An employee is granted leave of absence with pay when called for jury duty. There may be limited occasions when emergencies, personal and business affairs, or related circumstances may require that faculty be granted leave while their classes are in session. For these occasions, full-time faculty may be granted up to a maximum of 18 hours of incidental leave per fiscal year. Incidental leave is not cumulative. Requests for such leave will be approved by the department chair or divisional dean as appropriate.
Advanced approval is required for use of incidental leave except for emergencies.
The College must incur no expense in arranging incidental leave for faculty. Educational leave is for a specified period of more than three weeks. To enable employees to broaden their areas of competence to better meet the needs of the College. Educational leave will not exceed one university semester per calendar year. Disposition of the request will be made expeditiously, and the employee will be kept informed.