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 8.3 Terms of Sabbatical Leave 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 8.4 Local Application and Review Procedures 48 Committee Recommendation 48 Recommendations – VPAA 48 Notification of Action 49 Final Recommendations 49
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 Application may be made for the purpose of pursuing a substantial project designed to yield publishable results and/or enhance competency as a scholar or teacher. 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. A.2.c A committee will be established under the governance structure of each College/University to review the academic merits of each application and make recommendations to the President. The UNION shall have the right to appoint one employee observer to such committee. The committee shall conduct its review an make its recommendations by no later than March 1st of the year involved.
State Contract Article XXVII. A.2.d The President shall take into consideration the recommendations of the committee and shall make recommendations for approval or disapproval to the Board of Trustees.
State Contract Article XXVII. B.1 Half-year leaves shall be at the rate of three-quarters (3/4) salary.
State Contract Article XXVII. B.2 Full-year leaves shall be at the rate of half (1/2) salary.
State Contract Article XXVII. B.3 For librarians, half-year leaves shall be five (5) months, and full-year leaves ten (10) months.
