Class B Absences. No deduction shall be made for absences not to exceed a total of eight (8) days in any one year, under the conditions specified below, including individual limitations for each incident as outlined. Exceptions to increase individual incident limitation or the total eight days in one year limitation, for situations considered abnormal or unusual, may be made only when approved by the Superintendent of Schools. For the purposes of determining eligibility for the following provisions, "immediate family” is defined as spouse or domestic partner, parent, child, or grandchild, brother, sister, grandparent, by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, but excluding uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces who are blood relatives unless they are living in the same house.
Class B Absences. No deduction shall be made for absences not to exceed a total of eight (8) days in any one year, under the conditions specified below, including individual limitations for each incident as outlined. Exceptions to increase either the individual incident limitation or the total eight-days-in-one-year limitation, for situations considered abnormal or unusual, may be made only when approved by the Superintendent of Schools. For the purposes of determining eligibility for the following provisions, “immediate family” is defined as spouse (as defined by New York state/federal law), domestic partner (as defined under the Domestic Partner Benefits Policy of the Board of Education), parent, child, or grandchild, brother, sister, grandparent, by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, but excluding uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces who are blood relatives unless they are living in the same house.
