Common use of ALLOWANCE FOR STAFF ABSENCE Clause in Contracts

ALLOWANCE FOR STAFF ABSENCE. Section A: In each school year, full-time staff members shall earn paid sick leave as follows: 12 days for members with 0 – 19 years of service 15 days for members who have completed 20 years or more of service Accrued paid sick leave may be used for personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or death in the immediate family or household, or birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. For paid leave for adoption or placement for adoption, the school board may require that the teacher or other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption process is underway, and such leave is limited to 30 work days. The definition of the “immediate family” is husband or wife, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, or parent of staff member or spouse, wherever they may reside, or other relative in the same dwelling unit. Any deviation from the above listing must be approved by the Superintendent of Schools as recommended by the administrative head of each school unit. Section B: Two of the above twelve days may be used by staff members under yearly contract for personal leave for the purpose of handling personal affairs which cannot be transacted on the weekend or after school hours. Except in the case of emergency, personal leave shall be granted upon request and without explanation with two days prior notice to the building principal or appropriate supervisor. They shall not be used for casual or indiscriminate purposes. Casual or indiscriminate uses include but are not limited to taking vacations, earning an income from another source, or attendance at a workshop or course which has not been pre-approved by the Board. If it is learned that a staff member used personal leave days for casual or indiscriminate purposes, it will result in the loss of salary for the day or days in question. On the day preceding or following a legal or special holiday and/or the first or last day of school, personal leave will be granted for emergencies only; provided, however, in non-emergencies the Superintendent or designee may, upon review of written explanation, grant personal leave before or after a holiday, or the first or last day of school without creating a practice or setting precedent. An emergency is defined as an unforeseen combination of circumstances that calls for immediate action. It requires a written explanation of the need for personal leave which must be submitted to the Superintendent or designee. Section C: Any unused portion of the above allowance of days will be subjected to unlimited accumulation of sick leave days. Up to six days may be accumulated for personal leave, and all six days may be taken on consecutive work days. Sick or personal leave days may be taken in 1/2 day increments. At the elementary level, 1/2 day is defined as 1/2 the contractual required time. At the secondary level 1/2 day is defined as the end of the period which most closely approximates 1/2 the required contractual time. Section D: The Board may require a physician’s statement for absences of over three consecutive days due to personal illness and may request a restatement every 30 calendar days in the event of an extended illness. Section E: Staff members shall be paid the difference between contractual salary and pay received while serving on jury duty in a Court of Record. Staff members shall be paid the difference between contractual salary and witness fees or other compensation received for time spent in court in response to subpoenas. Section F: When sick leave is exhausted, a staff member upon written request may ask to draw upon the next year’s twelve (12) days of sick leave. If the staff member leaves the District, this advance must be reimbursed. Section G: The Board reserves the right to have a staff member examined with regard to a personal illness by a licensed physician/psychologist selected and paid for by the Board. In the event the staff member, so examined, does not concur with the report of an examination rendered by the physician/psychologist so selected by the Board, the staff member, at his/her own expense, may obtain a report of an examination by a physician/psychologist of his/her own choice. If the two reports thus obtained do not agree, then a third physician/psychologist shall be selected by the two physicians/psychologists who have examined the staff member, and the report or opinion of the examination by such physician/psychologist so selected shall be final and binding on the parties regarding the staff member’s personal illness. Section H: Upon written request staff members may be granted leave days without compensation at the Superintendent’s discretion. These days are not intended for casual or indiscriminate use. Section I: The following process shall govern professional staff members serving as substitute teachers (in- house subbing). The principal or designee will ask professional staff members to cover during planning periods. At secondary schools, the principal will at the beginning of the school year compile a list of staff members who are willing to cover during planning times, who will be asked first when a substitute is needed. If classes remain uncovered after the principal or designee has asked professional staff to cover during planning periods, the principal may revoke the professional leave granted to staff members attending in-district events. If classes still remain uncovered, the principal or designee may require staff to substitute during their planning time. At the beginning of the year, the building committee and building administration shall jointly establish a list of all certified staff members who will be available to cover a class during their planning time and the rotation for determining who will be directed to serve as a substitute. The list and rotation shall be fair and equitable and minimize the impact on an individual’s service in their assigned duties and student learning. Staff members who do not have instructional assignments (such as but not limited to student support specialists (such as counselors, social workers, and psychologists), instructional coaches, reading and math coaches, and special education staff) may be part of the list and rotation created by the building committee, as long as it is done on a fair and equitable basis. Due to grant requirements, however, staff members whose salaries are funded by federal grant cannot be included in such a list and rotation. At the elementary level, uncovered classes may also be split and the students distributed to other classrooms, as long as class size limits are not exceeded. Staff members shall be notified of such assignments as soon as possible. In the event such an assignment is made and a professional staff member loses a planning or preparation period, $22.50 shall be paid per standard planning period prorated for actual time assigned. Prior to the start of the pay day on which the Board approves this Agreement, such a staff member shall be paid $15 per planning period.

