Common use of Absences and Leaves Clause in Contracts

Absences and Leaves. 19.1 General procedures for implementing absences and leaves procedures follow: 19.1.1 It is the responsibility of each unit member to report each period of absence as prescribed by the District and to complete the appropriate District forms. Requests for leave of absence must be submitted to the Human Resources Office on or before July 1 for leaves for the following first semester or for leaves for the full year. Requests for leaves for second semester must be received in the Human Resources Office on or before December 1. 19.1.2 The District must maintain an accounting of authorized time for absence or leave. Upon request of the unit member, the District will provide notification when leave time or accumulated absence has been used. This notification will generally be made to all personnel the first week in June, or as soon as possible thereafter, and will be itemized as to type of leave remaining. 19.1.3 It shall be the responsibility of unit members on leave to notify the Human Resources Office in writing of their intention to return from a leave of absence to regular school district employment. Unless the Human Resources Office receives notice on or before April 1 for a year's leave and on or before December 15 for a semester's leave, and a date of return at the time of the request for leaves of less than one semester, the leave will be considered void. Unit members on partial leaves of absence will have their contracts reduced; unit members on full (100%) leaves will be terminated. 19.1.4 Upon notification of the unit member's intent to return, the District shall inform the unit member of current position vacancies. If conditions permit, the unit member may be reassigned to a position similar to that held prior to leave. Until the time the unit member is reassigned from leave status the unit member may apply for reassignment to any vacancy, and may indicate preferences to the Human Resources Office for reassignment beyond current vacancies. The unit member shall be notified of reassignment from leave status as soon as such reassignment is made by the Human Resources Office. Once reassigned, the unit member has the option of requesting transfer or reassignment as delineated in Articles 8.2 and 9.2. 19.1.5 Leaves of absence as specified in this article shall be limited to tenured unit members in the District with the following exceptions: sick leave, court summons leave, jury leave, maternity leave, bereavement leave, industrial accident and illness leave. 19.1.6 Full or partial leaves of absence for tenured unit members must be applied for each school year prior to July 1. Each type of leave is available for a maximum of one year, regardless of the percent of the leave. Tenured unit members shall be eligible for a maximum of two leave types for a total of two years of leave in any four school years.