Common use of Accumulated Leave Clause in Contracts

Accumulated Leave. A. Accumulated leave with pay shall be granted on the basis of one (1) eight- hour day per calendar month (12 days / 96 hours per year) for each full-time employee, and pro-rated accordingly for part-time employees and those hired after September 1st. Accrued accumulated leave will be posted on each monthly payroll advice, and leave balances will be made available to employees online in the Employee Access Center. Personal leave as described in Subsection I of Section 7 shall be accrued at the beginning of each contract year. Additional annual allotment of accumulated leave shall be accrued proportionately during the remaining months of the contract year. Teachers may access unearned accumulated leave, not to exceed the total accumulated leave for the contract year. Use of unearned accumulated leave will be recorded on payroll advice as a negative leave balance. B. Earned leave may be accumulated from year to year until a teacher has accumulated a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days. C. Accumulated Leave Buy-back Program: Teachers who have unused accumulated leave beyond the 120-day maximum at the end of a contract year will be eligible to annually sell back up to 12 unused days down to the 120-day maximum. Each day would be compensated at a rate of ½ the current daily substitute rate of pay. D. When a teacher separates from the district, that teacher shall be paid for unused accumulated leave at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the district’s current daily pay for substitute teachers, not to exceed ninety (90) days. E. After three (3) consecutive days of an employee’s absence for illness, the District may request a licensed physician’s certificate for the absence to be counted as accumulated leave. F. Accumulated leave may be taken for personal illness as well as for an illness of the individual’s family – (father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, spouse, child, grandchild, brother, sister or legal dependent). Additional absences will be considered under the personal leave section of this agreement. G. If an individual has exhausted his/her accumulated leave days due to personal illness or incapacitation or a dependent’s illness or incapacitation (spouse or minor child for whom the employee is legally and financially responsible), the individual shall retain all employment rights and the district shall continue to pay all insurance premiums provided for in this contract during the time the employee is eligible as defined by the Family Medical Leave Act. H. A teacher shall be allowed to use available accumulated leave when he/she is adopting a child. Leave will be granted upon completion and approval of the Family and Medical Leave application. I. Personal leave is for activities of an unusual nature that cannot be scheduled outside the teacher’s regular duty day. Teachers shall apply for Personal Leave by submitting a request in writing (without explanation or reason) to the building administrator. The administrator shall acknowledge and submit the application to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for his/her approval. The number of Personal Leave requests granted will not exceed 4% of the district teaching staff on any given contract day, and the number of Personal Leave requests granted per building will not exceed eight percent (8%). Paid leave of absence shall be granted for personal leave and deducted from accumulative leave on the following basis:  Teachers currently fulfilling years 1-10 years of service to the district may apply for 2 personal days per year.

Accumulated Leave. A. Accumulated leave with pay shall be granted on the basis of one (1) eight- eight-hour day per calendar month (12 days / 96 days/96 hours per year) for each full-time employee, and pro-rated accordingly for part-time employees and those hired after September 1st. Accrued accumulated leave will be posted on each monthly payroll advice, advice and leave balances will be made available to employees online in the Employee Access Center. Personal leave as described in Subsection I of Section 7 shall be accrued at the beginning of each contract year. Additional annual allotment of accumulated leave shall be accrued proportionately during the remaining months of the contract year. Teachers may access unearned accumulated leave, not to exceed the total accumulated leave for the contract year. Use of unearned accumulated leave will be recorded on payroll advice as a negative leave balance. B. Earned leave may be accumulated from year to year until a teacher has accumulated a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days. C. Accumulated Leave Buy-back Program: Teachers who have unused accumulated leave beyond the 120-day maximum at the end of a contract year will be eligible to annually sell back up to 12 unused days down to the 120-day maximum. Each day would be compensated at a rate of ½ the current daily substitute rate of pay. D. When a teacher separates from the district, that teacher shall be paid for unused accumulated leave at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the district’s current daily pay for substitute teachers, not to exceed ninety (90) days. E. After three (3) consecutive days of an employee’s absence for illness, the District may request a licensed physician’s certificate for the absence to be counted as accumulated leave. F. X. Accumulated leave may be taken for personal illness as well as for an illness of the individual’s family – (father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, spouse, child, grandchildxxxxxxxxxx, brother, sister or legal dependent). Additional absences will be considered under the personal leave section of this agreement. G. X. If an individual has exhausted his/her accumulated leave days due to personal illness or incapacitation or a dependent’s illness or incapacitation (spouse or minor child for whom the employee is legally and financially responsible), the individual shall retain all employment rights and the district shall continue to pay all insurance premiums provided for in this contract during the time the employee is eligible as defined by the Family Medical Leave Act. H. A teacher shall be allowed to use available accumulated leave when he/she is adopting a child. Leave will be granted upon completion and approval of the Family and Medical Leave application. I. Personal leave is for activities of an unusual nature that cannot be scheduled outside the teacher’s regular duty day. Teachers shall apply for Personal Leave by submitting a request in writing (without explanation or reasonreason is not required) to the building administrator. The administrator shall acknowledge and submit the application to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for his/her approval. The number of Personal Leave personal leave requests granted will not exceed 4% of the district teaching staff on any given contract day, and the number of Personal Leave personal leave requests granted per building will not exceed eight percent (8%). Paid The number of accumulated leave of absence shall days that may be granted used for personal leave and deducted from accumulative leave on the following basisPersonal Leave are as follows:  ● Teachers currently fulfilling years 1-10 20 years of service to the district may apply for 2 to use 3 of their 12 accumulated leave days as personal days per year. ● Teachers who have fulfilled 20 or more years of service to the district prior to or during the 2018-2019 may apply to use 4 of their 12 accumulated leave days as personal days per year. ● Days shall be granted in no less than half day increments and may be used intermittently or contiguously. J. Qualified certified staff members have the option to exchange two accumulated sick leave days in order to gain one additional day of personal leave. A certified staff member may apply for this exchange annually by submitting an electronic form to Human Resources by the 1st of June. ● To qualify, a staff member must have completed 10 or more years of service. ● Those with 10 or more years of service may apply for one exchange annually. ● Those with 20 or more years of service may apply for two exchanges annually. The newly converted days may be used beginning with the following school year (e.g. days exchanged by June 1, 2021 may be used during the 2021-22 school year).

