Absence Covered by Sick Days. A substitute shall be provided for any member who is a teacher or librarian absent under the provisions of this section, unless the substitute list has been exhausted. All members shall be paid regular compensation for time lost due to illness or other causes encompassed by this Agreement for not less then ten (10) days annually. This minimum benefit of ten (10) days shall become effective and available to use annually on the first day of the contract year in which the member is assigned to duty. After a member has used the full amount of sick day credit provided either by regulations of the Board or earned by such member on the basis of service at the rate of one and one- fourth (1 ¼) days for each month of service, such member may not be lawfully paid for further absence because of illness.
Absence Covered by Sick Days. A reasonable attempt will be made to secure a substitute for any certified staff member absent under the provisions of this Section. All members shall be paid regular compensation for time lost due to illness or other causes encompassed by this agreement for not less than five (5) days annually. This minimum benefit of five (5) days shall become effective and available to use annually on the first day of the academic year in which the member is assigned to duty. After a member has used the full amount of sick days credit provided either by regulations of the Board or earned by such member on the basis of service at the rate of one and one-fourth (1 1/4) days for each month of service, such member may not be lawfully paid for further absence because of illness.
Absence Covered by Sick Days. Employees shall be granted sick days for absence due to personal illness, injury, physical disability, emergency dental care, childbirth, pregnancy, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to others and for personal illness, injury or death in the employee's immediate family or death of any other relative as follows:
