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5. In the event of the termination of the pregnancy, the member of the unit may make a written application for reinstatement prior to the previously established date for the termination of the leave. Such application shall be accompanied by a physician's statement of good health. Such application may be granted by the Superintendent in the case of an acceptable vacancy. 6. A teacher returning from an extended leave under the provisions of Section 3 will be placed on the next step of the salary schedule if she had been actively employed by the Lawrence School System for more than ninety-one (91) days in the school year in which the leave commenced. She will be assigned to a school where a vacancy for which she is qualified exists. 7. Each teacher absent due to maternity shall be entitled to use up to 40 days of accrued sick leave for the period of such leave (limited by the amount of sick leave previously accrued by such teacher). In determining such sick leave, only school days shall be counted against such 40 days during the school year, but the period of summer break will interrupt and terminate eligibility for such sick leave. 8. Article XII, Savings Clause, is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. G: SABBATICAL LEAVE 1. An applicant for sabbatical leave must be a teacher with professional teacher status and must have rendered service in the Lawrence Public Schools for at least seven (7) consecutive years immediately preceding this sabbatical leave. 2. The number of leaves to be granted each year shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the teaching force. 3. Applications from eligible applicants must be submitted to the Superintendent prior to December 1, for leave beginning the following September. 4. Each applicant must include a plan of study or research, a statement of the applicant's professional purpose, and the expected value to the Lawrence Public Schools. |
