The twelve-month period shall coordinate with the beginning of each new academic year. An employee shall be entitled, on return from leave, to be restored to the position held by the employee when the leave commenced, or to an equivalent position with equivalent benefits, pay, and other conditions of employment. For the birth of a child of the employee, and in order to care for such child. Entitlement expires at the end of the twelve-month period beginning on the date of birth. For placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care.
Entitlement expires at the end of the twelve-month period beginning on the date of placement.
Leave Schedule Leave for birth or adoption shall be taken all at one time, not on an intermittent or reduced leave schedule, unless the employee and supervisor or responsible departmental official agree otherwise in writing. In the case of adoption or foster care, leave may begin before the actual placement or adoption of a child if an absence from work is required for the placement to proceed. Under such conditions, the employee may be required to transfer temporarily to an available alternative position with equivalent pay and benefits if the transfer better accommodates recurring periods of leave. The twelve workweeks of family and medical leave to which eligible employees are entitled shall be based on the number of hours in the employee's normal workweek schedule at the percentage of the appointment. Only the amount of leave actually taken may be counted toward the twelve weeks of leave to which an employee is entitled.