Common use of CHARGEABLE (SICK/PERSONAL) LEAVE Clause in Contracts

CHARGEABLE (SICK/PERSONAL) LEAVE. All teachers in the Lansing district will receive leave of 12 days at the beginning of each contract year. Teachers with 10-19 years of service in the district will be granted one (1) additional day at the beginning of each year. Teachers with 20-24 years of service in the district will be granted two (2) additional days of leave at the beginning of each year. Teachers with 25 years or more of service will be granted three (3) additional days of leave at the beginning of each year. Part-time teachers’ leave will be in proportion to his or her daily rate of earnings. Days not used may accumulate up to 95 days; however, no more than 80 days may be carried forward from the preceding year. Chargeable leave will cover absences for illness or personal matters which require absence during regular school hours. Such absences will be deducted from the accumulated leave allowance and any of the unused days (not in excess of 80 days) shall be carried forward to the following year. The teacher’s request for anticipated leave will be made to the building administrator at least three (3) contract days in advance. It is the intent of this provision to grant the day of leave at the time requested; however, should it be an inopportune time, an alternate day may be required. Leave will not normally be granted at the beginning or end of the school year or in conjunction with holiday leave. The goal of the Board of Education (“Board”) and the staff is to provide students with every opportunity to achieve success in learning. A critical element of that goal is ensuring teachers are present to develop and xxxxxx the tools necessary for students to achieve that success. The purpose of the leave set forth below is to address matters in which necessity warrants they be attended to during the workday/school year (i.e. personal appointments, sick leave, etc.). Request of anticipated leave in excess of two consecutive days for activities that may be scheduled outside the workday/school year is detrimental to the educational goals of USD 469 and the students it serves. Request of three (3) or more consecutive days of anticipated leave requires written approval by the Principal and Superintendent, who shall determine whether the leave will be granted with or without pay dependent upon the circumstances presented by the staff member. The Superintendent, in his/her discretion, may require documentation of the necessity of the leave. Leave days in excess of the yearly allowance may only be used for sick leave except in extenuating circumstances with written permission from the superintendent. Xxxx leave will cover absences for the teacher’s own illness or illness in his or her immediate family. The term “immediate family” shall be interpreted to include the teacher and spouse, significant other, mother and father of the teacher and spouse or significant other, children of the teacher, and brothers and sisters of the teacher. (It is not the intent of this provision that absences for other than the teacher’s own illness could be used for an extended length of time.) Teachers who have accumulated more than 80 days of chargeable leave and are Going to lose days at the end of the school year will be compensated for any days lost at 60% of substitute pay for those days. Any absences in excess of earned and accumulated leave will result in a loss of pay at the rate of 186th (188th) of the annual salary for each day’s absence. Chargeable leave will not be charged in the event of a “snow day”. Retiring teachers who have completed at least ten consecutive years of service with USD 469 and have accumulated chargeable leave remaining at the end of the school year will be compensated at a rate of $40.00 per day for the unused leave days.

