An employee may attend once the written agreement is executed. Employees will be selected to participate in this program on an annual basis. Therefore, allocation of funding in any given year will be at the discretion of the sponsoring institution. A participant may obtain release time from all or part of current duties to pursue furtherance of educational goals including research, expenses related to a professional meeting to present a paper or other similar activities. Flextime or flexible hours work week may be available to certain employees.
Release time is based upon the number of hours taken by the participant each semester.
Funds for release time are granted to each participant from the desegregation appropriation and the general campus operating budget as noted above. The unused portion of the participant's salary remaining in the general campus operating budget is then used to hire student workers, part-time help, etc., to cover the work while the participant is in class. Mileage will be reimbursed for travel expenses for attending any class pursuant to the participant's approved course of study. This provision applies only to participant's approved course of study. This provision applies only to participants whose round trip mileage exceeds 50 miles.