CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A University of North Carolina panel has revised a policy that allows school administrators to collect leave pay even if they don't return to teaching positions at the school as planned.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that the panel approved a plan to stop chancellors and presidents of universities from taking paid leave without returning to the school.
The newspaper reported a provost at North Carolina Central University was paid $104,000 for six months' leave and then retired. A provost at Fayetteville State University got $72,500 in leave pay before being fired and one at UNC-Asheville got $59,000 before accepting a position at another school.
Leave pay has cost the universities $8 million in the past five years.
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Information from: The News & Observer, http://www.newsobserver.com
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