File:  GCCAF - Professional Staff Sabbatical Leave

Professional staff members with seven (7) or more consecutive years of teaching service in the District may apply for sabbatical leave for the purpose of educational advancement. The professional staff member must not have been granted a sabbatical leave during the five (5) years immediately preceding an application for sabbatical leave. The professional staff member is required to have completed a minimum of three (3) educational growth steps. The Board of Education may grant a professional staff member either one (1) full year sabbatical leave or one (1) semester sabbatical leave per academic year. Such leaves shall be compensated at half salary for the period chosen.

Applications for sabbatical leave shall be filed with the office of superintendent between January 1 and by 4:00 PM on February 1 of the academic year preceding the year for which sabbatical leave is requested.  Applications must show sufficient planning details and benefits to the District to enable the Screening Committee, hereafter referred to the "Committee," to make a sound determination. The Committee shall consider sabbatical leave requests based on the request's merit, however, the Committee shall not be obligated to grant any sabbatical leave request.

Professional staff granted sabbatical leave shall be obligated to return to their positions in the District for no less than two (2) full years immediately following the leave or must reimburse the District for the compensation received during the sabbatical proportionately to the length of the return to service. A professional staff member shall not be eligible for more than one (1) sabbatical leave every five (5) years.

When referring to working conditions, salary or benefits, the current Summit County Education Association Agreement will prevail. If an approved agreement is not in place, these attached policies, regulations and/or exhibits will take their place.

Adopted May 14, 1991
Revised: January 8, 2003
Revised:  October 6, 2022

CROSS REF.:  GCCAA, Professional Staff Annual Leave

GCCAF-R, Professional Staff Sabbatical Leave

GCCB, Administrative Staff Leaves and Absences

Current Summit County Education Association Agreement