Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The board of education of
_________________________________________, New Mexico, hereinafter referred to
as board, and ____________________________________________________, certified
(licensed) employee, herein referred to as employee, agree:
(1) Employee desires to take a sabbatical
leave for the purposes of study or travel related to employee's duties. The
program of study or travel proposed by employee, a copy of which is attached as
exhibit I, his been reviewed and approved by the board.
(2) The board desires that employee be
granted the sabbatical leave because the employee's sabbatical leave program
has been shown to be related to the employee's duties and to be of direct
benefit to the school district. A copy of the statement of the superintendent
of the ___________ school district explaining how the employee's program is
related to employee's duties and how it will directly benefit the school
district is attached is exhibit II.
(3) The term of this contract shall be from
__________________, _______ to ________________, ______.
(4) The parties certify that the employee has
completed ____ years of continuous service in a certified capacity as an
employee of the ______________ school district.
(5) Employee agrees that upon completion of
the sabbatical leave period herein provided, employee will return to (his)
(her) duties with the _______________ school district for two (2) years
following the leave. If employee fails to fulfill this requirement, employee
agrees to repay in full to the school district the salary received during the
period of leave, such repayment being liquidated damages for breach of the
contract.
(6) Upon return to the
school system on completion of the sabbatical leave period, employee will be
placed in an equivalent or better position by the board.
(7) The board will treat the sabbatical leave
period as part of the employee's length of service in the computation of future
length of service increments, if the board provides for such increments in its
salary schedule.
(8) During the
period of leave the employee may continue participation in the education
retirement plan by making appropriate contributions as agreed by the board and
the educational retirement board.
(9) The board agrees to pay the employee an
amount equal to ____ per cent of employee's regular salary, said payment to be
made in the following manner: [Use one of the following:]
(a) one-half (1/2) to be paid at the end of
the first year after return and one-half (1/2) at the end of the second year
after return; OR
(b) during the
term of the leave upon the furnishing of security satisfactory to the board
assuring the employee's remaining in the system for two (2) years after the
leave or repayment to the school district of the salary received during the
period of leave.
B. This contract must be approved by the
secretary of education or (his) (her) designee before it becomes binding on
either of the parties. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF _________________ BY:
_______________________ President _________________ Date of Execution
____________________ Secretary _____________________Date of Execution
____________ Employee ________________________
Date of Execution _______________.
