (See Chapter 00X, Xxxxxxx 0X- Xxxxx Law.)

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of A teacher who has taught at Frankford Township School for at least four (4) full years may apply for a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher of absence to pursue a program towards an activity that advanced degree, or to pursue some specific program to bring improvement to his teaching knowledge and technique: Such program must be in the requestors field of teaching responsibilities, outlined in some detail, and an approval of the request will depend upon an evaluation of the probable benefit to the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearprogram as outlined and deemed prudent by the Board of Education. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent, in writing writing, no later than December 1st and action must be taken on all such requests by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on February 1st, of the prior school year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in preceding the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemyear for which the sabbatical leave is requested. A teacher with four (4) years or more of service at Frankford Township, but less than seven (7) years whose program has been approved, by the Board, may receive a leave without pay. A teacher with service of seven (7) or more years at Frankford Township School, whose program has been approved by the Board may receive either the full salary to which he would normally be entitled for five (5) months, or one‐half (1/2) of his salary for ten (10) months. The recipient of such a grant shall also agree to return to work at Frankford Township School at the time courses are completed. The recipient of such a grant shall sign an agreement to return to Frankford Township School for at least two years after the leave of absence. The agreement shall also specify that if the recipient does not return to Frankford Township School the full amount of the grant will be repaid to the school within two (2) years of the end of the leave. If only one (1) year is served after the leave, one‐half (1/2) of the grant shall be repaid within the following year. A recipient who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends fulfilled the agreed to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 conditions of the sabbatical year. After will repay the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid total amount incurred by the Board at fifty within two (502) percent years of returning or upon separation from the Frankford Township School District except in the case of death or permanent disability. Not more than one (1) member of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment faculty shall be granted sabbatical leaves in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of any one (1) year. Should If there are more applicants than available grants, the teacher not return probable benefit to the service school of the Board, the teacher programs proposed will be required to refund the salary granted basis of selection. An employee may be considered for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule an additional leave of absence at the level Board’s discretion. The time that the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period employee is on leave shall not be counted towards years of absenceservice for salary purposes.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might may be study leading granted to a graduate degree with concentration in Teacher by the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree Board for educational purposes. To be eligible, one must show proof of matriculation for a non-Doctorate degree vocational teacher; or study leading program subject to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel.following conditions: B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent1. If there are sufficient qualified applicants, sabbatical leaves will shall be granted no more than fifteen limited to three (153) applicants per yearTeachers at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating no later than February 1st and action must be taken on all such requests no later than May 1st, of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must 3. Tenured Teachers who have completed at least six seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemSayreville School District are eligible. 4. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will year shall be paid by the Board at fifty percent (50%) percent of the salary rate which the teacher he would have received if the teacher he had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher Teacher shall retain salary, seniority, retirement and tenure rights as if they were in regular employment. 6. The recipients of sabbatical leaves shall agree, in writing, to return to the Sayreville School District for a period of at least two (2) years after the leave. Failure to comply with this section will require reimbursement of salary received during said leave. 7. Final selection of recipients shall be made by the Superintendent of Schools and require approval by the Board of Education. 8. The recipients of sabbatical leaves shall prepare and submit written reports for evaluation work or research undertaken during the leave. Number and frequency of written reports submitted by the candidates to the Board of Education will be placed determined by the Superintendent and will depend on the salary schedule at course of study being pursued by the level candidate. 9. Should the teacher would have achieved had recipient not receive his Doctorate within two (2) years after returning to the teacher remained actively employed in Sayreville School District, he is to reimburse the system during Board fifty percent (50%) of the period of absencepay he received while on sabbatical.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. ‌ Upon recommendation by the Superintendent of the SuperintendentSchools, sabbatical leaves will may be granted no for study, or other professional improvement, to a member of the teaching staff by the Committee, subject to the following conditions: A. No more than fifteen (15) applicants per members of the teaching staff will be absent on sabbatical leave during a particular school year. . B. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received submitted to the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee in writing writing, in such form as may be required by thethe Superintendent of Schools, between September 1st and December 31st of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a The teacher must have has completed at least six seven (67) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemFall River School System. A teacher Any leave granted under this Contract will not be considered as a break in service. D. Teachers may request a sabbatical leave for only a full-year or half-year duration. Teachers on sabbatical leave will be paid at fifty percent (50%) of their regular salary while on sabbatical leave. The first five (5) teachers with over eleven (11) years of service who has completed are granted a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants receive sixty percent (60%) of their salary while on sabbatical leave. All others who have not had are granted a sabbaticalsabbatical leave will receive fifty percent (50%) of their regular salary. X. Xx applicant who intends E. Prior to study must register for a minimum granting of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher shall enter into written agreement with the Committee that upon the termination of such leave teachers will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed return to service in the system during Fall River School System for a period equal to double the period length of absencethe sabbatical leave. In default of completing such service, he/she shall refund to the Committee an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered, as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered, unless said default is due to illness, disability, discharge, death or other circumstances beyond the control of the individual. F. The Association shall have the right to directly recommend an individual to the Superintendent for a sabbatical leave provided the fifteen (15) number limitation set out above has not been exhausted. G. It shall be incumbent upon the Superintendent to report to the Committee all requests for sabbatical leave and the Committee, in its discretion, shall act on those recommendations.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are of up to enable a teacher one (1) year may be granted to pursue an activity that will benefit employee by the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit Board on the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the SuperintendentSuperintendent for study, sabbatical leaves will for travel, or other reasons of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions: 1. The employee has completed at least seven (7) full years of service in the Bernards Township School District. Such years need not be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearconsecutive. 2. Requests Request for sabbatical such leave must be received by the Superintendent, in writing writing, in such form as may be mutually agreed upon by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Superintendent and the B.T.A.A. no later than March 15. Action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 15 of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system3. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher An employee on Sabbatical leave shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at the rate of seventy-five percent (75%) of one-half his/her full year’s salary for a half year’s Sabbatical leave, or fifty percent (50%) percent of the his/her full year’s salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) full year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical ’s leave. H. 4. Upon return from sabbatical Sabbatical leave, a teacher will the employee shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of his/her absence. The administrator shall enter into a contract to continue in the service of the Bernards Township School District for a period of at least two (2) years after the expiration of such leave. The administrator shall execute a promissory note equivalent to the payment received while on leave. This note will be discharged at a rate of fifty percent (50%) after completion of one (1) year of service to the Board, and completely discharged after two (2) years. The administrator shall not be considered to be in violation of this provision in the event that failure to return to employment with the Bernards Township District is caused by the death of the administrator or the disability of the administrator as certified by the trustees of the Teacher Pension and Annuity Fund. 5. Superintendent must be notified, in writing, of the employee’s intention to return to duty. This letter must reach the Superintendent three (3) months prior to the opening of school. 6. During the period of leave, the Board shall maintain the employee’s pension payments based upon his/her full salary.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes A sabbatical leave may be granted to teachers for study in their area of specialization or for reasons of value to the school system as determined by the Administration with final approval by the Board. B. Teachers may apply for a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area upon completion of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six seven (67) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemRoxbury Township School District. C. Request for such leave shall be made before November 1 prior to the year for which such absence is requested. A teacher who has completed Such application shall be made upon a sabbatical form, furnished by the Board and shall be accompanied with a detailed proposal for study or research to be accomplished during the leave. Action on all such requests will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum taken no later than February 1 of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present school year prior to the executive director year for which the leave is requested. When a teacher is requested to appear at any meeting pertaining to the application for and granting of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completedteacher may, the teacher shall present at his option, have a resource person relative to the Director area of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionstudy accompany him. G. D. A teacher on sabbatical leave for one (either for 1) year shall receive one-half [(½] ) of his full salary at the step he would have attained had he remained in his position. A teacher granted a half-year leave shall receive full salary for the half year at the step he would have attained had he remained in his position. Salary payments shall be made semimonthly in accordance with the schedule for the school year or system. All shall receive full fringe benefits. E. Teachers shall receive credit on the salary schedule for the sabbatical leave. F. Not more than two (2) teachers shall be granted sabbatical leave for the same year. G. The teacher is expected to return to the Roxbury Township School System for a full school yearminimum of two (2) will years following the sabbatical leave. If he terminates his employment before the end of this two-year period he must repay a proportionate amount of the salary received while on leave. H. When referring to length of employment or service in this Article, such employment is meant to be paid continuous, uninterrupted service within the Roxbury School System and not meant to imply “bridged” or cumulative service computed by adding years employment separated by termination of employment due to resignation. An approved leave of absence is not considered an interruption in service but shall not be considered as an active year of employment. I. Such leave of absence may be rescinded by the Board at fifty (50) percent its discretion at any time during the year for which it is granted when in the judgment of the salary rate Board the conditions under which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher it was granted are not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leavebeing met. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are shall be granted to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit by the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be Board for study, including study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization for the purpose of obtaining a Master Degree, Doctorate Degree, or for other than reasons of value to the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel.school system subject to the following conditions: B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent1. If there are sufficient qualified applicants, sabbatical leaves will shall be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearto a maximum of one teacher at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave leaves must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as prescribed by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Board of Education to include reference to the status of the applicant’s T.P.A.F, Pension, group life insurance, social security and withholding tax. Such requests on the prior prescribed form must be submitted no later than December 1, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than March 1 of the school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher applicant must have completed at least six seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemBrigantine School District. A teacher who Request for sabbatical leave must include documentation that the applicant may reasonably be expected to complete the degree or the area of specialization which has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalpreviously been approved by the Board of Education with the credits being taken during the term of such leave. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty percent (50%) percent of the salary rate which for the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutyfull year sabbatical leave, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of or one hundred percent (1100%) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted rate for one-half school year sabbatical leave. H. 5. Upon return returning from sabbatical leave, a teacher shall remain in the employ of the Brigantine Board of Education for a period of no less than two (2) full school years, or if not in the full-time employment of the Board for two (2) years, shall reimburse the Board an amount equal to the salary actually paid to him during the sabbatical year. B. Any group medical coverages in force at the time immediately prior to the sabbatical leave on the teacher and family coverage, if applicable, will be placed on the salary schedule continued at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system Board expense during the period term of absence.the sabbatical leave C. Xxxx leave will not be accumulated during the term of a sabbatical leave

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are may be granted to enable a teacher by the Board, for study in the teacher’s area of educational certification or for other reasons of value to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or system, subject to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personallyfollowing conditions: 1. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests Request for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing writing, in such form as may be mutually agreed upon by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Association and the Superintendent no later than February 1st, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 15th of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx 2. Sabbatical leave for study: The following criteria shall be eligible, satisfied in order to be eligible for said leave: (a) Possess a teacher must have completed at least teaching certificate; (b) Employed satisfactorily for a minimum of seven (7) years in the district; and (c) Submit a planned program of study. 3. Any leave granted under this Article shall be with compensation for a period of not to be less than six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other months nor more than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service Compensation for sabbaticals shall be one-half (1/2) of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the scheduled salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level which the teacher would have achieved received, had such leave not been granted. 4. The grantee of such leave shall be required to contract to serve the teacher remained actively employed system for three (3) years after the expiration or termination of the sabbatical leave and shall be paid the scheduled salary that he would have received had he not had a sabbatical leave. This salary placement, however, is to be granted only after a statement of the work pursued by the grantee at college has been submitted to and approved by the Superintendent of Schools. 5. The following activities will be considered appropriate: (a) Formal Graduate Study: A minimum of sixteen (16) points or credits per semester in the system during individual’s own field of work or closely related field; and (b) Writing of a Doctoral Thesis. 6. A maximum of two people of the period professional staff may be on sabbatical leave at any one time. First consideration will be given to those sabbatical leave plans which involved the greatest benefit to the school system. A secondary consideration will be the seniority of absencethe staff members applying for leaves. The Board shall approve all sabbatical leaves.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might shall be study leading granted to a graduate degree with concentration tenure teacher by the Board for full time study or other reasons of value to the School District, as determined by the Board of Education. The Board's determination in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree granting of sabbaticals for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization reasons other than full-time study shall be final and not subject to the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelgrievance procedure contained herein. B. Upon recommendation of Sabbatical leaves shall be subject to the Superintendentfollowing conditions: 1. If there are sufficient qualified applicants, sabbatical leaves will shall be granted no to not more than fifteen two (152) applicants per teachers in any one school year. Requests A sabbatical leave may be denied should more than one teacher from the same department or grade level apply. 2. Applications for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be prescribed by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Superintendent no later than December 1 (and action must be taken on all such requests no later than January 1) of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have has completed at least six ten (610) full school years of active continuous service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalSalem City School District. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave for one (either for one-half [½] of a 1) school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty one- half (501/2) percent of the his contracted annual salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained and retain health benefits while on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule Schedule at the level the teacher which he would have achieved had the teacher he remained actively employed in the school system during the period of his absence. 6. When a conflict in a request develops, seniority in service in the Salem City School District will be the deciding factor. 7. It shall be the teacher's responsibility to teach under contract in the Salem City School District for one full year after returning from sabbatical leave. In the event a teacher fails to return to the Salem City School District to teach for one full school year, he shall return to the Board all salary received from the Board while on sabbatical leave. 8. Upon return from sabbatical leave, the employee shall present a written report to the Board of Education describing his period of study or travel and written proposals for making use of it in his work in the school District. 9. After receiving a sabbatical leave, an employee will go to the bottom of the priority list for Sabbatical leave. He may not become eligible for such leave until the completion of another ten (10) years of continuous service in the Salem City School District. 10. Any employee whose sabbatical is approved but not taken shall go to the bottom of the priority list unless the sabbatical was not taken due to an emergency situation. (Such claim if made, the superintendent and the Association President shall jointly determine if an emergency existed.) In such case, the employee shall maintain his/her original position on the priority list. In the event the Superintendent and Association President are unable to agree on what constitutes an emergency, both parties shall present a written statement to the Salem County Superintendent of Schools, who shall make a final determination in the matter.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical Sabbatical leaves will be granted for an organized program of professional advancement to members of the Association by the Superintendent. Such leaves are designed to improve the quality of education in the Northborough Public Schools, thus increasing the benefits accruing to the pupils. Sabbatical leaves will be subject to the following conditions: 1. The teacher shall have completed at least seven (7) full consecutive school years of employment. 2. No more than two (2) teachers in the system will be granted sabbatical leave per school year, and no more than fifteen one (151) applicants per yearteacher from a single school may be granted sabbatical leave at any particular time. 3. Requests or notification of intention for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be required by thethe Superintendent no later than December 11, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on 4. In the prior year evaluation event the number of applications received exceeds two (2) teachers in the system or one (1) teacher in any school, the applications will be consideredevaluated in accordance with the following factors: a. the educational value of the proposed program to the Northborough Public Schools; b. the quality of past performance by the teacher; and c. the length of service by the teacher. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system5. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends Upon return to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completedemployment, the teacher shall present to be placed on the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of appropriate step in the work or experience completedsalary schedule as though the employee had not taken leave. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal 6. The teacher will agree in writing that upon termination of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent teacher will return to service in the Northborough Public Schools for a period equal to twice the length of such leave. In default of completing such service, they will refund to the Committee an amount equal to such proportion of the executive director salary received by them while on leave as the amount of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the Director whole amount of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionservice agreed to be rendered. G. A teacher 7. Teachers on sabbatical leave for one (either for 1) year or one-half [½] of a school (1/2) year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty one-half (501/2) percent of the salary rate which that would regularly accrue during the teacher would have received if period of the teacher had remained on active dutyabsence, provided that such teacher agrees payment, when added to return to employment in grants received, does not exceed the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) yearpresent salary. Should If the teacher not return to the service of the Boardpresent salary is exceeded, the teacher Committee participation will be required to refund reduced by an amount that will maintain the salary granted for sabbatical leavepresent salary. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes School Committee, at its discretion, may grant sabbatical leaves to members of a sabbatical leave are the teaching staff using the following order of priorities in granting such leaves: 1. For graduate study at an accredited institution or professional training school for self-improvement or improvement of curriculum directly related to enable a teacher the teacher’s present assignment. 2. Graduate study at an accredited institution or professional training school for the improvement of the curriculum or self-improvement related to pursue an activity that will benefit the overall needs of the school system by enhanced system. 3. Travel in which the experience will have direct influence upon the instruction of students. 4. Travel in which the experience will have a direct influence upon the stated needs of the school system. 5. Study at an accredited institution or professional competence training school for degree or other formal program requirements which are only mildly related to enable a teacher classroom instruction. 6. Travel which is only mildly related to perform in a critical area either institution or the needs of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelschool system. B. Upon recommendation Sabbatical leaves are subject to the following conditions: 1. No more than three (3) members of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will bargaining unit shall be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearsabbatical leave at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing in such form as may be required by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Superintendent of Schools no later than December 31 and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1 of the prior year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have has completed at least six five (65) consecutive full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalLeominster School System. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave (either shall be paid full salary for one-a half [½] of a school year or half salary for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the . 5. The teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees shall agree to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Leominster School System for a period of one (1) full year in the event of a semester’s leave or two (2) full years in the event of a full year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical ’s leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave6. If an active employee is entitled to receive salary during a calendar month, a teacher his/her insurance benefits will be placed on kept in force. If an employee is not entitled to receive salary for a calendar month, he/she shall be deemed to have been granted a leave of absence without pay, and he/she shall make payment for the salary schedule at entire cost of his/her insurance to the level governmental unit and there shall be no contribution by the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencegovernmental unit for each employee’s insurance (See Chapter 32B, Section 7A- State Law.)

