Accumulative Temporary Leave a. General Provisions Provisions have been made by the board of education for absence from duty by parent educators for temporary leave. All parent educators of the Shawnee Mission School District working at least an average of twenty (20) hours each week shall be eligible to earn temporary leave. For the purpose of this contract, a “day” is defined as the average number of hours per day the parent educator is regularly assigned to work in their workweek. Parent educators are allowed eighteen (18) full working days per contract year (1.5 day/month), with full pay, as current Temporary Leave; these days will be added to the parent educator’s temporary leave bank on the first day (July 1) of each contract year. Part-time employees shall accrue temporary leave on a prorated basis. As a pilot during the 2022-2023 year, Parent Educators with accrued leave may request access to accrued leave after taking 13 illness days during a fiscal year. The request must be made in writing to the Director of Classified Human Resources. Both parties will review this pilot during the 2023-2024 negotiation cycle. These days will be prorated if the parent educator does not complete the full term of their contract on active status. Therefore, should the contract not be fulfilled and unearned leave days have been used, the staff member will be responsible for repayment to the district for the days of leave not yet earned. Parent educators shall be allowed to accumulate any unused portion of their current earned temporary leave without limit, which will be credited as of June 30 of each year.
