Days off with pay; accrual of annual leave

Employees of postsecondary technical schools governed by the system shall receive days off with pay, the total of which in any year shall not exceed the total of the number of state holidays provided by Code Section 1-4-1 and the number of annual leave days authorized by the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. The state board may, by policy, establish conditions regulating such days off with pay. 378 20-4-33 VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 20-4-35 Such employees shall accrue annual leave as provided for by the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board. For the purpose of determining the number of annual leave days authorized to be accrued by the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board, years of experience in the employment of local boards of education or area postsecondary technical education boards shall be counted as years of experience in the employment of postsecondary technical schools governed by the system. (Code 1981, § 20-4-33, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1252, § 2; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 11/SB 435.) 20-4-34. Rights and benefits of former employees of State Board of Postsecondary Vocational Education. All employees who were formerly employed by the State Board of Postsecondary Vocational Education and who have become employees of the Technical College System of Georgia under this article shall continue to have all rights and benefits of employment, including retirement benefits, that they had when employed by the State Board of Postsecondary Vocational Education. (Code 1981, § 20-4-34, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1252, § 2; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 2/SB 435.)