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Salary Adjustments for Institutions of Higher Education
Faculty Development Leave of Absence

The governing board of an institution of higher education may grant a faculty development leave of absence to a faculty member (defined as a person employed by an institution of higher education on a full-time basis as a member of the faculty or staff, including professional librarians, whose duties include teaching, research, administration or the performance of professional services; the term does not include a person employed in a position in the institution’s classified personnel system, or a person employed in a similar type of position if the institution does not have a classified personnel system) for study, research, writing, field observations or another suitable purpose if the board finds:

  • The faculty member is eligible by reason of service.*
  • The purpose for which leave is sought is one for which leave may be granted.
    – and –
  • Granting the leave will not place on faculty development leave a greater number of faculty members than the authorized number.

*A faculty member is eligible by reason of service if the member has served as a member of the faculty of the same institution of higher education for at least two consecutive academic years. The service must be full-time academic duty and may be as an instructor or as an assistant, associate or full professor, or equivalent rank. The service need not include teaching.

Faculty development leave may be granted for either:

  • One academic year at one-half the faculty member’s regular salary.
    – or –
  • One-half of an academic year at the faculty member’s regular salary.

No more than 6 percent of the faculty members of an institution of higher education may be on faculty development leave at any one time.

A faculty development leave of absence must comply with the requirements of Texas Education Code, Chapter 51, Subchapter C.

Sources

The General Appropriations Act, Article III, Sections 5(2)-5(5) in the Special Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher Education; Texas Education Code, Sections 51.103(a), 51.104, 51.105(a), 51.106, 51.962, 51.101(1), (3); Texas Government Code, Sections 659.015(f)–(g), 662.007(c).