FILE:  GBS

Cf:  GBRH

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

It is the policy of the Vermilion Parish School Board that absence from work for the purpose of taking part in activities of professional organizations shall require approval from the Superintendent.  Staff members who accept association offices and/or duties which shall require their absence from school during working hours, or which otherwise shall encroach upon the time they normally spend on their regular assignments, shall be advised to seek approval from the Superintendent before accepting such association offices or duties.

The School Board shall grant a leave of absence without pay to any regularly employed teacher or other employee who is a president of a statewide professional education organization with a membership of more than ten thousand members, during his or her term of office, not to exceed six (6) consecutive years.  The granting of such leave shall not affect any tenure rights which may have been previously acquired.

Adopted:  July 20, 2016

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:1186

Board minutes, 11-10-03, 7-20-16

Vermilion Parish School Board