Is there a prohibition against using teaching days as furlough days?
No. However, every effort should be made to maintain student instruction at a level at which learning outcomes and course objectives continue to be met. In addition to days on which they are scheduled to teach, faculty members are encouraged to select days on which they are not scheduled to teach, as well as days on the academic calendar that are work days but not instructional days such as Instructional Planning Day (September 21) and Commencement (December 12). In situations where instructional days must be used as furlough days, such as when the faculty member is scheduled to teach 5 days a week, no one class should be disproportionately impacted.
