The minimum time which may be recognized as a year of service for contractual purposes shall be full-time actual service rendered under contract for more than one-half (1/2) of the number of days or more than one-half (1/2) the number of total hours required for the normal contractual period of service for the position held. In determining such service, sick leave and holidays for which the employee received compensation shall be counted, but all other types of leave and holidays shall be excluded.

Any claim to a year of service for salary purposes shall be the equivalent of the service required for a continuing, professional service, annual, or multi-year contract. Credit for service rendered in another district shall be as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement or the Board-adopted salary schedule.

In determining the number of days which must be served to constitute a full year of out-of-state teaching experience, the existing regulations of the state or district in which the contract was executed shall be used as the District's criteria.

F.S. 1001.41, 1001.43, 1011.60, 1012.01, 1012.22

Adopted 7/17/07