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a 17:1 A sabbatical leave are may be granted to enable a teacher by the Board for study and/or travel within his related area, subject to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or following conditions: 17:1.1 A sabbatical leave may be granted to enable a one (1) teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelat any one (1) time between September 1 and June 30. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. 17:1.2 Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Chief School Administrator in writing in such form as may be mutually agreed on by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior Association and the Chief School Administrator no later than February 1, and action must be taken no later than the regular March meeting of the school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 17:1.3 The teacher must have has completed at least six seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemHolland Township School District. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will Seniority in the district and the earliest date of application shall be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for when granting a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A 17:2 The teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty percent (50%) percent of the salary rate which the teacher he would have received if the teacher he had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 17:3 Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher at which he would have achieved had the teacher he remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence, and if he so desires, be given the assignment and position he held prior to the sabbatical leave with the approval of the Chief School Administrator. 17:4 The professional employee applying for sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of travel shall comply with the following regulations: 17:4.1 Upon application for sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of travel, the teacher shall submit an itinerary of the proposed trip covered by the period for which the leave is requested. 17:4.2 Each month during the leave of absence, the teacher shall submit to the Board through the office of the Superintendent, a letter showing the progress of his travel up to that period of time, or any change in itinerary. 17:4.3 Visit and observe an average of one (1) school a month during the sabbatical leave. Observe in a minimum of two (2) different classrooms in each school. Observe for a minimum of one (1) hour in each room. 17:4.4 At the conclusion of the leave of absence, a written report shall be submitted to the Board through the office of the Chief School Administrator, giving in detail a description of the travel and experience during the leave of absence. 17:5 A teacher receiving a sabbatical leave must return to Holland Township School to teach for the three (3) years following the completion of the leave. If this obligation is not fulfilled, the Board must be reimbursed by the recipient (e.g., if a teacher should return from sabbatical leave, teach in Holland Township School for one (1) year, and then leave the system, he must repay the Board two-thirds (2/3) of the salary he received during the sabbatical leave). 17:6 Failure to comply with the intent of the sabbatical request conferred under the above conditions will be cause for reimbursement to the Board of all salary paid.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes A sabbatical leave may be granted to teachers for study in their area of specialization or for reasons of value to the school system as determined by the Administration with final approval by the Board. B. Teachers may apply for a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area upon completion of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six seven (67) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemRoxbury Township School District. C. Request for such leave shall be made before November 1 prior to the year for which such absence is requested. A teacher who has completed Such application shall be made upon a sabbatical form, furnished by the Board and shall be accompanied with a detailed proposal for study or research to be accomplished during the leave. Action on all such requests will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum taken no later than February 1 of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present school year prior to the executive director year for which the leave is requested. When a teacher is requested to appear at any meeting pertaining to the application for and granting of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completedteacher may, the teacher shall present at his option, have a resource person relative to the Director area of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionstudy accompany him. G. D. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) yearyear shall receive one-half (½) of his full salary at the step he would have attained had he remained in his position. Should A teacher granted a half-year leave shall receive full salary for the teacher not return to half year at the service of step he would have attained had he remained in his position. Salary payments shall be made semimonthly in accordance with the Board, schedule for the teacher will be required to refund school system. All shall receive full fringe benefits. E. Teachers shall receive credit on the salary granted schedule for the sabbatical leave. H. Upon F. Not more than two (2) teachers shall be granted sabbatical leave for the same year. G. The teacher is expected to return from sabbatical leave, to the Roxbury Township School System for a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period minimum of absence.two

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit Upon the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board at its discretion may grant sabbatical leaves will to qualified personnel for the purpose of study, travel or other purposes as may be granted approved by the Board. B. The employee shall apply for such leave in writing to his Principal no more later than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests December 1 and shall be notified of the Board’s action on the application on or before April 1 of the school year proceeding the school year for which the sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligibleis requested. In order to apply, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid employed by the Board at fifty (50) percent least seven consecutive years, and who has not had a sabbatical leave during the seven years immediately preceding. The leave shall be granted for no more than two semesters. C. An employee on sabbatical leave shall receive as compensation during the period of the leave one-half of his regularly scheduled salary. Compensation shall be paid at the same time as to other employees of his professional rank. An employee on sabbatical leave shall receive the scheduled increment and/or adjustments in salary, and credit toward retirement the same as he would have received were he occupying his regular assignment. The employee on such leave shall determine with the Board Secretary in advance of beginning the leave the necessary deductions from his salary rate so as not to jeopardize pension, insurance and other benefits. D. The number of persons receiving sabbatical leaves in any year shall not exceed three teachers. The number of leaves granted shall be distributed according to requests throughout the system. If the number of applications for such leaves exceed the number available, the selection shall be based upon: 1. The estimated value of the plan to the individual and to the school system. 2. The amount of seniority. 3. The length of time since the last sabbatical leave. E. An employee on sabbatical leave shall report all compensation received from sources other than the Board, provided that compensation shall not include such items as allowance for travel, cost-of living adjustment for Foreign Service, research or other expense in connection with the project. Should such other compensation, when added to the compensation paid by the Board, exceed the salary which the teacher recipient would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, the compensation allowed by the Board shall be reduced to bring the total to the amount of the salary he/she would have received if on active duty provided that such compensation teacher agrees received resulted from said leave. F. An employee who received a sabbatical leave shall agree to return to employment in service with the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Ocean City School District for a period of one (1) yeartwo years. Should the teacher not such employee fail to return to the service system upon completion of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave, he/she shall refund all compensation paid to him/her by the Board. H. G. Upon return from a sabbatical leave, the employee shall be restored to a teacher will position commensurate with his/her tenure status and scope of certification. He/she shall make such reports of his activities as may be placed on required by the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absenceSuperintendent.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Any Teacher who has completed seven (7) or more years of continuous service with the employing Board may, upon recommendation of the Principal and the Superintendent, be granted a sabbatical leave are of absence with the approval of such Board in accordance with the following terms: 1. One year at half pay for study or travel after seven (7) years. 2. One half year at full pay for study or travel after seven (7) years. 3. Such leave shall be granted only when the purpose has a direct potential value to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system as determined by enhanced professional competence or the employing Board. The application should include a detailed outline of anticipated activities. Upon his/her return, it shall be incumbent on him/her to enable make a teacher report to perform the employing Board and, as called upon, to share whatever has been gained by such leave with the school system and the citizenry. 4. Request for tentative sabbatical leave application must be made in writing to the employing Board by January 1st of the preceding year and final application by April 30th. 5. Not more than 1 percent (1%) of the faculty of any employing Board shall be granted sabbatical leaves in any one year. If more than 1 percent (1%) of the Teachers in any of the school systems shall apply for leave, substantial weight will be given to the factor of seniority of service. In case it shall be necessary to choose from the Teachers of equal prior service, the selection shall be made by the employing Board upon the basis of benefit to the school system. 6. As a critical area of need as well as benefit condition to such leave the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading Teacher shall agree to a graduate degree with concentration return to, and to continue in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completedof, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the employing Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one at least two (12) year. Should years after the teacher not return to the service expiration of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund sabbatical leave or repay the salary granted for given to her/him during said sabbatical leaveleave except in case of disability or death. A demand note, personally endorsed, shall be tied to Sabbatical Leave stating that it shall be due in full if a Teacher leaves her/his employment with the employing Board before two (2) years. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will 7. The salary granted the Teacher on leave shall be placed based on the salary schedule to which she/he should be entitled if not on leave. From such salary shall be deducted monthly the regular contribution to the pension system (based on the regular year’s salary) and the withholding tax (based on actual salary). 8. Teachers on such leave may not receive compensation for work during the school year except by approval of the employing Board. 9. Teachers on such leave shall be considered as in the employ of the employing Board and the time thus spent shall count as regular service toward retirement and salary increases. 10. Cancellation of leave at the level Teacher’s request after such a leave has been granted forfeits the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absenceright to re-apply for two (2) years unless such cancellation is due to illness.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation by the Superintendent of the SuperintendentSchools, sabbatical leaves will be granted no for study or travel to members of the teaching staff by the Committee subject to the following conditions: A. No more than fifteen six (156) applicants per year. Requests members of the professional staff will be absent on sabbatical leave at any one time. B. Request for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be required by thethe Superintendent of Schools no later than January 15th, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1st, of the school year preceding the school year which the sabbatical leave is requested. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a The teacher must have has completed at least six five (65) consecutive full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalBrockton School System. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher D. Teachers on sabbatical leave shall receive from the Committee ten percent (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year10%) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate salaries for every year of service up to eighty percent (80%) which the teacher they would have received if the teacher they had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return . E. Prior to the service granting of sabbatical leave, a teacher shall enter into a written agreement with the BoardCommittee that upon the termination of such leave, the teacher will return to service in the Brockton School System for a period equal in length to one-half (1/2) as many years as there are ten percent (10%) salary units granted. In default of completing such service, he/she shall refund to the Committee an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/ her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be required rendered, unless said default is due to refund illness, disability, discharge, death or other circumstances beyond the salary granted control of the individual. Payment for default of completing service after a sabbatical leaveleave shall be made in a period of time not to exceed two (2) years unless said default is due to illness, disability, discharge, death or other circumstances beyond the control of the individual. H. F. Upon his/her return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will teacher’s salary shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher same as he/she would have achieved received had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencehis/her leave been spent in the Brockton School System, and he/she shall be returned to the same position which he/she held at the time said leave commenced, if it exists, or if not to a substantially equivalent position. G. In the event that a teacher has been granted, but is unable to take, a sabbatical leave under normal circumstances the Committee has no obligation, subsequent to May 1st, to place the teacher in his/her former class if the position is filled or to employ him/her for the duration of the leave until such time as a vacancy occurs in an area in which he/she is certified.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are shall be granted to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit by the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform Board for study in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel.the B. Upon recommendation of Sabbatical leave shall be granted, subject to the Superintendentfollowing conditions: 1. If there are sufficient qualified applicants, sabbatical leaves will shall be granted no more than fifteen to a maximum of three (153) applicants per yearteachers at any one time. 2. Requests Request for sabbatical leave must be received in writing such form as can be mutually agreed on by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Association and the Superintendent, no later than December 1st, and Board action must be taken on all requests no later than the 1st Board Meeting in January of the school year prior year evaluation will be consideredto that for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have has completed at least six seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemEgg Harbor Township School District. 4. A teacher who has completed a shall be entitled to one (1) year sabbatical will leave, at fifty percent (50%) of his/her regular salary which shall be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends paid on the regular payroll schedule of the District. Prior to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the leaving on sabbatical has been completedleave, the teacher shall present sign a note in the amount of salary for that year. Such note shall be cancelled one (1) year after return to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification District or upon the death of the work or experience completedteacher, whichever comes first. X. Xx applicant who intends 5. Upon return from sabbatical leave a teacher shall provide documentation showing a reasonable attempt to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed programachieve his pre-stated goals. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completedAt this time, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of his/her absence. 6. In the event that a staff member does not return from sabbatical, the 50 percent of the salary paid while on sabbatical may be reimbursed to the Board in a lump sum payment or ten (10) equal payments. These payments take place from September to June of the academic year following the sabbatical leave. C. The Association and the administration shall establish a joint committee for the purpose of establishing those standards of selection which will be applicable in the instance there are more applicants than positions. D. In the case of more applicants than the number of positions available, the Superintendent shall notify the Association of the names of the applicants and the reasons for the requested leave. The Superintendent shall seek the advice of the Association on the selection of applicants. The Association shall submit its suggested ranking of applicants in order of preference, which ranking shall be accompanied by a statement of reasons. The Superintendent shall accept the recommendation of the Association for submission to the Board of Education. However, the Superintendent may submit alterations in the recommendations for substantial reasons. In the instance where the Superintendent alters the recommendation for submission to the Board, he shall apprise the Association of his reason for taking such action. Any grievance resulting from such action of the Superintendent may be initiated at the Superintendent’s level.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of All personnel included in this Agreement shall be entitled to apply for a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelleave. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, Applicants must state reasons in writing for requesting sabbatical leaves leave. Priority will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yeargiven as follows: 1. Requests advanced studies; 2. travel; 3. other reasons for requesting sabbatical may be submitted for consideration. C. Application for sabbatical leave must shall be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating forwarded to the Superintendent's Office on or before October 1 for the prior year evaluation following school year. The Superintendent will be consideredsubmit his recommendation for approval to the Board of Education for its December meeting. X. Xx be eligible, D. Personnel shall become eligible to apply for a teacher must sabbatical after they have completed at least six (6) full years of active years' service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed Spotswood Public Schools and have attained tenure in their current position. E. Seniority as a sabbatical criterion will be considered used in the selection process only after all applicants who have not had in instances where there is a sabbaticaltie as determined by the Superintendent of Schools. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completedF. Upon application, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification no more than one of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of personnel included in this unit shall be granted sabbatical leave during any two (2) year period, provided said personnel have met the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionestablished criteria. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or shall be for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period maximum of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return year at up to the service 60% of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leavesalary. H. Upon return Personnel returning from sabbatical leave, a teacher will leave shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher they would have achieved had they not been on sabbatical leave, and shall receive pension coverage and medical coverage while on leave. Deleted: ¶ ¶ X. Xx a condition of receiving a sabbatical leave, the teacher remained actively employed employee will agree to serve in the system Spotswood Public Schools for a minimum of two (2) years following the sabbatical. Any employee who fails to comply with this return service obligation must return to the Board the salary received during the period of absencesabbatical. This return service obligation may be waived by the Board at its discretion.

