{"id":5344,"date":"2011-03-17T15:22:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T20:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/ie_policy\/seeking_and_holding_public_office\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:12:49","slug":"seeking_and_holding_public_office","status":"publish","type":"ie_policy","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/seeking-and-holding-public-office-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking and Holding Public Office Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/ul-system.files.svdcdn.com\/production\/resources\/board-members\/Rules\/Chapter-III\/Chpt_III_VIII_Seeking_Holding_Public_Office.pdf?dm=1755987881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part Two, Chapter III, Section VIII<\/span><\/a> of University of Louisiana System Board Rules, employees of McNeese State University have the constitutional right to seek and hold public office provided that they:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Notify the president in writing prior to the date of qualification;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continue a normal workload including teaching, holding office hours, and all other assigned duties; if the employee is unable to continue a normal workload, annual leave or leave without pay may be requested for the appropriate period of time (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/classified-leave-types-and-policies\/\" data-type=\"ie_policy\" data-id=\"5214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Classified Leave Types and Policies<\/span><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/unclassified-leave-types-and-policies\/\" data-type=\"ie_policy\" data-id=\"5380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Unclassified Leave Types and Policies<\/span><\/a>); and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be accurate in their statements and make every effort to indicate they are not spokespersons for the University.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading display-3\">Communication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy is distributed via the University Policies webpage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","policy_types":[17],"class_list":["post-5344","ie_policy","type-ie_policy","status-publish","hentry","policy_types-faculty-and-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ie_policy\/5344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ie_policy"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ie_policy"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ie_policy\/5344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16784,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ie_policy\/5344\/revisions\/16784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"policy_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy_types?post=5344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}