Accumulated Leave. A. Accumulated leave with pay shall be granted on the basis of one (1) eight- hour day per calendar month (12 days / 96 days/96 hours per year) for each full-time employee, and pro-rated accordingly for part-time employees and those hired after September 1st. Accrued accumulated leave will be posted on each monthly payroll advice, and leave balances will be made available to employees online in the Employee Access Center. Personal leave as described in Subsection I of Section 7 shall be accrued at the beginning of each contract year. Additional annual allotment of accumulated leave shall be accrued proportionately during the remaining months of the contract year. Teachers may access unearned accumulated leave, not to exceed the total accumulated leave for the contract year. Use of unearned accumulated leave will be recorded on payroll advice as a negative leave balance. B. Earned Xxxxxx leave may be accumulated from year to year until a teacher has accumulated a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days. C. Accumulated Leave Buy-back Program: Teachers who have unused accumulated leave beyond the 120-day maximum at the end of a contract year will be eligible to annually sell back up to 12 unused days down to the 120-day maximum. Each day would be compensated at a rate of ½ the current daily substitute rate of pay. D. When a teacher separates from the district, that teacher shall be paid for unused accumulated leave at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the district’s current daily pay for substitute teachers, not to exceed ninety (90) days. E. After three (3) consecutive days of an employee’s absence for illness, the District may request a licensed physician’s certificate for the absence to be counted as accumulated leave. F. Accumulated leave may be taken for personal illness as well as for an illness of the individual’s family – (father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, spouse, child, grandchild, brother, sister or legal dependent). Additional absences will be considered under the personal leave section of this agreement. G. If an individual has exhausted his/her accumulated leave days due to personal illness or incapacitation or a dependent’s illness or incapacitation (spouse or minor child for whom the employee is legally and financially responsible), the individual shall retain all employment rights and the district shall continue to pay all insurance premiums provided for in this contract during the time the employee is eligible as defined by the Family Medical Leave Act. H. A teacher shall be allowed to use available accumulated leave when he/she is adopting a child. Leave will be granted upon completion and approval of the Family and Medical Leave application. I. Personal leave is for activities of an unusual nature that cannot be scheduled outside the teacher’s regular duty day. Teachers shall apply for Personal Leave by submitting a request in writing (without explanation or reasonreason is not required) to the building administrator. The administrator shall acknowledge and submit the application to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for his/her approval. The number of Personal Leave personal leave requests granted will not exceed 4% of the district teaching staff on any given contract day, and the number of Personal Leave personal leave requests granted per building will not exceed eight percent (8%). Paid The number of accumulated leave of absence shall days that may be granted used for personal leave and deducted from accumulative leave on the following basisPersonal Leave are as follows:  • Teachers currently fulfilling years 1-10 years of service to the district may apply for to use 2 of their 12 days of accumulated leave days as personal days per year.