ALLOWANCE FOR STAFF ABSENCE. Section A: In each school year, full-time staff members shall earn paid sick leave as follows: 12 days for members with 0 – 19 years of service 15 days for members who have completed 20 years or more of service Accrued paid sick leave may be used for personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or death in the immediate family or household, or birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. For paid leave for adoption or placement for adoption, the school board may require that the teacher or other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption process is underway, and such leave is limited to 30 work days. The definition of the “immediate family” is husband or wife, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, or parent of staff member or spouse, wherever they may reside, or other relative in the same dwelling unit. Any deviation from the above listing must be approved by the Superintendent of Schools as recommended by the administrative head of each school unit. Section B: Two of the above twelve days may be used by staff members under yearly contract for personal leave for the purpose of handling personal affairs which cannot be transacted on the weekend or after school hours. Except in the case of emergency, personal leave shall be granted upon request and without explanation with two days prior notice to the building principal or appropriate supervisor. They shall not be used for casual or indiscriminate purposes. Casual or indiscriminate uses include but are not limited to taking vacations, earning an income from another source, or attendance at a workshop or course which has not been pre-approved by the Board. If it is learned that a staff member used personal leave days for casual or indiscriminate purposes, it will result in the loss of salary for the day or days in question. On the day preceding or following a legal or special holiday and/or the first or last day of school, personal leave will be granted for emergencies only; provided, however, in non-emergencies the Superintendent or designee may, upon review of written explanation, grant personal leave before or after a holiday, or the first or last day of school without creating a practice or setting precedent. An emergency is defined as an unforeseen combination of circumstances that calls for immediate action. It requires a written explanation of the need for personal leave which must be submitted to the Superintendent or designee. Section C: Any unused portion of the above allowance of days will be subjected to unlimited accumulation of sick leave days. Up to six days may be accumulated for personal leave, and all six days may be taken on consecutive work days. Sick or personal leave days may be taken in 1/2 day increments. At the elementary level, 1/2 day is defined as 1/2 the contractual required time. At the secondary level 1/2 day is defined as the end of the period which most closely approximates 1/2 the required contractual time. Section D: The Board may require a physician’s statement for absences of over three consecutive days due to personal illness and may request a restatement every 30 calendar days in the event of an extended illness. Section E: Staff members shall be paid the difference between contractual salary and pay received while serving on jury duty in a Court of Record. Staff members shall be paid the difference between contractual salary and witness fees or other compensation received for time spent in court in response to subpoenas. Section F: When sick leave is exhausted, a staff member upon written request may ask to draw upon the next year’s twelve (12) days of sick leave. If the staff member leaves the District, this advance must be reimbursed. Section G: The Board reserves the right to have a staff member examined with regard to a personal illness by a licensed physician/psychologist selected and paid for by the Board. In the event the staff member, so examined, does not concur with the report of an examination rendered by the physician/psychologist so selected by the Board, the staff member, at his/her own expense, may obtain a report of an examination by a physician/psychologist of his/her own choice. If the two reports thus obtained do not agree, then a third physician/psychologist shall be selected by the two physicians/psychologists who have examined the staff member, and the report or opinion of the examination by such physician/psychologist so selected shall be final and binding on the parties regarding the staff member’s personal illness. Section H: Upon written request staff members may be granted leave days without compensation at the Superintendent’s discretion. These days are not intended for casual