Sabbatical Leaves. ‌ A. A sabbatical leave may be granted to a teacher by the Board for further study and/or for other reasons of value to the RSU, subject to the following conditions: 1. If there are a number of qualified applicants in any one year, sabbatical leaves may be granted to a maximum of three (3) teachers per school year. 2. The purposes teacher will have completed seven (7) years of consecutive teaching in the RSU, and/or the component entities of Old Orchard Beach, Dayton and Saco school systems. B. A teacher may apply for a sabbatical leave are by submitting a request using a form found in the Appendix to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the Superintendent no later than September 30th of the year preceding the school system by enhanced professional competence or year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. The proposal shall include: 1. Purpose of the leave, including the goals to enable a teacher to perform be accomplished. 2. Area of study (including study in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an another area of specialization other than and/or travel); 3. Activities to be carried on by the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelteacher; 4. The benefits and value of the leave to the teacher and the district. B. Upon recommendation of 5. How the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by theis the best way to accomplish the stated goals. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on The School Board may grant the prior year evaluation will be considered.request subject to the following conditions: X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system1. A teacher who has completed is granted a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends leave agrees to study must register return to the school system for a minimum of twelve three (123) semester hours per semester unless years. A teacher shall execute a written sabbatical leave agreement guaranteeing this, as found in the Appendix. If a teacher does not fulfill the three (3) year obligation, a teacher shall reimburse the Board a pro rata share of the pay and benefits received on sabbatical leave based on the number of years and time teaching after the teacher’s return to the district from sabbatical leave. The Superintendent may waive this repayment obligation partially or totally, on a case-by- case basis, if an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, accident or illness prevents a teacher from returning to work and the teacher shall present is required to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed programresign. If the applicant teacher’s position is accepted for a sabbatical leaveeliminated, the approved program can Reduction in Force language will be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completedfollowed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionand no repayment obligation will be required. G. 2. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year shall be considered an employee and receive all benefits due any teacher excluding temporary leaves such as sick leave, family illness leave, bereavement leave, personal leave, or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained sick leave bank. Sick leave does not accrue while on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 3. A teacher on sabbatical leave shall receive one-half their salary for the duration of the approved sabbatical leave. 4. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher that he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencesabbatical leave. A teacher will be reinstated into his/her former position, or a position designated in the sabbatical leave agreement. In the event the teacher’s position has been eliminated, the Reduction in Force language will be followed. 5. Upon completion of the sabbatical leave, the teacher shall submit to the Board a report of his/her sabbatical and the accruing benefits to the teacher.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes School Committee, at its discretion, may grant sabbatical leaves to members of a sabbatical leave are the teaching staff using the following order of priorities in granting such leaves: 1. For graduate study at an accredited institution or professional training school for self-improvement or improvement of curriculum directly related to enable a teacher the teacher’s present assignment. 2. Graduate study at an accredited institution or professional training school for the improvement of the curriculum or self-improvement related to pursue an activity that will benefit the overall needs of the school system by enhanced system. 3. Travel in which the experience will have direct influence upon the instruction of students. 4. Travel in which the experience will have a direct influence upon the stated needs of the school system. 5. Study at an accredited institution or professional competence training school for degree or other formal program requirements which are only mildly related to enable a teacher classroom instruction. 6. Travel which is only mildly related to perform in a critical area either institution or the needs of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelschool system. B. Upon recommendation Sabbatical leaves are subject to the following conditions: 1. No more than three (3) members of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will bargaining unit shall be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearsabbatical leave at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing in such form as may be required by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Superintendent of Schools no later than December 31 and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1 of the prior year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have has completed at least six five (65) consecutive full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalLeominster School System. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave (either shall be paid full salary for one-a half [½] of a school year or half salary for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the . 5. The teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees shall agree to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Leominster School System for a period of one (1) full year in the event of a semester’s leave or two (2) full years in the event of a full year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical ’s leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave6. If an active employee is entitled to receive salary during a calendar month, a teacher his/her insurance benefits will be placed on kept in force. If an employee is not entitled to receive salary for a calendar month, he/she shall be deemed to have been granted a leave of absence without pay, and he/she shall make payment for the salary schedule at entire cost of his/her insurance to the level governmental unit and there shall be no contribution by the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencegovernmental unit for each employee’s insurance (See Chapter 00X, Xxxxxxx 0X- Xxxxx Law.)

Sabbatical Leaves. A. A sabbatical leave of absence may be granted to a Teacher, at Board discretion, for educational improvement through further training or travel, either of which must be related to the Teacher’s current or future assignment in education. B. The purposes conditions for an approved sabbatical shall be: 1. Employed by the Pinckney Board for no less than seven (7) full years. 2. No previous leaves of absence in the preceding five (5) years. 3. Holder of a Masters’ Degree (except that the Board may consider some applications where the purpose is to fulfill the residency requirements for a Masters’ Degree when those cannot be obtained during the summer session). C. The application for a sabbatical leave are shall be in writing and shall: 1. Be accompanied by sufficient documentation to enable a teacher support the purported nature of the educational improvement and the value to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personallysystem. 2. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration Have commencement and termination dates established utilizing natural breaks in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelschool calendar. B. Upon recommendation 3. Be filed with the Board no less than sixty (60) days prior to the end of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be semester. 4. Be accompanied by both principal and superintendent written approval. D. The Teacher granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for a sabbatical leave must shall, as a condition of said grant, be under the duty at the end of said leave time to return and teach in this school system for at least three (3) years thereafter. E. Further, such Teacher shall receive as compensation the difference between starting base salary and her/his pay as shown on Schedule A at the time the leave was granted. Should said Teacher for reasons within her/his control, fail to return as herein provided, or voluntarily terminate employment with this Board at any time during said three-year period, she/he shall be obliged and required to return the compensation received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating from the Board while on leave on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in pro rata basis that the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present unfulfilled time bears to the executive director total three year requirement. The Board has the right to apply any pay check due and owing the Teacher toward this sum at the time of Human Resources adequate verification termination of employment, but said application shall not forego the Board’s right to recover any additional unpaid amount. The Teacher shall further be required upon completion of said leave to file with the superintendent an official transcript of college credits earned on said leave and/or an outline summary of the work or experience travel completed. X. Xx applicant who intends F. Should an individual Teacher, granted a leave under the terms and conditions of this Article, accept employment and/or be employed in a full or part-time position in another school district or educational institution then said Teacher’s leave shall be terminated immediately and shall be considered to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal have resigned from the Xxxxxxxx Community School District, and shall have severed all employment and/or contractual relationships said Teacher may have enjoyed with the Xxxxxxxx Community School District. This section shall not apply to individuals granted leaves for the purpose of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can educational improvement where employment in another school district or educational institution may be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionmandated. G. A teacher The Teacher on a sabbatical leave (either may continue her/his health insurance coverage by submitting a check by the first of each month for one-half [(½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent cost of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leavemonthly premium. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes X. Xxxxxxxxxx leaves for study and research may be granted by the Board to teachers who have completed seven (7) years of a service. Such sabbatical leaves shall be in recognition of significant service through teaching and for the purpose of encouraging scholarly achievement, which contributes to the professional effectiveness of members of the staff and the value of their subsequent service to the school system. B. A sabbatical leave are to enable a may be granted for one (1) semester or one (1) full year. Each teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit on sabbatical leave shall receive one-half (1/2) of the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area pay he/she would otherwise receive during the period of need the sabbatical leave as well as benefit the teacher personallyall fringe benefits. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either shall not render service for one-half [½] compensation in another educational institution, provided however, that this shall not preclude the acceptance of a school year fellowship or other assistance in research. In calculating the number of sabbatical leaves, a sabbatical leave for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) yearsemester shall be considered as a leave for one- half (1/2) person. C. Application for a sabbatical leave shall be made in writing not later than March 1 preceding the school year for which the leave is desired. Should The application must be accompanied by a statement of a well- conceived plan for spending the leave in a manner calculated to contribute to the professional effectiveness of the applicant and to the best interests of the school district. Generally speaking, sabbatical leaves will not be granted for the purpose of obtaining a Master’s Degree. Said applicant shall contain a detailed analysis of the program the individual teacher not plans to pursue during his/her sabbatical absence. No changes in this program shall be made without the consent and knowledge of the Board. D. Each teacher who is granted a sabbatical leave will be expected to return to the service employ of the Board for at least a two (2) year period, and upon returning shall present to the Board a full report regarding the use of his/her sabbatical leave. Upon acceptance of his/her sabbatical leave, said teacher shall sign a promissory note with the Board in the amount of the sabbatical stipend to be granted by the Board, said promissory note may be redeemed by the teacher will be required in one of the two following manners: 1. In the event said teacher does not wish to refund return to the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from employ of the school district at the conclusion of the sabbatical leave, said teacher may repay to the Board all money advanced by the Board during his/her sabbatical leave. Said money shall be repaid in total at an annual interest rate of fifteen (15) percent. At the option of the teacher, this note may be redeemed over a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.four

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit Upon the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board of Education at its discretion, may grant sabbatical leaves will to qualified personnel for the purpose of study, travel or other purposes as may be granted approved by the Board of Education. B. The employee shall apply for such leave in writing to his Principal no more later than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests December 1 and shall be notified of the Board's action on the application on or before April 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligibleis requested. In order to apply, a teacher must have completed been employed by the Ocean City Board of Education at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher seven consecutive years, and who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalsabbatical leave during the seven years immediately preceding. The leave shall be granted for no more than two semesters. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by C. An employee on sabbatical leave shall receive as compensation during the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification period of the work or experience completedleave one-half of his regularly scheduled salary. Compensation shall be paid at the same time as to other employees of his professional rank. An employee on sabbatical leave shall receive the scheduled increment and/or adjustments in salary, and credit toward retirement the same as he would have received were he occupying his regular assignment. The employee on such leave shall determine with the Board Secretary in advance of beginning the leave the necessary deductions from his salary so as not to jeopardize pension, insurance and other benefits. X. Xx applicant who intends D. The number of persons receiving sabbatical leaves in any year shall not exceed three teachers. The number of leaves granted shall be distributed according to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of requests throughout the proposed programsystem. If the applicant is accepted number of applications for a such leaves exceed the number available, the selection shall be based upon: 1. The estimated value of the plan to the individual and to the school system. 2. The amount of seniority. 3. The length of time since the last sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher E. An employee on sabbatical leave (either shall report all compensation received from sources other than the Board of Education, provided that compensation shall not include such items as allowance for onetravel, cost-half [½] of a school year living adjustment for foreign service, research or for a full school year) will be other expense in connection with the project. Should such other compensation, when added to the compensation paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of Board, exceed the salary rate which the teacher recipient would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, the compensation allowed by the Board of Education shall be reduced to bring the total to the amount of the salary he would have received if on active duty provided that such compensation teacher agrees received resulted from said leave. F. An employee who received a sabbatical leave shall agree to return to employment in service with the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Ocean City School District for a period of one (1) yeartwo years. Should the teacher not such employee fail to return to the service system upon completion of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave, he shall refund all compensation paid to him by the Board. H. G. Upon return from a sabbatical leave, the employee shall be restored to a teacher will position commensurate with his/her tenure status and scope of certification. He shall make such reports of his activities as may be placed on required by the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absenceSuperintendent.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are of up to enable a teacher one (1) year may be granted to pursue an activity that will benefit employee by the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit Board on the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the SuperintendentSuperintendent for study, sabbatical leaves will for travel, or other reasons of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions: 1. The employee has completed at least seen (7) full years of service in the Bernards Township School District. Such years need not be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearconsecutive. 2. Requests Request for sabbatical such leave must be received by the Superintendent, in writing writing, in such form as may be mutually agreed upon by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Superintendent and the B.T.A.A. no later than March 15. Action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 15 of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system3. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher An employee on Sabbatical leave shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at the rate of seventy-five percent (75%) of one-half his/her full year’s salary for a half year’s Sabbatical leave, or fifty percent (50%) percent of the his/her full year’s salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) full year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical ’s leave. H. 4. Upon return from sabbatical Sabbatical leave, a teacher will the employee shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of his/her absence. The administrator shall enter into a contract to continue in the service of the Bernards Township School District for a period of at least two (2) years after the expiration of such leave. The administrator shall execute a promissory note equivalent to the payment received while on leave. This note will be discharged at a rate of fifty percent (50%) after completion of one (1) year of service to the Board, and completely discharged after two (2) years. The administrator shall not be considered to be in violation of this provision in the event that failure to return to employment with the Bernards Township District is caused by the death of the administrator or the disability of the administrator as certified by the trustees of the Teacher Pension and Annuity Fund. 5. Superintendent must be notified, in writing, of the employee’s intention to return to duty. This letter must reach the Superintendent three (3) months prior to the opening of school. 6. During the period of leave, the Board shall maintain the employee’s pension payments based upon his/her full salary.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. 1. The purposes BOARD shall grant sabbatical leaves to Teachers in accordance with and subject to the provisions of The School Code, and further as hereinafter provided. 2. The salary to be paid to a Teacher on sabbatical leave are shall be the same basic salary to enable a teacher which he or she was entitled during his/her period of actual service immediately prior to pursue entering upon sabbatical leave except that the BOARD may deduct therefrom an activity amount equivalent to the amount payable for substitute service; provided that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence salary after deduction for substitute service shall in no case be less than that provided in The School Code, or one-half of the basic salary to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit which the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelTeacher was entitled, whichever is greater. B. Upon recommendation 3. Not more than three (3) certificated employees of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves BOARD will be granted no more sabbatical leave during any school term. Provided that applications are received from sufficiently qualified persons, not less than fifteen (15) applicants per yeartwo certificated employees of the BOARD shall be granted sabbatical leave during the school term. Requests A moratorium has been set on this provision. 4. Applications for sabbatical leave shall be filed in the form and manner prescribed by the Superintendent. Applications must be received filed not later than February 1, of each school term and shall be acted upon by the BOARD as soon as possible thereafter but not later than the following March 31. The Superintendent shall notify the UNION in writing of the receipt of applications for sabbatical leave not later than 10 days after their filing. The Superintendent shall notify the applicant and the UNION of the action taken by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the BOARD on the prior year evaluation will be consideredsuch applications. