A professional personnel employee who is a member of the national guard or armed forces reserves, shall be entitled to a military leave of absence from the Board without loss of pay, status or efficiency rating, on the days during which they are ordered, by properly designated authority, to be engaged in drills, inactive duty training, parades, funeral details, service schools or other duty, field training or duty pursuant to Federal law, or active service of the State for a maximum period of thirty (30) working days, not to exceed 240 hours in any one calendar year.

A professional personnel employee ordered or called to active duty for a mobilization or deployment pursuant to Federal law or in support of a contingency operation, as defined by Federal law, shall be entitled to military leave of absence from the Board without loss of pay, status or efficiency rating for a maximum period of thirty (30) working days, not to exceed 240 hours for a single call to active duty. If the employee called to active duty has not used all or some portion of the thirty (30) working days of military leave of absence granted by the first paragraph of this policy, the employee shall be entitled to add the number of unused days from that calendar year to the thirty (30) working days, not to exceed 240 hours granted by this paragraph, up to a maximum of sixty (60) days for a single call to active duty. However, none of the unused days of military leave of absence granted by the first paragraph may be carried over and used in the next calendar year.

The term "without loss of pay" means that the employee shall continue to receive his/her normal salary or compensation, notwithstanding the fact that the employee may have received other compensation from Federal or State sources during the same period.

An employee who has been granted a military leave of absence shall accrue seniority during the period of time that the employee is on the approved leave of absence.

WV Code 15-1F-1, 18A-4-7b

Revised 6/28/12