or indiscriminate use. Section I: The following process shall govern professional staff members serving as substitute teachers (in- in-house subbing). The principal or designee will ask professional staff members to cover during planning periods. At secondary schools, the principal will at the beginning of the school year compile a list of staff members who are willing to cover during planning times, who will be asked first when a substitute is needed. If classes remain uncovered after the principal or designee has asked professional staff to cover during planning periods, the principal may revoke the professional leave granted to staff members attending in-district events. If classes still remain uncovered, the principal or designee may require staff to substitute during their planning time. At the beginning of the year, the building committee and building administration shall jointly establish a list of all certified staff members who will be available to cover a class during their planning time and the rotation for determining who will be directed to serve as a substitute. The list and rotation shall be fair and equitable and minimize the impact on an individual’s service in their assigned duties and student learning. Staff members who do not have instructional assignments (such as but not limited to student support specialists (such as counselors, social workers, and psychologists), instructional coaches, reading and math coaches, and special education staff) may be part of the list and rotation created by the building committee, as long as it is done on a fair and equitable basis. Due to grant requirements, however, staff members whose salaries are funded by federal grant cannot be included in such a list and rotation. At the elementary level, uncovered classes may also be split and the students distributed to other classrooms, as long as class size limits are not exceeded. Staff members shall be notified of such assignments as soon as possible. In the event such an assignment is made and a professional staff member loses a planning or preparation period, $22.50 2227.50 shall be paid per standard planning period prorated for actual time assigned. Prior to the start of the pay day on which the Board approves this Agreement, such a staff member shall be paid $15 per planning period.

ALLOWANCE FOR STAFF ABSENCE. Section A: In each school year, full-time staff members shall earn paid sick leave as follows: 12 days for members with 0 – 19 years of service 15 days for members who have completed 20 years or more of service Accrued paid sick leave may be used for personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or death in the immediate family or household, or birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. For paid leave for adoption or placement for adoptionadop- tion, the school board may require that the teacher or other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption process is underway, and such leave is limited to 30 work days. The definition of the “immediate family” is husband or wife, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, or parent par- ent of staff member or spouse, wherever they may reside, or other relative in the same dwelling unit. Any deviation from the above listing must be approved by the Superintendent of Schools as recommended by the administrative head of each school unit. Section B: Two of the above twelve days may be used by staff members mem- bers under yearly contract for personal leave for the purpose of handling personal affairs which cannot be transacted on the weekend or after school hours. Except in the case of emergency, personal leave shall be granted upon request and without explanation with two days prior notice to the building principal or appropriate supervisor. They shall not be used for casual or indiscriminate purposes. Casual or indiscriminate uses include but are not limited to taking vacations, earning an income from another source, or attendance at a workshop or course which has not been pre-approved by the Board. If it is learned that a staff member used personal leave days for casual or indiscriminate purposes, it will result in the loss of salary for the day or days in question. On the day preceding or following a legal or special holiday and/or the first or last day of school, personal leave will be granted for emergencies only; provided, however, in non-emergencies the Superintendent or designee may, upon review of written explanation, grant personal leave before or after a holiday, or the first or last day of school without creating a practice or setting precedent. An emergency is defined as an unforeseen combination of circumstances that calls for immediate action. It requires a written