Common use of Persons Entitled Clause in Contracts

Persons Entitled. Any employee who has completed ten (10) years of satisfactory service in Pennsylvania, at least five (5) consecutive years of which have been in the District, shall be entitled to a leave of absence for professional development or a sabbatical leave for restoration of health or at the discretion of the Board of School directors for other purposes. Such leave for professional development or sabbatical leave for restoration of health shall be for half (1/2) or full school term, or for two (2) half school terms during a period of two (2) years. If a sabbatical leave is requested because of an illness of an employee, a leave shall be granted for a period equivalent to a half (1/2) of a school term or equivalent of two half (1/2) school terms during the period of two (2) years. Further, if a sabbatical leave for restoration of health or leave of absence for professional development for one-half (1/2) school term or its equivalent has been granted and the employee is unable to return to school service because of illness or physical disability, the employee, upon written request prior to the expiration of the original leave, shall be entitled to a further leave for one-half (1/2) school term or its equivalent. Provided further that, if a leave for a full-school term or its equivalent has been granted and the employee is unable to return to school service because of illness or physical disability, the Board of School Directors may extend such leave for such periods as it, in its discretion, may determine but not to exceed one (1) full-school term or its equivalent. Following the first leave, a leave of absence for professional development or a sabbatical leave for restoration of health shall be allowed after each seven (7) years of satisfactory service.