NC Education Code · Regulation
Title 16 — root / Chapter 06 — 16 NCAC 06C .0405
Plain English summary
This regulation governs leave without pay for public school employees in North Carolina, requiring advance notice when possible and granting LEAs authority to set leave parameters. It outlines three categories of unpaid leave: military leave, parental leave for birth or adoption (up to one calendar year, extendable), and discretionary leave approved by the superintendent per local rules.
Key requirements
- Whenever possible, public school employees shall give advance notice of requests for leaves of absence, subject to rules of the LEA.
- LEAs may determine the beginning or ending date of leaves of absence, except for military leave.
- LEAs may provide educational leave, but they may not use state funds for this purpose.
- An employee is granted a leave of absence without pay under 1 NCAC 8C .2900 (military leave).
- An employee is granted a leave of absence without pay up to one calendar year for the birth or adoption of a child.
- This period may, with the approval of the local board, be extended for the remainder of the school year when the leave would otherwise end in the latter half of the school year.
- An employee may be granted a leave of absence without pay for periods as granted in the discretion of the superintendent and in accordance with rules adopted by the LEA.
Affected parties
- public school employees
- local education agencies (LEAs)
- local boards of education
- superintendents
- permanent employees