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six 5. The BOARD shall consider the following with respect to applications for sabbatical leave: (6a) full years the educational benefit to the District of active the proposed leave; (b) the applicant’s length of service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a District; (c) previous sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalleaves, if any, granted to the applicant; and (d) the equitable distribution of sabbatical leaves among schools and grade levels. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources6. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave (either shall be considered as being Teachers in actual service for one-half [½] purpose of a school year or retirement, eligibility for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutygroup insurance, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed advancement on the salary schedule at and fringe benefits. 7. Upon request, and presentation of evidence satisfactory to the level Board showing compliance with the teacher would have achieved had conditions of the teacher remained actively employed leave as provided in the system during the period of absenceSchool Code, a Teacher returning from sabbatical leave will be reassigned to his or her former position.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes 19.7.1 This section is suspended from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019 school year and is subject to annual review at the request of the Association or the District, without being counted as a reopener of the requesting party. 19.7.2 Sabbatical leave proposals must be submitted to the Superintendent no later than January 15 of the year preceding the year of the proposed leave. 19.7.3 Sabbatical leave proposals shall be reviewed by a sabbatical leave committee composed of two administrators selected by the Superintendent and one unit member from each school, selected by the Association President. Upon receipt of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit proposal, the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit Superintendent shall notify the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelAssociation President and each shall select committee members. B. Upon recommendation 19.7.4 In reviewing sabbatical leave proposals, the sabbatical leave committee shall consider the effect that the proposed leave(s) would have on the continuity of the Superintendentinstructional program at the site where the requesting unit member is assigned, sabbatical leaves will and the benefit which the stated purpose of the leave offers to the instructional program. 19.7.5 No later than February 15, the committee shall make a recommendation to the Governing Board if it determines that any of the leave proposals should be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per approved for the following school year. Requests for The Governing Board shall make the final decision whether to approve any leave requests by March 1, or the first regular Board meeting thereafter. 19.7.6 One full time sabbatical leave must per year may be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on approved. An individual unit member can apply or two unit member can apply as a pair to share the prior year evaluation will sabbatical. Compensation shall be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification 60% of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of unit member’s salary and paid benefits per the proposed program. If agreement while the applicant unit member is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 19.7.7 To qualify for sabbatical leave, a unit member must have seven or more years of service in the District in the last nine years, including two years of full time service immediately preceding the year for which the leave is requested. 19.7.8 Unit members returning from sabbatical leave shall serve the District in an assignment within their credential for at least two years following the year of leave, or else repay the District for salary and fringe benefits paid during the leave. The District may require the unit member to provide a surety bond to guarantee service or repayment. 19.7.9 Upon return from sabbatical leave, the unit member shall submit a teacher will be placed on written report to the salary schedule at District describing the level leave and how it met the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed goals in the system during the period of absencesabbatical leave proposal.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent4.2.1 Annually, sabbatical leaves shall be granted to eligible Unit Members (refer to Article 27.4) for the purpose of carrying out an approved program of study or travel which will enable the Unit Member to provide improved service to the District and its students. Consideration will be granted no given to Unit Members who are applying for sabbaticals to participate in programs which involve one or more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearof the following categories: • Advanced academic study; • A professional study project or travel itinerary which constitutes an organized program with clear objectives; • Study through work experiences which enable professors to respond to changing educational conditions and student needs. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing [Education Code section 87767] 4.2.1.1 Unit Members not excluded by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must Article 27.4 who have satisfactorily completed at least six (6) full consecutive years of active full- time service in this District will be eligible to apply for a sabbatical leave. Normally, sabbatical leaves will be completed within one academic year. However, Unit Members may take the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemleave in two separate semester periods with prior approval from the Leave Approval Committee provided the total leave is completed within a three-year period. A teacher Any period of service between the separate semesters shall comprise a part of the service required for a subsequent sabbatical leave. An approved leave, while not constituting a break in continuity of service, will not count as one of the six (6) years required for sabbatical eligibility. The applicant may apply during the sixth (6th) or later consecutive year of service. No sabbatical will be granted within two (2) years of completing an unpaid leave of absence of 26 percent or more of the required days of attendance. 4.2.1.2 The District shall allocate funds in the District Budget each fiscal year for financing of sabbatical leaves totaling four (4) FTEF (For example, two [2] full-year sabbaticals and four [4] one-semester sabbaticals or any combination thereof). In the case of financial hardships where a reduction in force leads to full-time faculty layoffs in accordance with California Education Code, the District may forgo the financing of sabbatical leaves for that academic year. 4.2.1.3 Leaves granted will be distributed among the two colleges of the District so as not to impair the instructional or student services programs. 4.2.1.4 All applications shall be formally submitted to the Leave Approval Committee through the Vice Chancellor of Educational Planning and Services Office not later than December 1, or two (2) weeks after the Sabbatical Leave Workshop, whichever date is later, of the previous academic year. 4.2.1.5 The Leave Approval Committees shall be composed of the Vice Chancellor of Educational Planning and Services, two (2) Unit Members appointed by the Academic Senate(s), two (2) Unit Members appointed by the Association, and college presidents. Immediate supervisors shall be utilized as non-voting resource people. 4.2.1.6 The Leave Approval Committees shall provide the recommended leave applications to the Chancellor for approval. If the Chancellor denies a leave application, the unit member and the Leave Approval Committee shall be notified in writing of the reasons, which shall not be arbitrary. 4.2.1.7 Criteria used for ranking sabbatical leave applications and evaluation procedures shall be developed by the Academic Senate(s) and the Leave Approval Committee as named in 4.2.1.5. 4.2.1.8 By the end of the semester immediately following the sabbatical, the Unit Member who has completed a sabbatical leave will submit to the Leave Approval Committee a written report covering the period of the sabbatical. When applicable, a transcript or other evidence of completion of the planned program will accompany this report. A copy of each sabbatical leave report, together with the committee’s evaluation, shall be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalforwarded through the District Chancellor’s office to the Board. The individual shall also make an oral report to the faculty and to the Board if requested by the Leave Committee. X. Xx applicant who intends 4.2.1.9 Pursuant to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completedEducation Code section 87770, the teacher shall present applicant will agree to serve the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 District immediately following completion of the sabbatical year. After for at least twice the sabbatical has been completed, time of the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionleave granted. G. A teacher 4.2.1.10 Compensation while on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty (50) 95 percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment Unit Member’s range and step computed in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on accordance with the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system effect during the period of absenceleave with 5 percent of sabbatical compensation (i.e., 5 percent of the 95 percent) held pending 4. 2.1.10.1. A sabbatical leave will be counted as service and step movement on the salary schedule. 4.2.1.10.1 Upon Leave Approval Committee acceptance/approval of the written report within the required timeline (4.2.1.8), the 5 percent will be returned to the Unit Member by the next pay period. 4.2.1.10.2 In accordance with Education Code section 87775, the District shall be freed from any and all liability for the payment of compensation or damages for the death or injury of a Unit Member occurring while the Unit Member is on sabbatical. 4.2.1.10.3 In the event of death, serious injury, illness, or disability that precludes completion of the sabbatical plan and/or post-sabbatical commitments, the District shall remit the 5 percent of sabbatical compensation (the 5 percent of the 95 percent) held to the Unit Member or to his/her estate. 4.2.1.10.4 Unit Members may elect to receive full CalSTRS service credit for a sabbatical leave by paying their own contribution for the difference between the 95 percent service credit and the 100 percent service credit. It is recommended that three months prior to returning from sabbatical, the Unit Member contact CalSTRS and request a Redeposit Form (i.e., buyback). The Unit Member may pay his/her portion of the service credit only upon completion of the sabbatical; and by requesting the form ahead of time, the Unit Member will be able to pay less interest.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a 1. A sabbatical leave are may be granted to enable a teacher unit member by the Board upon recommendation of the Superintendent for study or for reasons deemed to pursue an activity that will benefit be of value to the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelSuperintendent. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical 2. Sabbatical leaves will shall be granted no more than fifteen for one (151) applicants per year. , subject to the following conditions: (a) Sabbatical leaves may be granted to one (1) unit member at any one time. (b) Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating no later than January 1st, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than March 1st of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher (c) Unit members must have completed at least six seven (67) full continuous school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a Pompton Lakes School District to be eligible for sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalleave. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12d) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher unit member on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty one-half (501/2) percent his/her regular salary. (e) Applications for sabbatical leave must set forth the program of studies and related data justifying the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of sabbatical as an education investment by the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. (f) Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/ she remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence. (g) Every individual who is granted sabbatical leave must sign and fulfill a contract to return to service as an employee of the Board for at least twice the duration of the sabbatical leave, or reimburse the Board for the amount of salary granted during the leave. Any unit member going on sabbatical leave must accept the reimbursement obligation in writing prior to action on the leave by the Superintendent. Any payments made to unit members on sabbatical leave shall be contingent upon adherence to the plan approved as a basis for sabbatical leave, and the Board shall be fully reimbursed for any payments made to a unit member on sabbatical leave not adhering to the approved plan.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are may be granted at the Board’s discretion to enable a teacher Supervisor by the Board for study, including study in other areas of specialization, for travel or for other reasons of value to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or system, subject to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel.following conditions: B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year1. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be mutually agreed on by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Association and the Superintendent, no later than November 1, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than January 15 of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx 2. Sabbatical leave for study: A Supervisor who has served in the school district satisfactorily for a period of at least seven (7) years may be eligiblegranted, with compensation, a teacher must have completed at least leave of absence for study or observation for a minimum of six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed months and a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a maximum period of one (1) year. Should Such salary shall be one-half of the teacher scheduled salary that a Supervisor would have received had such leave not been granted. The Supervisor granted such leave shall be paid the scheduled salary that she would have received had she not had a Sabbatical Leave. The salary placement, however, is to be granted only after a statement of work at college has been submitted and approved by the Superintendent of Schools. The following activities will be considered appropriate: a. Formal Graduate Study. A minimum of sixteen (16) points or credits per semester in the individual's own field of work or closely related field. b. Writing a Doctoral Thesis. c. Travel planned in consideration with the Superintendent. 3. Sabbatical Leave for Rest and Recuperation: Members of the Association who have served in the District satisfactorily for a period of at least fifteen (15) years may be granted, at the Board’s discretion, with compensation, a leave of absence for rest and recuperation for a minimum period of six (6) months and a maximum period of one (1) year. A grievance for a denial of said Sabbatical Leave request shall not be subject to binding arbitration. B. All Supervisors granted Sabbatical Leave under this Article shall be entitled to one- half (1/2) of the salary which a Supervisor would have received had such a leave not been granted under this Article. The Supervisor who is granted such leave shall be required by contract to serve the system for three (3) years after the expiration of such leave. A Supervisor upon return from Sabbatical Leave shall be paid the same scheduled salary that said Supervisor would have received but for the leave of absence. If circumstances prevent fulfillment of three (3) years service following return, the person shall reimburse the District in direct proportion of the unfilled time except in case of death or permanent disability. C. A Supervisor granted Sabbatical Leave under this Article shall not accept or engage in any type of employment while on such leave. D. It shall be a requirement for all individuals returning from sabbatical leaves of absence to return to the service School District at the commencement of the Board, first or second semester of the teacher will school year (either September or January). Individuals granted temporary leaves of absence shall not be required permitted to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during middle of either of the period semesters except under extenuating circumstances with approval of absencethe Board of Education.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Leaves for Professional Advancement 1. a. Sabbatical leaves (Leaves for Professional Advancement) may be granted to faculty members for study and research, pursuit of an advanced degree or for creative work in their discipline. Requests for these leaves must be submitted to the appropriate Academic Officer in writing. In justifying the request the faculty member shall explain the plans for the leave, state the length of the leave desired, and sign an agreement to continue his or her services at the College for at least one (1) academic year following the termination of the leave. Priority shall be given to faculty members who are doctoral candidates at accredited institutions and who have completed all course requirements and are engaged in dissertation research or dissertation writing. Such leave (for Professional Advancement) shall be considered as service within the meaning of Article XIII, Part A.1. of this Agreement. b. Upon completing a sabbatical a faculty member shall submit a report detailing his/her activities during the sabbatical. a. A faculty member shall be eligible for a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit (Leave for Professional Advancement) for at least one (1) semester after each six (6) years of service at the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelCollege. B. Upon recommendation b. A faculty member who takes a sabbatical leave (Leave for Professional Advancement) shall receive 75 percent of his or her pay for the duration of the Superintendentleave. c. The benefits received during the period of the sabbatical leave (Leave for Professional Advancement) shall be in accordance with State law and regulations. a. Normally, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen one member of a department of 15 members or less, or in the case of the Library, no more than one member of the professional library staff, shall be granted a sabbatical leave (15Leave for Professional Advancement) applicants at one time. In departments of more than 15 members, one person may be granted a sabbatical leave for each 15 members or fraction thereof in that department in the event more than one member of the department applies for sabbatical leave at the same time. b. Priority in granting such leaves shall be extended to those faculty members with the longest term of faculty service to the College per yearleave granted. c. In the event of a dispute as to priority, the Departmental Coordinating Committee shall recommend a solution to the Vice President for Academic Affairs. a. The College agrees to the formation of a faculty committee which shall be responsible for reviewing all applications for sabbatical leave (Leave for Professional Development) and making recommendations to the College for granting such leaves. The recommendations will be forwarded to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for his action. Where the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Committee disagree an appeal can be brought to the President. The President’s recommendation to the Board will be final. Requests for sabbatical leave must leaves (Leaves for Professional Development) which meet the criteria for such leaves shall not be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be consideredunreasonably denied. X. Xx b. Applications for sabbatical leaves shall be eligiblesubmitted to the Chairperson of the Faculty Sabbatical Committee and the faculty member’s Department Chair by October 15 of the academic year prior to the academic year for which the leave is be to granted. The Chairperson of the Faculty Sabbatical Committee will transmit the committee’s recommendations, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years the faculty member’s application, and any input from the Department Chairperson to the Vice President for Academic Affairs by November 15 of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will academic year prior to the academic year for which the leave is to be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalgranted. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum c. Faculty members shall be notified of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director outcome of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, application no later than January 31 of the teacher shall present academic year prior to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted academic year for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees leave is to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) yearbe granted. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.ARTICLE XXVII