explanation of the need for personal leave which must be submitted to the Superintendent or designee. Section C: Any unused portion of the above allowance of days will be subjected to unlimited accumulation of sick leave days. Up to six days may be accumulated for personal leave, and all six days may be taken on consecutive work days. Sick or personal leave days may be taken in 1/2 day increments. At the elementary level, 1/2 day is defined as 1/2 the contractual required time. At the secondary level 1/2 day is defined as the end of the period which most closely approximates 1/2 the required contractual time. Section D: The Board may require a physician’s statement for absences ab- sences of over three consecutive days due to personal illness and may request a restatement every 30 calendar days in the event of an extended illness. Section E: Staff members shall be paid the difference between contractual salary and pay received while serving on jury duty in a Court of Record. Staff members shall be paid the difference between contractual salary and witness fees or other compensation received for time spent in court in response to subpoenas. Section F: When sick leave is exhausted, a staff member upon written request may ask to draw upon the next year’s twelve (12) days of sick leave. If the staff member leaves the District, this advance must be reimbursed. Section G: The Board reserves the right to have a staff member examined with regard to a personal illness by a licensed physician/psychologist selected and paid for by the Board. In the event the staff member, so examined, does not concur with the report of an examination rendered by the physician/physician/ psychologist so selected by the Board, the staff member, at his/her own expense, may obtain a report of an examination by a physician/psychologist of his/her own choice. If the two reports thus obtained do not agree, then a third physicianphysi- cian/psychologist shall be selected by the two physicians/physicians/ psychologists who have examined the staff member, and the report or opinion of the examination by such physician/physician/ psychologist so selected shall be final and binding on the parties regarding the staff member’s personal illness. Section H: Upon written request staff members may be granted leave days without compensation at the Superintendent’s discretion. These days are not intended for casual or indiscriminate indis- criminate use. Section I: The following process shall govern professional staff members serving as substitute teachers (in- house subbing). The principal or designee will ask professional staff members to cover during planning periods. At secondary schools, the principal will at the beginning of the school year compile a list of staff members who are willing to cover during planning times, who will be asked first when a substitute is needed. If classes remain uncovered after the principal or designee has asked professional staff to cover during planning periods, the principal may revoke the professional leave granted to staff members attending in-district events. If classes still remain uncovered, the principal or designee may require staff to substitute during their planning time. At the beginning of the year, the building committee and building administration shall jointly establish a list of all certified staff members who will be available to cover a class during their planning time and the rotation for determining who will be directed to serve as a substitute. The list and rotation shall be fair and equitable and minimize the impact on an individual’s service in their assigned duties and student learning. Staff members who do not have instructional assignments assign- ments (such as but not limited to student support specialists (such as counselors, social workers, and psychologists), instructional coaches, reading and math coaches, and special education staff) may be part of the list and rotation created by the building committee, as long as it is done on a fair and equitable basis. Due to grant requirements, however, staff members whose salaries are funded by federal grant cannot be included in such a list and rotation. At the elementary level, uncovered classes may also be split and the students distributed to other classrooms, as long as class size limits are not exceeded. Staff members shall be notified of such assignments as soon as possible. In the event such an assignment is made and a professional staff member loses a planning or preparation period, $22.50 27.50 shall be paid per standard planning period prorated for actual time assigned. Prior to the start of the pay day on which the Board approves this Agreement, such a staff member shall be paid $15 per planning period.

