Childcare Leave. 1. Childcare leave of absence without pay shall be available to any full-time teacher who has a dependent child under that teacher’s legal care. Childcare leave is defined as that time when a Father/Mother is physically capable of performing his/her job responsibilities, yet he/she voluntarily elects to miss work to be with his/her child. This leave, of over one-third of a school year, will be without benefit of increment on the salary schedule. Probationary status will be determined as specified by State law or by same method as salary increment above, if the law does not apply. A maximum leave time of one (1) year may be granted. Leave within the last five (5) weeks of the school year will be discouraged. A teacher on childcare leave shall notify the Superintendent in writing by March 1 if he/she does not plan to return to a position at the opening of a new school year. Notification of resignation shall be given at least sixty (60) days before the expiration date of the leave if he/she is scheduled to return to a position during the school year. At the end of the leave, the teacher will be guaranteed a position in the District.
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