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes 1. A leave of absence for a period not to exceed eighteen (18) University calendar weeks with full pay in accordance with current scheduling practice, or a leave of absence for a period not to exceed thirty-six (36) University calendar weeks with half pay, in accordance with current scheduling practice, for restoration of health, study, travel, or other appropriate purposes, may be requested by a FACULTY MEMBER and may, at the discretion of the President, be granted to any FACULTY MEMBER of any University who has submitted a request for consideration for a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher and who has completed seven (7) or more years of satisfactory service as a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period FACULTY MEMBER of one (1) yearor more of the UNIVERSITIES, as specified below. Should Library FACULTY MEMBERS who were granted ACADEMIC FACULTY rank shall accrue credits towards sabbatical leave only from the teacher not return date the ACADEMIC FACULTY rank was granted. Sabbatical leaves granted after the March 20, 1997 will be based primarily upon merit. Unused sabbatical leave credit may be considered in the selection process. 2. At least five (5) consecutive years of such service shall have been rendered to the University from which the leave is sought. A FACULTY MEMBER who has been granted an approved leave without pay shall not be deemed to have had his/her consecutive service interrupted; provided, however, that time spent on such leave shall not count as service toward a sabbatical leave nor towards the accumulation of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical sick leave. H. Upon return from 3. If the University operates on a system of units other than semesters, the FACULTY MEMBER may, at his/her option, be granted a sabbatical leave corresponding to one (1) or more of these units so long as the restriction set forth in subsection 1. above, concerning total weeks of sabbatical leave which can be granted in each such leave, is met. 4. One (1) sabbatical leave may be requested, considered and granted in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article for each additional seven (7) years of service. Leaves shall be accumulated so that no one shall lose entitlement to consideration for a teacher will sabbatical leave because of failure to use leave due to scheduling practices at a particular University, but no one shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.entitled to be considered for or use more than thirty-six

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The Sabbatical leave shall be granted only for those purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that which will benefit definitely improve the school system by enhanced instruction in, or the administration of, the Framingham Schools. Leaves granted for professional competence study or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree for travel combined with concentration such study, or for any reason which, in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation judgment of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will contribute to the individual's cultural or technical qualifications in the schools shall be considered consistent with the purpose stated above. Sabbatical leave shall be granted no more than fifteen at the discretion of the Superintendent of Schools. Regularly appointed members of the teaching, supervisory, or administrative staff who have given seven (157) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full school years of active uninterrupted and satisfactory service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school systemFramingham Schools before their sabbatical takes effect shall be eligible for sabbatical leave. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve Not more than one percent (121%) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can teachers shall be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (at the same time. The extent of the candidate's service, his/her sabbatical plans, and equitable distribution among the different teaching and administrative groups, and the order in which the applications are received shall be considered in determining the granting of sabbatical leaves. Sabbatical leave shall be granted for either for one-half [½] of a school year (1/2) or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) school year only. A teacher absent on sabbatical leave shall receive fifty percent (50%) of his/her current salary unless this amount exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the maximum salary for his/her classification, or the amount exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the maximum salary paid to a teacher with a master's degree. In other words, no person on sabbatical leave shall be paid at a rate higher than fifty percent (50%) of the maximum master's salary. Any person granted a leave of absence with partial pay shall, prior to the granting of such leave, enter into a written agreement with the School Committee that, upon termination of such leave he/she will return to service in Framingham for a period twice the length of such leave and that, in default of completing such service, he/she will refund to Framingham an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered. Such repayment must be made within ten (10) months of the date of resignation. If repayment is not made within this time, reimbursement of collection expenses up to Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) actually incurred by the School Committee may also be required by the School Committee. Application for sabbatical leave shall be made on a form furnished by the Human Resources Office. Among other data, a statement of the program which the applicant plans to carry out while on leave shall be submitted. This program must be consistent with the purpose stated above. All applications for a Sabbatical Leave shall be filed in the Human Resources Office not later than December 1 of the previous school year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the BoardAn applicant may withdraw an application without prejudice. In extenuating circumstances, the teacher will be required School Committee retains the discretion to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leaveconsider an application filed later than December 1. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit Upon the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board at its discretion may grant sabbatical leaves will to qualified personnel for the purpose of study, travel or other purposes as may be granted approved by the Board. B. The employee shall apply for such leave in writing to his Principal no more later than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests December 1 and shall be notified of the Board’s action on the application on or before April 1 of the school year proceeding the school year for which the sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligibleis requested. In order to apply, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid employed by the Board at fifty (50) percent least seven consecutive years, and who has not had a sabbatical leave during the seven years immediately preceding. The leave shall be granted for no more than two semesters. C. An employee on sabbatical leave shall receive as compensation during the period of the leave one-half of his regularly scheduled salary. Compensation shall be paid at the same time as to other employees of his professional rank. An employee on sabbatical leave shall receive the scheduled increment and/or adjustments in salary, and credit toward retirement the same as he would have received were he occupying his regular assignment The employee on such leave shall determine with the Board Secretary in advance of beginning the leave the necessary deductions from his salary rate so as not to jeopardize pension, insurance and other benefits. D. The number of persons receiving sabbatical leaves in any year shall not exceed three teachers. The number of leaves granted shall be distributed according to requests throughout the system. If the number of applications for such leaves exceed the number available, the selection shall be based upon: 1. The estimated value of the plan to the individual and to the school system. 2. The amount of seniority. 3. The length of time since the last sabbatical leave. E. An employee on sabbatical leave shall report all compensation received from sources other than the Board, provided that compensation shall not include such items as allowance for travel, cost-of living adjustment for Foreign Service, research or other expense in connection with the project. Should such other compensation, when added to the compensation paid by the Board, exceed the salary which the teacher recipient would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, the compensation allowed by the Board shall be reduced to bring the total to the amount of the salary he/she would have received if on active duty provided that such compensation teacher agrees received resulted from said leave. F. An employee who received a sabbatical leave shall agree to return to employment in service with the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Ocean City School District for a period of one (1) yeartwo years. Should the teacher not such employee fail to return to the service system upon completion of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave, he/she shall refund all compensation paid to him/her by the Board. H. G. Upon return from a sabbatical leave, the employee shall be restored to a teacher will position commensurate with his/her tenure status and scope of certification. He/she shall make such reports of his activities as may be placed on required by the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absenceSuperintendent.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The Sabbatical leave shall be granted only for those purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that which will benefit definitely improve the school system by enhanced instruction in, or the administration of, the Framingham Public Schools. Leaves granted for professional competence study or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree for travel combined with concentration such study, or for any reason which, in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation judgment of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will contribute to the individual's cultural or technical qualifications in the schools shall be considered consistent with the purpose stated above. Sabbatical leave shall be granted no at the discretion of the Superintendent of Schools. Regularly appointed employees of the teaching, supervisory, or administrative staff who have given seven (7) school years of uninterrupted and satisfactory service in the Framingham Public Schools before their sabbatical takes effect shall be eligible for sabbatical leave. Not more than fifteen one percent (151%) applicants per yearof the teachers shall be on sabbatical leave at the same time. Requests The extent of the candidate's service, their sabbatical plans, and equitable distribution among the different teaching and administrative groups and the order in which the applications are received shall be considered in determining the granting of sabbatical leaves. Sabbatical leave shall be granted for either one-half (½) or one (1) school year only. A teacher absent on sabbatical leave shall receive fifty percent (50%) of their current salary unless this amount exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the maximum salary for their classification, or the amount exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the maximum salary paid to a teacher with a master's degree. In other words, no person on sabbatical leave shall be paid at a rate higher than fifty percent (50%) of the maximum master's salary. Any person granted a leave of absence with partial pay shall, prior to the granting of such leave, enter into a written agreement with the Committee that, upon the termination of such leave they will return to service in Framingham for a period twice the length of such leave and that, in default of completing such service, they will refund to Framingham an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by them while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered. Such repayment must be made within ten (10) months of the date of resignation. If repayment is not made within this time, reimbursement of collection expenses up to three hundred dollars ($300.00) actually incurred by the Committee may also be required by the Committee. Application for sabbatical leave must shall be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating made on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted form furnished by the Director Office of Human Resources. After Among other data, a statement of the program which the applicant plans to carry out while on leave shall be submitted. This program must be consistent with the purpose stated above. All applications for a sabbatical has been completed, leave shall be filed in the teacher shall present to the executive director Office of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other not later than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July December 1 of the sabbatical previous school year. After the sabbatical has been completedAn applicant may withdraw an application without prejudice. In extenuating circumstances, the teacher shall present Committee retains the discretion to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionconsider an application filed later than December 1. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Superintendent may grant sabbatical leaves for full time study for credit for a recognized degree beyond the Bachelor’s degree to a member of a the teaching staff subject to the following conditions: 1. No more than two (2) members of the teaching staff will be absent on sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit during the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel.year; B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will in such form as may be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted required by the Director Superintendent of Human Resources. After Schools no later than February l (except for good cause), and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April l of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical has been completedleave is requested, or, if the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for has already been granted a sabbatical leave, until the approved program can be changed only by written consent completion of another period of seven (7) consecutive full years of service in the executive director Franklin School System; 3. The teacher has completed at least seven (7) consecutive full school years of human resources prior to July 1 of service in the sabbatical yearFranklin School System; 4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave for one year will receive fifty percent (either 50%) and for one-half [½] one semester will receive up to one hundred percent (100%) of a school year or their regular salary at the time their leave commences for a full school year) will be paid the period authorized by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutySuperintendent, provided that such pay, when added to any program grant or other financial assistance will not exceed the teacher’ s regular salary rate; 5. Prior to the granting of a sabbatical leave, a teacher agrees to shall enter into a written agreement with the Superintendent that upon termination of such authorized leave, they will return to employment service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Franklin School System for a period of one two (12) year. Should years, in addition to a written contract with the teacher not return to Superintendent on the service of the Board, terms by which the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for go on sabbatical leave., and that, in default of completing said minimum service, or failing to live up to all aspects of the written contract, they shall refund to the Town of Franklin, an amount of money equal to such proportion of salary received by him/ her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed, bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered; H. 6. Upon their return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will teacher’s salary shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher same as they would have achieved received had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencetheir leave been spent in the Franklin School System, and they shall be returned to the same position which they held at the time said leave commenced, if available, or if not, to a substantially equivalent position.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of by the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves may be granted for study which, in the opinion of the Superintendent, will be granted no beneficial to the Duxbury Public Schools to a member of the teaching staff by the Committee subject to the following conditions: 1. No more than fifteen one (151) applicants per yearteacher from the Duxbury Public Schools will be absent on sabbatical leave at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent, in writing writing, in such form as may be required by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Superintendent, on or before October 31, and action must be taken on all such requests on or before April 1 of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have has completed at least six seven (67) consecutive full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalDuxbury Public Schools. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent two-thirds of the their regular salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutyrate, provided that such pay, when added to any program grant, will not exceed the regular salary rate. 5. The teacher agrees will agree to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for Duxbury Public Schools at least two (2) full years following the expiration of the sabbatical leave period. 6. A teacher who does not fulfill this agreement shall repay to the Town of Duxbury a period sum bearing the same ratio to the amount of one salary received while on sabbatical leave that the unfulfilled portion of the two (12) year. Should subsequent years' service bears to the full two (2) years; provided, however, that the teacher not return shall be released from such payment if his/her failure to serve the two (2) years stipulated be due to his illness, disability, or death, or if he/she be discharged from his/her service of by the Board, the Superintendent. A teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return returning from sabbatical leave, a teacher will leave shall be placed on the step of the salary schedule at the level the teacher that he/she would have achieved attained had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system Duxbury Public Schools, and shall be eligible for insurance benefits while on leave. His/her rights to any other position held shall be protected during the period of absencehis/her leave.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are may be granted by the Board only to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable who is enrolled as a teacher to perform full- time matriculated student in a critical M.A., M.S., C.A.S., Ed.D. or Ph.D. program at an accredited college or university in that teacher’s current area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent1. If there are sufficient qualified applications, sabbatical leaves will leave may be granted no more than fifteen to a maximum of two (152) applicants per yearteachers at any one (1) time. 2. Requests Request for a sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be mutually agreed on by the C. No applicant the Association and the Superintendent, not later than December 15 of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. A teacher granted a sabbatical leave on or before February 15 must provide on or before April 5, positive written indication he has applied as a full-time matriculated student in a program pursuant to Section A above. Failure to do so will result in the teacher not receiving the leave with an unsatisfactory rating on pay pursuant to Subsection 4 of this Article. If, subsequent to April 5, the prior year evaluation teacher is not accepted as a matriculated student, or he/she should change his/her mind about the sabbatical, he/she will be consideredallowed to maintain his/her position if it is still vacant. However, if the position has been filled, he/she will be granted a leave of absence without pay equal to the length of time requested for the sabbatical. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have completed at least six seven (67) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed District and enter into a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalSabbatical Leave Contract with the District. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for shall receive one-half [½] (1/2) of his/her annual salary. In the event a school year or for a full school yearteacher is on leave to travel, the rate of pay shall be at thirty-five percent (35%) of his/her annual salary. The salary will be paid by at the Board at fifty (50) percent rate of the salary rate which the teacher pay he/she would have received if the teacher had he/she remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. 5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed on active duty in the system during the period of his/her absence. 6. The teacher receiving sabbatical leave will agree to return to this District for at least one (1) year following his leave, or agree to repay the District that portion of his/her salary received from the District while on leave. 7. While on a sabbatical, a teacher shall report three (3) times each semester on the progress of his/her studies or travel experience and the benefits accruing to the District. 8. Upon return to the District, the teacher shall plan, in conjunction with the Superintendent, a program for other teachers in which he/she will share with other teachers, the result of his/her sabbatical.