[1150th BOR meeting, May 24, 2001] The entitlement to academic leave shall apply to faculty administrators with 9-12 units of administrative load. An annual academic leave of ten (10) working days is given to faculty administrators to:
- enable them to pursue their intellectual interests while performing administrative functions; and
- somehow compensate for the loss in research time they would otherwise enjoy as faculty without any administrative load.
The terms of the academic leave shall be as follows:
- Only faculty members with an administrative load of nine (9) to twelve (12) units shall be entitled to an annual academic leave.
- The administrator may enjoy 10 working days of academic leave for every year s/he has 9-12 units of administrative load. When administrative service is less than a year, the academic leave shall be pro-rated accordingly.
- The academic leave shall not be cumulative (i.e., may not be charged to leave credit) and may not be monetized. But the administrator may spread out the leave in one (1) year, provided his/her administrative duties shall not be prejudiced.
- Should a faculty administrator avail of academic leave and then resign from office, the leave shall be charged against his/her regular leave credit.
- The academic leave shall be enjoyed in addition to the fifteen (15) days of vacation leave. As in the case of vacation leave, the faculty administrator shall apply for academic leave.