ALLOWANCE FOR STAFF ABSENCE. Section A: In each school year, full-time staff members shall earn paid sick leave as follows: 12 days for members with 0 – 19 years of service 15 days for members who have completed 20 years or more of service Accrued paid sick leave may be used for personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or death in the immediate family or household, or birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. For paid leave for adoption or placement for adoption, the school board may require that the teacher or other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption process is underway, and such leave is limited to 30 work days. The definition of the “immediate family” is husband or wife, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, or parent of staff member or spouse, wherever they may reside, or other relative in the same dwelling unit. Any deviation from the above listing must be approved by the Superintendent of Schools as recommended by the administrative head of each school unit. Section B: Two of the above twelve days may be used by staff members under yearly contract for personal leave for the purpose of handling personal affairs which cannot be transacted on the weekend or after school hours. Except in the case of emergency, personal leave shall be granted upon request and without explanation with two days prior notice to the building principal or appropriate supervisor. They shall not be used for casual or indiscriminate purposes. Casual or indiscriminate uses include but are not limited to taking vacations, earning an income from another source, or attendance at a workshop or course which has not been pre-approved by the Board. If it is learned that a staff member used personal leave days for casual or indiscriminate purposes, it will result in the loss of salary for the day or days in question. On the day preceding or following a legal or special holiday and/or the first or last day of school, personal leave will be granted for emergencies only; provided, however, in non-emergencies the Superintendent or designee may, upon review of written explanation, grant personal leave before or after a holiday, or the first or last day of school without creating a practice or setting precedent. An emergency is defined as an unforeseen combination of circumstances that calls for immediate action. It requires a written explanation of the need for personal leave which must be submitted to the Superintendent or designee. Section C: Any unused portion of the above allowance of days will be subjected to unlimited accumulation of sick leave days. Up to six days may be accumulated for personal leave, and all six days may be taken on consecutive work days. Sick or personal leave days may be taken in 1/2 day increments. At the elementary level, 1/2 day is defined as 1/2 the contractual required time. At the secondary level 1/2 day is defined as the end of the period which most closely approximates 1/2 the required contractual time. Section D: The Board may require a physician’s statement for absences of over three consecutive days due to personal illness and may request a restatement every 30 calendar days in the event of an extended illness. Section E: Staff members shall be paid the difference between contractual salary and pay received while serving on jury duty in a Court of Record. Staff members shall be paid the difference between contractual salary and witness fees or other compensation received for time spent in court in response to subpoenas. Section F: When sick leave is exhausted, a staff member upon written request may ask to draw upon the next year’s twelve (12) days of sick leave. If the staff member leaves the District, this advance must be reimbursed. Section G: The Board reserves the right to have a staff member examined with regard to a personal illness by a licensed physician/psychologist selected and paid for by the Board. In the event the staff member, so examined, does not concur with the report of an examination rendered by the physician/psychologist so selected by the Board, the staff member, at his/her own expense, may obtain a report of an examination by a physician/psychologist of his/her own choice. If the two reports thus obtained do not agree, then a third physician/psychologist shall be selected by the two physicians/psychologists who have examined the staff member, and the report or opinion of the examination by such physician/psychologist so selected shall be final and binding on the parties regarding the staff member’s personal illness. Section H: Upon written request staff members may be granted leave days without compensation at the Superintendent’s discretion. These days are not intended for casual or indiscriminate use. Section I: The following process shall govern professional staff members serving as substitute teachers (in- in-house subbing). The principal or designee will ask professional staff members to cover during planning periods. At secondary schools, the principal will at the beginning of the school year compile a list of staff members who are willing to cover during planning times, who will be asked first when a substitute is needed. If classes remain uncovered after the principal or designee has asked professional staff to cover during planning periods, the principal may revoke the professional leave granted to staff members attending in-district events. If classes still remain uncovered, the principal or designee may require staff to substitute during their planning time. At the beginning of the year, the building committee and building administration shall jointly establish a list of all certified staff members who will be available to cover a class during their planning time and the rotation for determining who will be directed to serve as a substitute. The list and rotation shall be fair and equitable and minimize the impact on an individual’s service in their assigned duties and student learning. Staff members who do not have instructional assignments (such as but not limited to student support specialists (such as counselors, social workers, and psychologists), instructional coaches, reading and math coaches, and special education staff) may be part of the list and rotation created by the building committee, as long as it is done on a fair and equitable basis. Due to grant requirements, however, staff members whose salaries are funded by federal grant cannot be included in such a list and rotation. At the elementary level, uncovered classes may also be split and the students distributed to other classrooms, as long as class size limits are not exceeded. Staff members shall be notified of such assignments as soon as possible. In the event such an assignment is made and a professional staff member loses a planning or preparation period, $22.50 shall be paid per standard planning period prorated for actual time assigned. Prior to the start of the pay day on which the Board approves this Agreement, such a staff member shall be paid $15 per planning period.