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Certified employees who have served continuously and satisfactorily in the Midland Park Public Schools for a period of at least seven (7) full academic years may, on the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, and with the approval of the Board, be granted a sabbatical leave are of absence not exceeding one (1) year for the following purposes: 1. Approved study (college, writing, research, etc.) 2. Approved travel B. A certified employee on sabbatical leave shall receive a salary equal to enable a teacher one-half the annual salary to pursue an activity that will benefit which he/she would have been entitled were he/she teaching in the school system that year. Salary payments will be made on the same basis as for regularly employed certified employees. C. While on sabbatical leave, certified employees make the same payments into the Teacher Pension and Annuity Fund as would be made if teaching that year on full salary. The full twelve (12) month service credit is allowed for retirement and pension purposes. Certified employees also make the regular payment based on full salary for the year to Contributory Life Insurance and are fully covered during the year. D. During a sabbatical leave a certified employee accumulates sick leave. E. Requests for a sabbatical leave shall be made to the Superintendent of Schools before January 1 of the school year previous to the school year for which the leave is desired. The requests shall be in writing giving the reason for the leave, how it is expected to improve the quality of instruction, and any additional information which will be helpful in evaluating the request. It shall also have the written approval of the Principal. F. No more than two certified employees per year may be granted sabbatical leaves. The selection of certified employees to be recommended to the Board of Education for sabbatical leaves may be made by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area the Superintendent on the basis of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration information contained in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation written requests. Notification of the Superintendent, action taken by the Board of Education on requests for sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received given in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on February 1 of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredin which the request is made. X. Xx be eligibleG. Before beginning a sabbatical leave, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of certified employee shall enter into a contract to return to active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Midland Park Public Schools for a period of one at least three (13) yearyears after the expiration of such leave. Should the teacher A certified employee who does not return perform this service shall repay to the service Midland Park Board of Education a sum bearing the same ratio to the amount of salary received while on leave of absence, that the unfulfilled portion of the Boardthree (3) subsequent year's service bears to the full three (3) years: Provided, however, that the teacher certified employee shall be released from such payment if his failure to serve the three (3) years as stipulated be due to his illness, disability, or death or if he be discharged from his position. X. Xxxxx to the beginning of the school year following the sabbatical leave, certified employees will be required to refund submit a written report on the salary granted for sabbatical activities in which they engaged during the leave. The report should suggest ways in which the study or travel will be of benefit to them in their teaching assignments in Midland Park. H. Upon return I. A certified employee returning from sabbatical leave, a teacher will leave shall be placed on the step of the salary schedule at the level the teacher guide he/she would have achieved attained had he/she taught the teacher remained actively employed entire previous year in the system during the period of absenceschool system.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the SuperintendentSuperintendent and with the approval of the Board, sabbatical leaves may be granted to teachers who have completed seven (7) years of successful teaching in the District and who are currently on tenure. Sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on educational study of value to the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception It is granted by expected that the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification personal and professional integrity of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) individual will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not assure his/her return to the service school system which has enabled him/her to enjoy the benefits of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for a sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from B. The Board may grant such leaves for two members of the teaching professional personnel during any year, providing the granting of such leave will not prejudice the operation of the school district. Applications will be made for one full academic year. All applications will be pre- screened by the Association Sabbatical Committee. C. Applications for such leave must be submitted in writing to the Superintendent according to the following schedule: 1. By January 1 for leave July 1 or September 1. 2. The Board of Education shall complete action on January 1 applications by February 1. 3. Applications for leaves of study must include the name of the institution at which the individual plans to study, and the courses to be pursued. Such study should be related to the applicant's professional position or proposed growth. 4. All applicants must appear before the Board of Education to explain their application requests before a final decision can be made. 5. Those who are accepted will be notified of the reasons for their acceptance. Others who apply will be informed of the reasons why the accepted candidates were chosen. D. The individual granted sabbatical leave shall receive 2/3 pay for a full year with the regular deductions and paid according to the regular pay schedule. Teachers shall be given credit for service while on sabbatical leave. E. Sabbatical leave shall not be considered termination or breach of contract, and the same position in the building and tenure shall be guaranteed upon return. F. Sabbatical leave will not be extended beyond one school year. G. Any teacher granted a teacher leave pursuant to this Article who, during such leave engages in employment not stated in the application for such leave or thereafter approved by the Superintendent, shall be deemed to have resigned. However, minor employment, supplementary to the purpose of the leave, shall be exempt. In cases when a question arises over the interpretation of the concept of “minor employment” the Board of Education will be placed judge each case individually, based on the salary schedule at type of employment and the level circumstances under which the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absenceis employed.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Upon approval by the Superintendent of a Schools, sabbatical leave are may be granted for study, travel, or other professional improvement to enable a teacher members of the administrative staff subject to pursue an activity that the following conditions: A. No more than five (5) Administrators of the administrative staff will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelabsent on sabbatical leave at any one time. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing by thewriting, in such form as he/she may require, no later than April 30th of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested; and action must be taken on all such requests no later than thirty (30) days from the date of application. C. No applicant with To be eligible for sabbatical leave, an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher Administrator must have completed at least six seven (67) consecutive full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher Fall River School System. D. Administrators who has completed are granted sabbatical leaves for half a sabbatical year will be considered only after all applicants paid 50 percent (50%) of their regular salary during their sabbatical leave. Administrators who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register are granted sabbatical leaves for a minimum full year shall receive 50 percent (50%) of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher their regular yearly salary while on sabbatical leave unless they have eleven (either for one-half [½] 11) or more years of a school year or for a full school yearservice, in which case they shall receive 60 percent (60%) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the their regular yearly salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained while on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. E. Upon his/her return from sabbatical leave, a teacher an Administrator’s salary will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher same as that which he/she would have achieved received had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencehis/her leave been spent in the Fall River School System; and he/she will return to a comparable position. However, this provision will not prevent an Administrator on sabbatical leave from applying for and being appointed to any other position with or without an increased salary differential. For the purposes of this Section, the term “comparable position” means a position which is within the same administrative classification but which may be at a different location (for example, a Middle School Assistant Principal at Middle School A shall return to work as a Middle School Assistant Principal, but he/she may be assigned to Middle School B). F. Prior to the granting of sabbatical leave, an Administrator shall enter into a written agreement with the School Committee that, upon the termination of such leave, he/she will return to service in the Fall River School System for a period equal to double the length of the sabbatical leave. In default of completing such service, he/she shall refund to the School Committee an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered, as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered unless said default is due to illness, disability, discharge, death or other circumstances beyond the control of the individual. G. The Association shall have the right to directly recommend an individual to the Superintendent for a sabbatical leave provided the five (5) administrator limitation, set out above, has not been exhausted.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. Section A The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might personnel shall be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests eligible for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register absence for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) yearyear at half salary for study and observation at any time after seven (7) years of total service in the Newark Public School District, except that at least two (2) years of such service shall have been rendered in that position from which said sabbatical leave is applied for. Should If the teacher not return individual shall have served in such a position for fewer than two (2) full years, leave may be granted except that the sabbatical leave salary shall be based upon the highest rate paid to said personnel immediately preceding promotion into the administrative or supervisory position currently held by said personnel. Section B The personnel shall also be eligible for sabbatical leave of absence for one (1) year at half salary for rest and recreation at any time after fourteen (14) years of total service in the Newark Public School, except that the two (2) year provision contained in Section A of this article shall be equally applicable to sabbatical leaves of absence for rest and recreation. Section C The leaves set forth in Section A, and B, of this article shall be granted annually, depending on the availability of funds, at the recommendation of the BoardSuperintendent and approval of the Newark Board of Education. Section D The leaves set forth in Section A, and B, of this article shall be granted annually to not less than five percent (5%) of the teacher personnel, provided that the number of applicants for such leaves exceeds such five percent (5%). Section E Applications for leaves provided hereinabove must be filed no later than March 1 for leaves which will commence at the beginning of the ensuing school year and no later than October 1 for leaves which will commence February 1. Consideration will be required given in special cases to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leaveapplications filed at times other than March 1st and October 1st. Notification of action taken shall be within three (3) months of date of request. H. Upon return from Section F All current District rules and practices with respect to sabbatical leaveleaves not inconsistent with the provisions of this article shall be maintained. Section G Sabbaticals of CASA personnel shall begin as of July 1 and end as of June 30 of the following year, except for such special cases as are made upon request of the individual and favorably acted upon by the District following a teacher will be placed on favorable recommendation by the salary schedule at Superintendent and approval of the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period Newark Board of absenceEducation.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are Paragraph 1: Purpose In order to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced provide opportunities for professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendentimprovement, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen are available to teachers for formal, full-time study at a college or university. Paragraph 2: Eligibility (15a) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No An applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six performed seven (67) full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends continuous ser- vice to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present Unified School District 259 immediately prior to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal commencement of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave. The continuity of service is not interrupted by an extended leave of up to one (1) year. However, time during such leave shall not be counted toward the approved program can be changed only by written consent required seven (7) years and at least two (2) of the executive director seven years must have been performed after the latest extended leave. The continuity of human resources prior to July 1 service is interrupted by any extended leave or leaves which total in excess of the sabbatical one (1) year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on (b) Applicants shall not have received sabbatical leave during the seven (either for one-half [½] 7) years immediately preceding the application. (c) Each applicant must sign a statement of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees intent to return to employment service in Unified School District 259 immediately upon termination of sabbatical leave. (d) Each applicant must sign a commitment to repay the amount paid during the sabbatical leave on a prorated basis in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system event the teacher fails to return to Unified School District 259 and perform assigned services under a contract of employment for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon year after return from sabbatical leave. Paragraph 3: Application (a) Applications shall be made to the Chairperson of the Committee for Sabbatical Leave on or before the annual deadline dates established by the said committee. (b) The application shall present the applicant’s plans for the sabbatical leave and such other information as the committee deems advisable. Paragraph 4: Selection (a) The Committee for Sabbatical Leave shall consist of two members appointed by the Superintendent, two members appointed by United Teachers of Wichita, and the Chief Human Resources Officer or designee, who will chair the commit- tee. (b) The committee will prepare a teacher will priority listing of eligible applicants and rec- ommend teachers for sabbatical leave appointments. The committee shall judge the quality of the applications and recommend no more than five (5) teachers per contract year. (c) Consideration shall be placed on given to: (1) assured eligibility; (2) the salary schedule at potential contribution to the level applicant’s professional growth; (3) the teacher would have achieved had applicant’s prior contribution to the teacher remained actively employed in school district, potential for future leadership, or for improvement of classroom instruction; (4) evidence of professional growth; (5) any other pertinent factors as established by the system during committee. (d) The priority listing of applicants for sabbatical leave shall be submitted to the period Board for approval. of absencea year’s base contract salary.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Superintendent of Schools may grant sabbatical leaves for full time study for credit for a recognized degree beyond the Bachelor’s degree to a member of the teaching staff subject to the following conditions: 1. No more than two (2) members of the teaching staff will be absent on sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit during the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel.year; B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will in such form as may be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted required by the Director Superintendent of Human Resources. After Schools no later than February l (except for good cause), and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April l of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical has been completedleave is requested, or, if the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for has already been granted a sabbatical leave, until the approved program can be changed only by written consent completion of another period of seven (7) consecutive full years of service in the executive director Franklin School System; 3. The teacher has completed at least seven (7) consecutive full school years of human resources prior to July 1 of service in the sabbatical yearFranklin School System; 4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave for one year will receive fifty percent (either 50%) and for one-half [½] one semester will receive up to one hundred percent (100%) of a school year or their regular salary at the time their leave commences for a full school year) will be paid the period authorized by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutySuperintendent, provided that such pay, when added to any program grant or other financial assistance will not exceed the teacher’s regular salary rate; 5. Prior to the granting of a sabbatical leave, a teacher agrees to shall enter into a written agreement with the Superintendent that upon termination of such authorized leave, he/she will return to employment service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Franklin School System for a period of one two (12) year. Should years, in addition to a written contract with the teacher not return to Superintendent on the service of the Board, terms by which the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for go on sabbatical leave., and that, in default of completing said minimum service, or failing to live up to all aspects of the written contract, he/she shall refund to the Town of Franklin, an amount of money equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed, bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered; H. 6. Upon his or her return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will teacher’s salary shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher same as he/she would have achieved received had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencehis or her leave been spent in the Franklin School System, and he/she shall be returned to the same position which he or she held at the time said leave commenced, if available, or if not, to a substantially equivalent position.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical Sabbatical leaves will be granted for an organized program of professional advancement to members of the Association by the Superintendent. Such leaves are designed to improve the quality of education in the Northborough Public Schools, thus increasing the benefits accruing to the pupils. Sabbatical leaves will be subject to the following conditions: 1. The teacher shall have completed at least seven (7) full consecutive school years of employment. 2. No more than two (2) teachers in the system will be granted sabbatical leave per school year, and no more than fifteen one (151) applicants per yearteacher from a single school may be granted sabbatical leave at any particular time. 3. Requests or notification of intention for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be required by thethe Superintendent no later than December 11, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on 4. In the prior year evaluation event the number of applications received exceeds two (2) teachers in the system or one (1) teacher in any school, the applications will be consideredevaluated in accordance with the following factors: a. the educational value of the proposed program to the Northborough Public Schools; b. the quality of past performance by the teacher; and c. the length of service by the teacher. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system5. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends Upon return to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completedemployment, the teacher shall present to be placed on the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of appropriate step in the work or experience completedsalary schedule as though the employee had not taken leave. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal 6. The teacher will agree in writing that upon termination of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent teacher will return to service in the Northborough Public Schools for a period equal to twice the length of such leave. In default of completing such service, he/she will refund to the Committee an amount equal to such proportion of the executive director salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the Director whole amount of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionservice agreed to be rendered. G. A teacher 7. Teachers on sabbatical leave for one (either for 1) year or one-half [½] of a school (1/2) year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at fifty one-half (501/2) percent of the salary rate which that would regularly accrue during the teacher would have received if period of the teacher had remained on active dutyabsence, provided that such teacher agrees payment, when added to return to employment in grants received, does not exceed the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) yearpresent salary. Should If the teacher not return to the service of the Boardpresent salary is exceeded, the teacher Committee participation will be required to refund reduced by an amount that will maintain the salary granted for sabbatical leavepresent salary. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes 9.1 A sabbatical leave may be granted at the discretion of the Board to any teacher who has taught in the School District for seven (7) years. When a sabbatical is granted the following conditions will apply: X. Xxxxxxxxxx leaves may be granted for programs of professional improvement. Professional improvement may include graduate study, travel, research, or other programs. The Board may award the sabbatical if the leave are request is deemed of value to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence system. The applicant shall provide evidence of ability to complete the tasks, projects or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit programs which form the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in underlying basis for the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree request for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelsabbatical. B. Upon A teacher requesting leave must submit a detailed application to the Board by December 1 for the ensuing school year, with copies of same to the Principal and Superintendent by the same date. This letter should state the reasons for requesting the leave and the place where the activity will take place. The request should provide adequate evidence of preparatory work. C. The Principal and Superintendent will review the application before making a recommendation to the Board. The recommendation may be based on programmatic or financial considerations. Absent a favorable recommendation from both the Principal and the Superintendent the application will not be forwarded to the Board. If the application is recommended, the applicant shall be informed of the Superintendentmeeting at which the Board is scheduled to act on the request, sabbatical leaves and will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearallowed to attend and address the Board. Requests The Board shall notify the teacher of its decision by March 1. If the application of the teacher is denied, the reasons for the denial shall be given in writing. A Board may deny an application for a sabbatical leave for any legal reason, including financial considerations. The decision of the Board shall be final, and not subject to the grievance procedure. D. A teacher must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating employed within the school district on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register time basis for a minimum of twelve seven (127) semester hours per semester unless an exception school years to be eligible to apply for a sabbatical. If a teacher is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the a sabbatical has been completed, the teacher he/she shall present not be eligible to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted apply for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on second sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.another seven

