State Contract Article XXVII. Eligibility – Application – Approval 46 State Contract Article XXVII.A.1 46
State Contract Article XXVII. A.2.a 46 State Contract Article XXVII.A.2.b 46
State Contract Article XXVII. A.2.c 46 State Contract Article XXVII.A.2.d 47 State Contract Article XXVII.B.2 47 State Contract Article XXVII.B.3 47 State Contract Article XXVII.B.4 47 State Contract Article XXVII.B.5 47 State Contract Article XXVII.B.6 47 State Contract Article XXVII.B.7 47 State Contract Article XXVII.B.8 48
State Contract Article XXVII. A.1 The STATE agrees to continue, as herein modified, a sabbatical leave program. In each year of this Agreement the State Colleges/Universities will be authorized to grant one hundred sixty (160) half-year leaves. At each College/University two (2) half-year leaves maybe combined into one (1) full-year leave. These leaves will be apportioned among the Colleges/Universities on a basis proportional to the number of eligible faculty members and librarians at each College/University with at least six (6) consecutive years of service at a College/University.
State Contract Article XXVII. A.1 All full-time tenured faculty members…and librarians who, as of June 30 prior to the year for which the leave is requested, have completed a period of six (6) or more consecutive years of service at a College/University shall be eligible to apply for a sabbatical leave during the 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, or 2006-2007 academic years. Sabbatical leaves are granted no more frequently than once every seven (7) years.
State Contract Article XXVII. A.2.b Sabbatical leaves may also be granted for the pursuit of an accredited terminal degree program in an appropriate field of study. For faculty in the area of the fine and performing arts, creative work may be considered the equivalent of scholarship.
State Contract Article XXVII. B.1 Half-year leaves shall be at the rate of three-quarters (3/4) salary.
State Contract Article XXVII. Full-year leaves shall be at the rate of half (1/2) salary.
State Contract Article XXVII. For librarians, half-year leaves shall be five (5) months, and full-year leaves ten (10) months.
State Contract Article XXVII. The period of the leave shall be credited for increment purposes, where such credit is relevant.
