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The basic procedures for granting sabbaticals to the university and Sabbatical Leave Committee (SLC) in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between APSCUF and the State System of High Education, Article XVIII, Section A: Sabbatical Leaves. Additionally the following will apply:

The SLC will forward to the Provost, with copies to the appropriate chairpersons and deans, a list of those requesting sabbatical leaves.

3. Requests for sabbatical leaves are not carried over to succeeding years. All faculty members who wish to renew their request for a sabbatical leave must submit a new request form. In all instances, such requests shall be considered without prejudice.

4. Requests for sabbatical leaves will be reviewed:

1. on the basis of academic and professional merit.
2. on the basis of years of service to Clarion University and the State System of Higher Education in Pennsylvania accumulated toward a sabbatical considering previous sabbatical leaves or academic leaves with pay.

6. Summer sabbaticals will be granted upon justification, particularly that the nature of the work be completed is best accomplished during summer or if there are compelling departmental programmatic reasons for recommending that the leave be taken during the summer.

7. All sabbatical leave applicants shall have the option of appearing before the SLC in order to support their requests for leave.

8. The SLC will review the applications and forward to the President by June 1 the full list of applicants with its recommendations in priority order and shall notify each applicant of its recommendations.

9. In any given year, the University will grant sabbatical leaves of absence to 5% of the faculty on a headcount basis without deviation from the priority list of the SLC. The President may award another 2% from the remainder of the list at his/her sole discretion. For the purpose of counting total headcount of faculty will only include tenured plus probationary.

10. The President shall notify applicants on the final status of their request by August 1.

11. Requests for changes by faculty after August 1 must be submitted in writing to the President for approval.

12. Written Sabbatical Leave Reports must be submitted to the President by the end of the first semester after the completion of the sabbatical leave.

Signed by:

Dr. Diane L. Reinhard, President of Clarion University – December 19, 1991
Dr. Robert S. Balough, President of APSCU – December 18, 1991

The agreement shall become effective with the 1991-1992 academic year. This agreement may be changed by mutual consent of both parties. The attached sabbatical leave Rating Form and the Request for Sabbatical Leave of Absence Form are part of this agreement.

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