Sabbatical Leaves. A. a. Sabbatical leave requests shall be submitted to the appropriate Xxxx who shall forward the request to the Executive Vice President of Educational Affairs/Chief Learning Officer. The purposes Executive Vice President of a Educational Affairs/Chief Learning Officer shall review and recommend to the President of the College the granting of sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree tenured faculty members for a non-degree vocational teacher; period not to exceed one academic year, and not less than one semester for resident study, research and writing, travel, or other purposes designed to improve the services of the faculty member to the College. Final approval of the faculty member’s leave and plan of study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than will be made by the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon Board upon recommendation of the Superintendent, President of the College. b. A sabbatical leaves will leave may be granted no at the completion of six or more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearyears of full-time service. Requests for A sabbatical leave must granted under this Section shall be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on a bar to any further leave here until after the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed completion of at least six (6) full years of active service additional continuous service. The application for leave shall contain a definite statement of the plan for resident study, research and writing, travel, or other activities to be undertaken, or a combination thereof. If it shall become necessary in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a granting of sabbatical will leaves to choose between two or more applicants whose qualifications are substantially equal, the selection shall be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticaldetermined first on the basis of number of years since the last sabbatical leave taken, and second on the basis of seniority. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. c. A teacher faculty member on sabbatical leave (either shall receive one-half his/her full base salary for an academic year leave or full pay for one-half [½] year sabbatical leave. The number of a school year or for a full school year) faculty members who will be paid by the Board at fifty permitted to take sabbatical leave each academic year shall not exceed three percent (503%) percent of the salary rate faculty members in the College and not more than one from a unit. The deadline date for sabbatical leave applications will be December 1 of the fall semester preceding the academic year in which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees leave is to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) yearoccur. Should the teacher not return to the service The faculty member will be notified of the Board’s decision no later than the following March 31. d. Upon the expiration of leave granted pursuant to this Section, the teacher will faculty member shall be required returned to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.his/her teaching position or its

Sabbatical Leaves. A. X. Xxxxxxxxxx leaves of absence may be granted to members of the Rochester Administrators Association bargaining unit of the Rochester Community School District. The purposes granting of such leave is subject to the approval of the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, when in their considered judgment, the professional competence of the staff member and the general welfare of the public schools will be benefited. B. The rules and regulations of the Rochester Sabbatical Leave Program are authorized and shall be interpreted in accordance with the following Michigan Statutory Provisions and any amendments thereto: 1. Any Board, after an Administrator has been employed at least seven (7) consecutive years by the said Board and at the end of each additional period of seven or more consecutive years of employment, may grant said Administrator a sabbatical leave are for professional improvement for not to enable exceed two (2) semesters at any time, provided that the Administrator holds legal certification. During said sabbatical leave, the Administrator shall be considered to be in the employ of the said Board, shall have a teacher contract, and may be paid compensation as provided in the rules and regulations of said Board; provided, however, that said Board shall not be held liable for death or injuries sustained by the Administrator while on sabbatical leave. 2. Administrators on sabbatical leave shall be allowed credit toward retirement for time spent on such leave in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Board of Control of public school employees’ retirement funds. 3. An Administrator, upon return from a sabbatical leave, shall be restored to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence his/her administrative position or to enable a teacher position of like nature, seniority, status, and pay. Said Administrator shall be entitled to perform participate in a critical area any benefits that may be provided for by rules and regulations of need as well as benefit the teacher personallyBoard pursuant to law (Sec 235, School Code of 1976, - Mich. Comp. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelLaws 1970, 380.1235). B. Upon recommendation C. Any certified administrative employee of the Superintendent, Rochester Community School District who meets the qualifications shall be eligible to apply for sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearleave. Requests A professional certified administrative employee may apply for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by thesubject to the following conditions and requirements: C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher 1. Applicant must have completed at least six seven (67) consecutive years of satisfactory service as a full-time employee in the Rochester Community School District. 2. Subsequent sabbatical leave may be authorized after eligibility has been re- established by service of an additional seven (7) consecutive years of satisfactory service as a full-time employee. 3. A maximum of two (2) semesters per year, not to exceed one (1) member of the administrative staff, may be granted sabbatical leave each year. 4. A sabbatical leave may be granted for a period of not less than one (1) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have term or semester; not had a sabbaticalmore than two (2) consecutive semesters or three (3) consecutive semesters or three (3) consecutive terms. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for 5. As a minimum condition of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted receiving final approval for a sabbatical leave, a staff member shall file with the approved program can be changed only by written consent Secretary of the executive director Board of human resources prior Education, a written agreement stipulating that he/she will remain in the service of the Rochester Community Schools for a period of three (3) years after the expiration of said leave. 6. No professional employee will be granted more than two (2) school years of sabbatical leave (equivalent to July 1 a maximum total of eighty (80) weeks) and a minimum of seven (7) years must elapse before the first and second leave. (See the following sections for conditions governing default of this agreement.) D. The following additional conditions shall prevail with reference to applications for sabbatical leave. 1. Approval of a sabbatical leave by the Board of Education shall be contingent upon securing an employee qualified to assume the applicant’s duties. 2. A sabbatical leave, once granted, may not be terminated before the date of expiration except as otherwise provided, or as otherwise agree upon by the Superintendent and the Board of Education. 3. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all requests for sabbatical leaves of absence. (In the event of rejection, the applicant shall be advised as to the reasons for such action.) 4. Application for a sabbatical leave shall be made in writing not later than March 1, proceeding the school year for which the leave is desired. The application must be accompanied by a statement of a well-conceived plan for spending the leave in a manner calculated to contribute to the professional effectiveness of the applicant and to the best interests of the School District. Said application shall contain a detailed analysis of the program the individual Administrator plans to pursue during his/her absence. No changes in this program shall be made without the consent and knowledge of the Superintendent. 5. In determining his/her recommendation on requests for sabbatical leave, the Superintendent will consider the following items: a. The extent of the applicant’s professional study, growth, contributions and successful service during the preceding seven years. b. The extents to which plans submitted for use of time while on leave are definite and educationally constructive. c. Potential benefit to the District. d. Length of period of uninterrupted service in the Rochester Community Schools. e. Order in which applications are received. E. Requirements and status while on sabbatical leave are defined as follows: 1. The compensation for the staff member on sabbatical leave shall be one- half (1/2) of the Administrator’s base salary he/she would receive if on active staff status for the period in which the leave is effective. 2. Payment of salary to a staff member on sabbatical leave shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Board for payment of salary to the members of the professional staff. 3. A term of sabbatical leave shall entitle an employee to an automatic salary schedule increment at the beginning of the next full year of school following his/her return to service in the system. 4. A sabbatical leave granted to a regular employee of the professional staff shall also operate as a leave of absence without pay from all other school activities. 5. Payment of hospitalization for the staff member on sabbatical leave will be in accordance with school Board Policy of the active staff status for the period in which the leave is effective. F. Sabbatical leaves will be granted for the following purposes: 1. For work on advanced degree. 2. Independent research which must be under the supervision of the School District or an accredited college or university. 3. Any other reasons, such as travel or writing, must be approved by the Superintendent. G. An employee on sabbatical leave shall furnish as many reports as the Superintendent deems necessary or reasonable to determine that the employee is fulfilling the Agreement and all the requirements of the leave. In the event that the Superintendent will find the employee is not fulfilling the Agreement or is dilatory in any respect, the entire sum paid to the employee by the Board shall become due and all future payments shall cease. An employee shall not be considered as having completed the requirements of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical leave until a final report has been completedapproved by the Superintendent. At his/her discretion, the teacher Superintendent may require proof that the program as outlined by the applicant has been followed. When approved by the Superintendent, these final reports shall present be transmitted to the Director Board of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionEducation. G. A teacher on H. Status upon returning from sabbatical leave. 1. At the expiration of a sabbatical leave, highest consideration will be given to restore returned employee to original or comparable position. 2. Each applicant must agree to return to service in the Rochester Community Schools District immediately upon termination of sabbatical leave (either and to continue in such service for one-half [½] a period of three years, unless physical disability makes this impossible or there is mutual agreement to the contrary. A signed agreement in the format of a school year or for promissory note shall stipulate that the failure of the Administrator to provide such service shall result in the obligation to reimburse the District a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent proportional part of the salary rate which paid to him/her during sabbatical leave determined by the teacher would have received if fraction of the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees three years not service following the leave. This indebtedness is to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for be discharged within a period of one (1) year. Should The provisions of this paragraph may be waived at the teacher not return to the service discretion of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leaveBoard of Education. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are of up to enable one year may be granted to a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit by the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit Board on the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the SuperintendentSuperintendent for study, sabbatical for travel, or other activities of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions: 1. The teacher has completed at least seven (7) full teaching years of service in the Bernards Township School District. Such years need not be consecutive. 2. Such leaves will shall be granted to no more than fifteen two (152) applicants per yeareligible teachers at any one time. 3. Requests for sabbatical such leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing no later than March 15, in such forms as may be mutually agreed upon by thethe Superintendent and the Association. Action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 15 preceding the school year for which the leave is requested. C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating 4. The teacher shall enter into a contract to continue in the service of the Bernards Township School District for a period of at least two (2) years after the expiration of such leave. The teacher shall execute a promissory note equivalent to the payment received while on the prior year evaluation leave. This note will be considereddischarged at a rate of fifty percent (50%) after completion of one (1) year of service to the Board, and completely discharged after two (2) years. The teacher shall not be considered to be in violation of this provision in the event that failure to return to employment with the Bernards Township District is caused by the death of the teacher or the disability of the teacher as certified by the trustees of the Teacher Pension and Annuity Fund. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. B. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by the Board at the rate of seventy-five percent (75%) times one-half of his/her base salary for a half year's sabbatical leave or fifty percent (50%) percent of the times his/her full year's salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) full year's leave. Should Such payments shall be made in accordance with the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leavenormal pay schedule. H. C. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a the teacher will shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of his/her absence. He/she shall continue as an employee in the Bernards Township System for a minimum of two years unless the parties mutually agree otherwise. Upon return, the teacher shall submit to the Superintendent a written report summarizing such activities while on such leave. This is not to be considered a request for approval. D. During the period of the leave, the Board shall maintain the teacher's pension payments based upon his/her full salary.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes School Committee may grant sabbatical leaves under the following provisions: 1. Recommendations of a the Superintendent of Schools. 2. No more than 2% of the teaching staff will be absent on sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelat any one time. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year3. Requests for sabbatical leave expressing an intention must be received by the Superintendent no later than November 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. However, all requests for sabbatical leave which express intent only must be confirmed by the applicant as a firm request no later than five (5) school days prior to the Annual Town Meeting of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. Any teacher who requests a sabbatical leave shall first present such request in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligibleform of a written proposal to the Superintendent of Schools. Such proposal shall include, among other things, a statement of the project or training which the teacher shall undertake during the time of the sabbatical leave. Thereafter, a teacher must have who is a candidate for a sabbatical leave shall be required to appear before the Committee and to make a verbal presentation to the Committee regarding such written proposal which shall also be submitted for review by the Committee. 4. The teacher has completed at least six (6) consecutive full school years of service in the Xxxxxxxx School System. In computing full years of active service in service, ninety-one days are continuous with the Xxxxxxxxx County remaining five (5) full school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalyears of service. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources5. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the their regular salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutyrate, provided that such pay when added to any program grant will not exceed the regular salary rate. 6. The teacher agrees will agree to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Xxxxxxxx School System for two (2) full years in the same position. 7. All benefits to which a period of one (1) year. Should teacher was entitled at the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher time his sabbatical leave commenced will be required restored to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leavehim upon his return. H. Upon return from 8. During the sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absenceteacher's benefits shall continue.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a A sabbatical leave are not to enable exceed one (1) cumulative calendar year, may be granted to an administrator at the discretion of the Board for completing residency requirements for a teacher to pursue an activity that doctoral degree or for other reasons which will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area schools and the pupils of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration District in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area opinion of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelBoard. B. Upon recommendation of Sabbatical leave may be granted, subject to the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will following conditions: 1. Sabbatical leave may be granted no more than fifteen to a maximum of one administrator at any one time. 2. The administrator must have completed at least seven (157) applicants per yearconsecutive years of service in the Sparta School District in a position requiring certification. 3. Requests for a sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in such manner as indicated in the Xxxxxxxxx County administrative directives of the district, no later than April 1, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than May 1, of the school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register year preceding the school year for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After which the sabbatical has been completed, leave is requested. The application shall contain the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed.following information: X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 a. A detailed description of the sabbatical year. After study program and its significance as a contribution to the district. b. The relationship of the study program to the applicant’s long range professional objectives. c. A detailed description of all other financial support expected during the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionleave. G. A teacher d. Or other information as may be required by the Superintendent. 4. An administrator on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will shall be paid by at the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary full rate which the teacher he/she would have received if the teacher he/she had remained on active dutyduty except if a sabbatical is due to a fellowship or grant, provided that such teacher agrees he/she will receive the difference in salary equal to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leavefull rate. H. 5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will an administrator shall be placed on the salary schedule guide at the level the teacher which he/she would have achieved had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of his/her absence. 