(Board Policy 420.1, 420.2; Universitywide Administrative Memorandum 435.2,
435.3; AHRMS Policy Manual 105-10)
You may be granted educational leave, with or without pay, to pursue a
regular full-time course of instruction, provided that your doing so will be
beneficial to the University, and provided the Chancellor approves your
application. On your return, you will be expected to continue to work for the
University for a period at least twice the length of your course of training, or
as required by state statute. If you do not remain with the University for the
agreed-upon period, you will be required to pay the University the total cost or
a proportionate share of the cost of the out-service training and any
compensation paid during the training period. A written contract will be drawn
up setting forth the terms of your leave, to be signed by you and the
Chancellor. You will retain all of the rights you held in your position at the
time leave was granted, including the right to reinstatement to that position or
a comparable position on your return. The amount of salary paid during the
training period will be agreed upon by you and the Chancellor, but it may not
exceed your regular salary. Payments for tuition, fees, books and transportation
may be made only if the funds have been specifically appropriated by the
Arkansas General Assembly for those purposes.
If you are a non-classified employee, and if you make arrangements to do so
in advance, you may, with the permission of the President, use your accumulated
annual leave for graduate study. Your accrued annual leave with pay may be
accumulated for two calendar years preceding the date of your leave for graduate
study, if the leave is used by January 1 of the third year. Your request must be
made in writing, in advance of your accruing the annual leave.
7.14
Updated
7/1/2006