School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Regulation 4-52.1

PERSONNEL

Religious Holiday Leave

Leave for religious holidays will be governed by these regulations.

A. An employee who is absent because of religious holidays will be allowed full pay not to exceed three (3) days in any school year.

B. Request for absence due to religious holidays will be filed with the principal or administrative department head five (5) school days prior to the absence and forwarded to the Department of Human Resources.

C. The administrator in consultation with the employee will establish a satisfactory work period to compensate for days allowed for religious holidays or, as an alternate, may arrange for duties within the scope of the individual's assignment to compensate for days allowed for religious holidays and will report completion of the work period or duties to the Department of Human Resources.

 

Approved by Superintendent: July 16, 1991
Revised by the Superintendent: April 28, 2004