Sabbatical Leave

(a)All consultants, teachers, vice-principals, assistant principals and principals of the Department of Education and academic employees of the Guam Community College, all of whom are permanent residents of Guam, may be given a sabbatical leave of absence upon completion of seven

(7)consecutive years of satisfactory teaching service.

(b)To be eligible for such sabbatical leave, an employee must have obtained a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent or otherwise be deemed sufficiently skilled and experienced to deserve such a leave.

(c)The Guam Education Policy Board, or the Guam Community College Board of Trustees, as the case may be, shall determine eligibility for such leave and shall schedule the same in such a way as to not unduly interfere with or disrupt the operations of the Department of Education, or the Guam Community College, respectively.

(d)As a condition for the granting of sabbatical leave, the employee must, during the period of such leave, be engaged in endeavors related to his field of employment, and agree to return to his employment following such leave for a period of not less than two

(2)years.

(e)“Sabbatical leave” for the purposes of this Section, means twelve

(12)calendar months of fully paid leave, and any accumulated regular annual leave must be included within and taken at the same time as the sabbatical leave.