3.35.1 Personal Leave
Full-time faculty who miss assigned classes, office hours, or other duties due to illness or injury will report and be assessed sick leave for time missed, even in those instances when their teaching assignments, committee responsibilities, etc., are absorbed by colleagues. See Chapter X, Section 10.35, for the policy on sick leave accrual.
Requests for, or reports of, sick leave shall be submitted to the department head when the faculty member plans to be absent or has been absent due to illness or an emergency. Such requests or reports shall be made and recorded in increments of no less than fifteen (15) minutes.
If the illness or injury extends past two (2) weeks, the faculty member will report eight (8) hours of sick leave per day beginning with the third week. When it becomes necessary to cover the extended absence of an ill or injured faculty member, persons providing class coverage shall receive one of the following forms of compensation: 1) pro-rated overload pay if the person providing class coverage is already assigned a twelve (12)-hour load for the semester, or 2) a reduced load for the following semester.
Effective Date
Approved by Board of Curators: January 15, 2026