6. The employee is expected to return to service in the district for not less than three (3) years upon completion of the leave, and shall sign a promissory note for the amount of salary received or to be received as a condition for receiving the sabbatical leave. This note shall automatically expire at the end of the three years of employment following completion of the leave, unless the parties mutually agree otherwise.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes Upon approval by the Superintendent of a Schools, sabbatical leave are may be granted for study, travel, or other professional improvement to enable a teacher members of the administrative staff subject to pursue an activity that the following conditions: A. No more than five (5) Administrators of the administrative staff will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelabsent on sabbatical leave at any one time. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing by thewriting, in such form as he/she may require, no later than April 30th of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested; and action must be taken on all such requests no later than thirty (30) days from the date of application. C. No applicant with To be eligible for sabbatical leave, an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher Administrator must have completed at least six seven (67) consecutive full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher Fall River School System. D. Administrators who has completed are granted sabbatical leaves for half a sabbatical year will be considered only after all applicants paid 50 percent (50%) of their regular salary during their sabbatical leave. Administrators who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register are granted sabbatical leaves for a minimum full year shall receive 50 percent (50%) of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher their regular yearly salary while on sabbatical leave unless they have eleven (either for one-half [½] 11) or more years of a school year or for a full school yearservice, in which case they shall receive 60 percent (60%) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the their regular yearly salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained while on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. E. Upon his/her return from sabbatical leave, a teacher an Administrator’s salary will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher same as that which he/she would have achieved received had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencehis/her leave been spent in the Fall River School System; and he/she will return to a comparable position. However, this provision will not prevent an Administrator on sabbatical leave from applying for and being appointed to any other position with or without an increased salary differential. For the purposes of this Section, the term “comparable position” means a position which is within the same administrative classification but which may be at a different location (for example, a Middle School Assistant Principal at Middle School A shall return to work as a Middle School Assistant Principal, but he/she may be assigned to Middle School B). X. Xxxxx to the granting of sabbatical leave, an Administrator shall enter into a written agreement with the School Committee that, upon the termination of such leave, he/she will return to service in the Fall River School System for a period equal to double the length of the sabbatical leave. In default of completing such service, he/she shall refund to the School Committee an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered, as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered unless said default is due to illness, disability, discharge, death or other circumstances beyond the control of the individual. G. The Association shall have the right to directly recommend an individual to the Superintendent for a sabbatical leave provided the five (5) administrator limitation, set out above, has not been exhausted.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. Sabbatical leaves of absence may be granted to members of the Rochester Administrators Association bargaining unit of the Rochester Community School District. The purposes granting of such leave is subject to the approval of the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, when in their considered judgment, the professional competence of the staff member and the general welfare of the public schools will be benefited. B. The rules and regulations of the Rochester Sabbatical Leave Program are authorized and shall be interpreted in accordance with the following Michigan Statutory Provisions and any amendments thereto: 1. Any Board, after an Administrator has been employed at least seven (7) consecutive years by the said Board and at the end of each additional period of seven or more consecutive years of employment, may grant said Administrator a sabbatical leave are for professional improvement for not to enable exceed two (2) semesters at any time, provided that the Administrator holds legal certification. During said sabbatical leave, the Administrator shall be considered to be in the employ of the said Board, shall have a teacher contract, and may be paid compensation as provided in the rules and regulations of said Board; provided, however, that said Board shall not be held liable for death or injuries sustained by the Administrator while on sabbatical leave. 2. Administrators on sabbatical leave shall be allowed credit toward retirement for time spent on such leave in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Board of Control of public school employees’ retirement funds. 3. An Administrator, upon return from a sabbatical leave, shall be restored to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence his/her administrative position or to enable a teacher position of like nature, seniority, status, and pay. Said Administrator shall be entitled to perform participate in a critical area any benefits that may be provided for by rules and regulations of need as well as benefit the teacher personallyBoard pursuant to law (Sec 235, School Code of 1976, - Mich. Comp. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelLaws 1970, 380.1235). B. Upon recommendation C. Any certified administrative employee of the Superintendent, Rochester Community School District who meets the qualifications shall be eligible to apply for sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per yearleave. Requests A professional certified administrative employee may apply for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by thesubject to the following conditions and requirements: C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher 1. Applicant must have completed at least six seven (67) consecutive years of satisfactory service as a full-time employee in the Rochester Community School District. 2. Subsequent sabbatical leave may be authorized after eligibility has been re- established by service of an additional seven (7) consecutive years of satisfactory service as a full-time employee. 3. A maximum of two (2) semesters per year, not to exceed one (1) member of the administrative staff, may be granted sabbatical leave each year. 4. A sabbatical leave may be granted for a period of not less than one (1) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have term or semester; not had a sabbaticalmore than two (2) consecutive semesters or three (3) consecutive semesters or three (3) consecutive terms. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for 5. As a minimum condition of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted receiving final approval for a sabbatical leave, a staff member shall file with the approved program can be changed only by written consent Secretary of the executive director Board of human resources prior Education, a written agreement stipulating that he/she will remain in the service of the Rochester Community Schools for a period of three (3) years after the expiration of said leave. 6. No professional employee will be granted more than two (2) school years of sabbatical leave (equivalent to July 1 a maximum total of eighty (80) weeks) and a minimum of seven (7) years must elapse before the first and second leave. (See the following sections for conditions governing default of this agreement.) D. The following additional conditions shall prevail with reference to applications for sabbatical leave. 1. Approval of a sabbatical leave by the Board of Education shall be contingent upon securing an employee qualified to assume the applicant’s duties. 2. A sabbatical leave, once granted, may not be terminated before the date of expiration except as otherwise provided, or as otherwise agree upon by the Superintendent and the Board of Education. 3. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all requests for sabbatical leaves of absence. (In the event of rejection, the applicant shall be advised as to the reasons for such action.) 4. Application for a sabbatical leave shall be made in writing not later than March 1, proceeding the school year for which the leave is desired. The application must be accompanied by a statement of a well-conceived plan for spending the leave in a manner calculated to contribute to the professional effectiveness of the applicant and to the best interests of the School District. Said application shall contain a detailed analysis of the program the individual Administrator plans to pursue during his/her absence. No changes in this program shall be made without the consent and knowledge of the Superintendent. 5. In determining his/her recommendation on requests for sabbatical leave, the Superintendent will consider the following items: a. The extent of the applicant’s professional study, growth, contributions and successful service during the preceding seven years. b. The extents to which plans submitted for use of time while on leave are definite and educationally constructive. c. Potential benefit to the District. d. Length of period of uninterrupted service in the Rochester Community Schools. e. Order in which applications are received. E. Requirements and status while on sabbatical leave are defined as follows: 1. The compensation for the staff member on sabbatical leave shall be one- half (1/2) of the Administrator’s base salary he/she would receive if on active staff status for the period in which the leave is effective. 2. Payment of salary to a staff member on sabbatical leave shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Board for payment of salary to the members of the professional staff. 3. A term of sabbatical leave shall entitle an employee to an automatic salary schedule increment at the beginning of the next full year of school following his/her return to service in the system. 4. A sabbatical leave granted to a regular employee of the professional staff shall also operate as a leave of absence without pay from all other school activities. 5. Payment of hospitalization for the staff member on sabbatical leave will be in accordance with school Board Policy of the active staff status for the period in which the leave is effective. F. Sabbatical leaves will be granted for the following purposes: 1. For work on advanced degree. 2. Independent research which must be under the supervision of the School District or an accredited college or university. 3. Any other reasons, such as travel or writing, must be approved by the Superintendent. G. An employee on sabbatical leave shall furnish as many reports as the Superintendent deems necessary or reasonable to determine that the employee is fulfilling the Agreement and all the requirements of the leave. In the event that the Superintendent will find the employee is not fulfilling the Agreement or is dilatory in any respect, the entire sum paid to the employee by the Board shall become due and all future payments shall cease. An employee shall not be considered as having completed the requirements of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical leave until a final report has been completedapproved by the Superintendent. At his/her discretion, the teacher Superintendent may require proof that the program as outlined by the applicant has been followed. When approved by the Superintendent, these final reports shall present be transmitted to the Director Board of Human Resources adequate verification of program completionEducation. G. A teacher on H. Status upon returning from sabbatical leave. 1. At the expiration of a sabbatical leave, highest consideration will be given to restore returned employee to original or comparable position. 2. Each applicant must agree to return to service in the Rochester Community Schools District immediately upon termination of sabbatical leave (either and to continue in such service for one-half [½] a period of three years, unless physical disability makes this impossible or there is mutual agreement to the contrary. A signed agreement in the format of a school year or for promissory note shall stipulate that the failure of the Administrator to provide such service shall result in the obligation to reimburse the District a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent proportional part of the salary rate which paid to him/her during sabbatical leave determined by the teacher would have received if fraction of the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees three years not service following the leave. This indebtedness is to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for be discharged within a period of one (1) year. Should The provisions of this paragraph may be waived at the teacher not return to the service discretion of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leaveBoard of Education. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. In the interest of rewarding professional performance and encouraging independent research, achievement, and professional growth, the Superintendent shall adhere to the following policies in respect to granting sabbatical leaves as recommended by the Superintendent. A. The purposes Normally no more than one (1) teacher of a the professional staff shall be absent on sabbatical leave are at any one time; said leave to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit run concurrently with the normal school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travelyear. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx be eligible, a teacher must Only those persons who have completed at least six (6) full years on the professional staff in the Granby Public Schools shall be eligible for sabbatical leave. C. Any member who desires to apply for sabbatical leave shall make such application on an application form devised by the Superintendent and shall submit such application to the Superintendent by November 30, if the leave is to commence the following September. D. In passing on an application for sabbatical year, the Superintendent will apply the following criteria: years of active service in of applicant, type of research or study planned, educational value of proposed research or study to the Xxxxxxxxx County Granby Public schools, relationship to professional growth of applicant, urgency of proposed research or study, and distribution of candidates by school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical levels (i.e., elementary, junior high and senior high). E. Each applicant will be considered only after all applicants who have notified not had a sabbaticallater than January 3, of the Superintendent's decision. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for F. Any member accepting sabbatical leave shall enter into a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by written agreement with the Director of Human Resources. After Granby Public Schools in accordance with M.G.L. c71, s41A. G. When the sabbatical leave has been completed, the teacher shall present to sabbatical scholar shall, if requested, submit a report of his/her research or study in such form as has been determined by the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completedSuperintendent. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for Each member granted a sabbatical leave, leave shall have the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees right to return to employment in a position substantially equivalent to his/her former position. The employee will be entitled to any position that he/she would have been entitled to had he/she not taken the Xxxxxxxxx County school system for leave. I. A sabbatical scholar on a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical year leave, a teacher will be placed on shall receive one­half (1/2) salary including the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absencecurrent increment.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, sabbatical leaves will be granted no more than fifteen (15) applicants per year. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received in writing by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating on the prior year evaluation will be considered. X. Xx D. To be eligible, a teacher must have completed at least six (6) full years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx Frederick County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbatical. X. Xx E. An applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx F. An applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active duty, provided that such teacher agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx Frederick County school system for a period of one (1) year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. H. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the teacher would have achieved had the teacher remained actively employed in the system during the period of absence.

Sabbatical Leaves. A. The purposes of a sabbatical leave are to enable a teacher to pursue an activity that will benefit the school system by enhanced professional competence or to enable a teacher to perform in a critical area of need as well as benefit the teacher personally. Such activities might be study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in the individual's current teaching field and/or certification areas or study leading to a bachelor’s degree for a non-degree vocational teacher; or study leading to a graduate degree with concentration in an area of specialization other than the current teaching field and/or certification areas or travel. B. Upon recommendation approval of the SuperintendentSuperintendent of Schools, sabbatical leaves will be granted no for study or travel to a member of the teaching staff. A committee will be appointed consisting of three (3) members chosen by the School Committee and three (3) members chosen by the Teachers Association to assist the Superintendent in making his decision under this section. The sabbatical leaves are subject to the following conditions: 1. No more than fifteen one (151) applicants per yearpercent of the teaching staff will be absent on sabbatical leave at any one time. 2. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent of Schools in writing in such form as may be required by the C. No applicant with an unsatisfactory rating the Superintendent of Schools no later than December 31, and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April l of the prior school year evaluation will be consideredpreceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. X. Xx be eligible, a 3. The teacher must have has completed at least six five (65) consecutive full school years of active service in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system. A teacher who has completed a sabbatical will be considered only after all applicants who have not had a sabbaticalWestfield School System. X. Xx applicant who intends to study must register for a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours per semester unless an exception is granted by the Director of Human Resources4. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the executive director of Human Resources adequate verification of the work or experience completed. X. Xx applicant who intends to pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program. If the applicant is accepted for a sabbatical leave, the approved program can be changed only by written consent of the executive director of human resources prior to July 1 of the sabbatical year. After the sabbatical has been completed, the teacher shall present to the Director of Human Resources adequate verification of program completion. G. A teacher Teachers on sabbatical leave (either for one-half [½] of a school year or for a full school year) will be paid by the Board at fifty (50) percent of the their regular salary rate which the teacher would have received if the teacher had remained on active dutyrate, provided that such pay when added to any program grant will not exceed the regular salary rate. 5. The teacher agrees will agree to return to employment in the Xxxxxxxxx County school system Westfield School System for a period of one (1) full year in a semester's leave or two (2) full years in the event of a full year. Should the teacher not return to the service of the Board, the teacher will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical 's leave. H. Upon return 6. If the teacher does not perform this Agreement, he/she shall repay to the City of Westfield in a sum representing one-twentieth (1/20th) of the total salary received while on sabbatical leave of absence for each month of the two (2) year period following the sabbatical leave that said teacher does not perform his/her duties for the Westfield Public Schools; provided, however, that the teacher may be released from such payment if his/her failure to serve the two (2) years as stipulated be due to his/her illness, disability, or death, or if he/she be discharged from his/her duties by the Westfield School Committee. A teacher returning from sabbatical leave, a teacher will leave shall be placed on the step of the salary schedule at the level the teacher he/she would have achieved attained had the teacher he/she remained actively employed in the system school system. 7. The School Committee shall not be required to restore an employee on leave to his previous or a similar position if other employees of equal length of service credit and status in the same or similar position have been laid off due to economic conditions or other changes in operating conditions affecting employment during the period of absencesuch leave; provided, however, that such employee on leave shall retain any preferential consideration for another position to which he may be entitled as of the date of his leave. The pay-back provision of Paragraph 6 will be held in abeyance during the recall period.