Civil Air Patrol Leave

Any employee who is a member of Civil Air Patrol and has qualified for a Civil Air Patrol emergency service specialty or who is certified to fly counter narcotics missions shall be granted unpaid leave to perform Civil Air Patrol emergency service duty or counter narcotics missions without loss of time, regular leave or any other rights or benefits in accordance with law. The leave is limited to 15 working days in any calendar year but is unlimited when responding to a state- or nationally declared emergency in Florida. The district may request that the employee be exempted from responding to a specific mission.