§26.1 School Calendars

Labor/management committees will discuss school calendars for institution teachers including their duration and their starting and ending dates.

§26.2 Payroll

1. Any full-time teacher in a State institution as defined in Section 136 of the Civil Service Law shall be given the option to receive biweekly salary payments either over the 10-month school year or over the calendar year.

2. An eligible employee electing to receive salary payments over the calendar year shall notify the appropriate payroll office in writing between July 15 and August 15 of each year. Such election shall remain in effect each year unless the employee withdraws the election during the July 15-August 15 period of a subsequent year. Notifications shall be in effect for the entire school year and may not be withdrawn during the school year.

§26.3 Special Holidays

Employees serving as institution teachers at times other than during the normal 10-month school year shall not lose pay for days which have been declared by the State, as employer, to be special holidays provided such employees were scheduled to work on such days.

§26.4 Leave

Effective April 1, 1995, the State agrees to provide each institution teacher a maximum of three days of leave with pay during each school year for religious observance, teacher conferences, professional meetings, extraordinary or emergency absences or other personal use. Such leave shall be approved on request insofar as it would not interfere with the proper conduct of governmental functions. Employees on leave as hereinabove provided shall not be required to make up such time off by adjustments in their daily or weekly work schedules. Institution teachers shall not be allowed any other time off with pay for such purposes except as provided by Section 12.15.