II - 2.10(A) - UMB POLICY ON TERMINAL LEAVE FOR FACULTY

(Approved by the President, October, 1992)

The Board of Regents has established a terminal leave policy under which UMB may grant terminal leave to full-time tenured faculty. Terminal leave is a leave of absence with pay which terminates on the effective date of a faculty member's separation from employment with UMB. Terminal leave will be administered to increase institutional flexibility in the management of academic programs. Terminal leave is not a benefit available to all tenured faculty. Terminal leave will be granted at the sole discretion of the President.

I. In deciding whether to grant terminal leave, the President will consider the recommendations of appropriate adminis- trators that terminal leave be granted. Normally these administrators will be the department chairman and the dean. Other administrators (e.g., the Director of MBC) may be involved if state funds within their budgets would be used to support the faculty member on terminal leave. The recommendations must address how granting the terminal leave will afford the institution the opportunity to reassign the position in order to respond to shifting enrollment demands, new program initiatives, changing program emphases, and similar circumstances which make increased flexibility desirable.

II. Only full-time tenured faculty members who have served the institution for a substantial length of time (normally at least seven years) shall be eligible for terminal leave; if awarded, such leave shall be with full salary for a period not to exceed twelve months, or with half salary for a period not to exceed twenty-four months.

III. A faculty member, while on terminal leave, shall:

• A. remain an employee of his or her institution and be subject to all policies of the Board of Regents and the institution;

• B. receive the state supported salary which would have been accorded had he or she remained at the institu- tion;

• C. retain eligibility for all benefits normally associated with full-time (or, where applicable, half-time) employment, with the exception of leave other than earned sick leave;

• D. not be required to perform duties of any kind during the period of leave unless otherwise stipulated; and

• E. sign a "Terminal Leave Agreement" which indicates the state supported salary established under III.B., conta- ins the conditions of the leave, waives all claims arising out of his or her employment, other than those specified in III.C., and also waives all claims to subsequent employment at the institut