A professional staff member may file a formal written request no later than March 15 for a long-term leave of absence. The Board of Directors shall consider such applications and reply by no later than April 15. The following conditions under which leave may be granted are as follows:
1. The employee much have been employed in the school system for at least three (3) years.
2. The leave shall not exceed one (1) school year.
3. The leave must be for educational improvement at an accredited college or university reasonably related to professional responsibilities.
4. The employee will be reemployed in the same positions held prior to the long-term leave or another professionally appropriate position upon
mutual agreement of the administration and the employee.
5. The employee will be returned to the same salary step he/she would have been on when he/she left the system. (For example, a teacher going
on leave of absence the year he/she would advance to the sixth step will return on the sixth step.)
6. The employee must notify the school district, in writing, by March 15 of the year of the leave regarding his/her intention to return.
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Approved: 10-19-99
Reviewed: 12-12-22
Revised:
