(2) Subsequent Eligibility: An employee is again eligible to apply for subsequent sabbatical leave upon serving seven additional years in an administrative position following the completion of his last sabbatical leave, C. Responsibilities The recipient of a sabbatical leave must agree to return to the service of the College immediately following the completion of his leave, or at a time otherwise acceptable to the College. The recipient must also agree to serve for at least five years in full-time professional capacity or reimburse the College the gross salary paid him during the time of leave. Faculty Sabbatical Leave A. Importance of Sabbaticals – Sabbatical leave is an important part of a comprehensive college professional development program for its faculty and administrators, which contributes to the scholarly growth and/or effectiveness of educators and administrators. Sabbatical leave is for a half or full year. Approval of sabbatical leave proposals should be granted on the merits of the proposalsand generally should not be denied for financial reasons, except in circumstances where the College is in a period of financial exigency. The College should strive to support all meritorious sabbatical proposals, which are to be funded from the annual professional development funds allocated for faculty and administrators. Assuming that annually one or more meritorious sabbatical proposals are submitted, the College should fund at least one proposal to clearly denote the importance of these unique development opportunities. B. Eligibility – An employee must be either a full-time tenured faculty member (any rank) or an administrator (generally at the director or dean level). Sabbaticalleave should apply only to those employees who have served the College for six (6) or more years. C. Purpose of a Sabbatical – Sabbatical leave should be made available for the pursuit of formal graduate level study, usually, but not always, associated withan advanced degree, as well as training, research or professional writing related to a person’s HCC duties or other activities that would mutually benefit the employee and the College. D. Pay During Sabbatical Leave – Sabbatical leave may be paid or unpaid. 1. An unpaid sabbatical would meet all of the rationale that applies to a paid sabbatical in regard to a unique professional development opportunity, but the employee requesting the sabbatical leave may accept short term employment with another entity during the sabbatical and for this or some other reason does not need their College salary continued during the leave period. 2. A paid sabbatical leave would be either a full salary for one semester or half salary for a full year.
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