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5.15 Professional Leave
The State shall provide to all full time Unit 9 employees sixteen (16) hours per fiscal year (without loss of compensation) for activities to promote professional growth and to enhance professional goals. These activities are at the employee’s expense and therefore the choice of professional growth activity is at the employee’s discretion. This time shall be requested and approved in the same manner as vacation/annual leave and may be used in fifteen (15) minute increments. Such time shall not be accumulated.
Part-time Bargaining Unit 9 employees will receive Professional Leave based on the chart below:
|
Time |
Professional Leave Credit in Hours for |
| 1/10 | .8 |
| 1/8 | 1 |
| 1/5 | 1.6 |
| 1/4 | 2 |
| 3/10 | 2.4 |
| 3/8 | 3 |
| 2/5 | 3.2 |
| 1/2 | 4 |
| 3/5 | 4.8 |
| 5/8 | 5 |
| 7/10 | 5.6 |
| 3/4 | 6 |
| 4/5 | 6.4 |
| 7/8 | 7 |
| 9/10 | 7.2 |
Permanent Intermittent Bargaining Unit 9 employees will receive Professional Leave based on the chart below:
|
Hours Worked |
Professional Leave in Hours for |
| 0 to 10.9 | 0 |
| 11 to 30.9 | 1 |
| 31 to 50.9 | 2 |
| 51 to 70.9 | 3 |
| 71 to 90.9 | 4 |
| 91 to 110.9 | 5 |
| 111 to 130.9 | 6 |
| 131 to 150.9 | 7 |
| 151 and over | 8 |