CHARGEABLE (SICK/PERSONAL) LEAVE. All teachers in the Lansing district will receive leave of 12 days at the beginning of each contract year. Teachers with 10-19 years of service in the district will be granted one (1) additional day at the beginning of each year. Teachers with 20-24 years of service in the district will be granted two (2) additional days of leave at the beginning of each year. Teachers with 25 years or more of service will be granted three (3) additional days of leave at the beginning of each year. Part-time teachers’ leave will be in proportion to his or her daily rate of earnings. Days not used may accumulate up to 95 days; however, no more than 80 days may be carried forward from the preceding year. Chargeable leave will cover absences for illness or personal matters which require absence during regular school hours. Such absences will be deducted from the accumulated leave allowance and any of the unused days (not in excess of 80 days) shall be carried forward to the following year. The teacher’s request for anticipated leave will be made to the building administrator at least three (3) contract days in advance. It is the intent of this provision to grant the day of leave at the time requested; however, should it be an inopportune time, an alternate day may be required. Leave will not normally be granted at the beginning or end of the school year or in conjunction with holiday leave. The goal of the Board of Education (“Board”) and the staff is to provide students with every opportunity to achieve success in learning. A critical element of that goal is ensuring teachers are present to develop and xxxxxx the tools necessary for students to achieve that success. The purpose of the leave set forth below is to address matters in which necessity warrants they be attended to during the workday/school year (i.e. personal appointments, sick leave, etc.). Request of anticipated leave in excess of two consecutive days for activities that may be scheduled outside the workday/school year is detrimental to the educational goals of USD 469 and the students it serves. Request of three (3) or more consecutive days of anticipated leave requires written approval by the Principal and Superintendent, who shall determine whether the leave will be granted with or without pay dependent upon the circumstances presented by the staff member. The Superintendent, in his/her discretion, may require documentation of the necessity of the leave. Leave days in excess of the yearly allowance may only be used for sick leave except in extenuating circumstances with written permission from the superintendent. Xxxx Sick leave will cover absences for the teacher’s own illness or illness in his or her immediate family. The term “immediate family” shall be interpreted to include the teacher and spouse, significant other, mother and father of the teacher and spouse or significant other, children of the teacher, and brothers and sisters of the teacher. (It is not the intent of this provision that absences for other than the teacher’s own illness could be used for an extended length of time.) Teachers who have accumulated more than 80 days of chargeable leave and are Going to lose days at the end of the school year will be compensated for any days lost at 60% of substitute pay for those days. Any absences in excess of earned and accumulated leave will result in a loss of pay at the rate of 186th (188th) of the annual salary for each day’s absence. Chargeable leave will not be charged in the event of a “snow day”. Retiring teachers who have completed at least ten consecutive years of service with USD 469 and have accumulated chargeable leave remaining at the end of the school year will be compensated at a rate of $40.00 per day for the unused leave days.

CHARGEABLE (SICK/PERSONAL) LEAVE. All teachers in the Lansing district will receive leave of 12 days at the beginning of each contract year. Teachers with 10-19 years of service in the district will be granted one (1) additional day at the beginning of each year. Teachers with 20-24 years of service in the district will be granted two (2) additional days of leave at the beginning of each year. Teachers with 25 years or more of service will be granted three (3) additional days of leave at the beginning of each year. Part-Part- time teachers’ leave will be in proportion to his or her daily rate of earnings. Days not used may accumulate up to 95 days; however, no more than 80 days may be carried forward from the preceding year. Chargeable leave will cover absences for illness or personal matters which require absence during regular school hours. Such absences will be deducted from the accumulated leave allowance and any of the unused days (not in excess of 80 days) shall be carried forward to the following year. The teacher’s request for anticipated leave will be made to the building administrator at least three (3) contract days in advance. It is the intent of this provision to grant the day of leave at the time requested; however, should it be an inopportune time, an alternate day may be required. Leave Personal leave will not normally be granted at the beginning or end of the school year or in conjunction with holiday leave. The goal of the Board of Education (“Board”) and the staff is to provide students with every opportunity to achieve success in learning. A critical element of that goal is ensuring teachers are present to develop and xxxxxx the tools necessary for students to achieve that success. The purpose of the leave set forth below is to address matters in which necessity warrants they be attended to during the workday/school year (i.e. personal appointments, sick leave, etc.). Request of anticipated leave in excess of two consecutive days for activities that may be scheduled outside the workday/school year is detrimental to the educational goals of USD 469 and the students it serves. Request of three (3) or more consecutive days of anticipated leave requires written approval by the Principal and Superintendent, who shall determine whether the leave will be granted with or without pay dependent upon the circumstances presented by the staff member. The Superintendent, in his/her discretion, may require documentation of the necessity of the leave. Leave days in excess of the yearly allowance may only be used for sick leave except in extenuating circumstances with written permission from the superintendent. Xxxx Sick leave will cover absences for the teacher’s own illness or illness in his or her immediate family. The term “immediate family” shall be interpreted to include the teacher and spouse, significant other, mother and father of the teacher and spouse or significant otherspouse, children of the teacher, and brothers and sisters of the teacher. (It is not the intent of this provision that absences for other than the teacher’s own illness could be used for an extended length of time.) Teachers who have accumulated more than 80 days of chargeable leave and are Going going to lose days at the end of the school year will be compensated for any days lost at 60% of substitute pay for those days. Any absences in excess of earned and accumulated leave will result in a loss of pay at the rate of 186th 188th (188th190th) of the annual salary for each day’s absence. Chargeable leave will not be charged in the event of a “snow day”. Retiring teachers who have completed at least ten consecutive years of service with USD 469 and have accumulated chargeable leave remaining at the end of the school year will be compensated at a rate of $40.00 per day for the unused leave days.