2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 12 - (240 - 249) OFFICE OF PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVES
249 - Educational or training leaves of absence.

§ 249. Educational  or  training leaves of absence. The local director
  of probation, chief probation officer, or  other  head  of  a  probation
  department,  bureau or unit, if he is the appointing authority therefor,
  or otherwise such appointing authority, with the approval of  the  board
  of  supervisors  of  the  county  or  the appropriating body of the city
  having  jurisdiction,  may  grant  any  probation  officer  or  officers
  employed  therein  leave of absence, with or without pay, for attendance
  at  graduate  schools  located  within  the  state  whose  programs  are
  registered by the regents to pursue any course of study or training that
  is of substantial assistance in probation work, or to receive additional
  training  in  another  probation  department, bureau or unit in New York
  state. The time during which a probation officer is absent, pursuant  to
  such   leave,   shall  not  constitute  an  interruption  of  continuous
  employment  and  such  officer  shall  not  be  subjected,  directly  or
  indirectly,  to  any  loss  or  diminution  of  time service, increment,
  vacation or holiday privileges, or any  other  right  or  privilege,  by
  reason  of  such  absence,  or be prejudiced, by reason of such absence,
  with reference to continuance in office or employment, or promotion.