Common use of COMPENSABLE LEAVE Clause in Contracts

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance is a very important part of the employee job performance at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instruction, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior to the start of the school day (under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workday, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave of ten (10) days for the school year shall be credited to the compensable leave account of each employee. This benefit will be prorated for employees hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue compensable leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) days. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school year. B. Employees who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions:

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance a. All members covered by this Agreement shall accumulate twelve sick leave days per year if they are full year employees and ten sick days per year if they are school year employees. The maximum accumulation shall be 180 days. b. In the event of absence of any employee for illness, an employee will execute the form entitled "Houghton-Portage Township Employee Absence Report" immediately upon returning to work. Each employee who is absent more than three days may be required by the administration to substantiate the absence by a very important part physician's statement indicating the reason for such absence. Failure to comply with this provision can result in the withholding of pay for such leave days. c. Employees whose service in the system is interrupted for any period beyond an approved leave shall forfeit any accumulation under this Article. d. The board reserves the right to limit an employee to his/her current sick leave allowance if he/she sustains an injury outside of school hours. e. An employee who is unable to work because of personal illness or disability and who has exhausted all sick leave available may be granted a leave of absence for the remainder of the year without pay. Such leaves may be renewed in succeeding years by the Board of Education upon written request. f. The employee agrees to notify his/her immediate supervisor that he/she intends to be absent from work because of illness at least one hour before the start of his/her shift and in no event less than one-half hour before the starting time of his/her shift, unless circumstances prevent it. g. All leave accumulations under this or any other article are forfeited by the departure of the employee job performance from the system other than for an approved leave. h. Pay for sick leave shall be at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements employee's hourly rate at the time sick leave is taken, not to exceed eight hours in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instructiona day or 40 hours in a week, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior shall be paid to the start of the school day (employee on his/her regular payday. i. Any employee who by willful misrepresentation violates or misuses these sick leave provisions, or misrepresents any statement or condition under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workdaysaid provisions, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may shall be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave j. If fringe benefits are improved for employees in any other bargaining unit of ten (10) days for the school year shall Houghton- Portage Township Schools, they are to be credited applied to the compensable leave account of each employeeemployees covered by this contract. This benefit will include sick leave, funeral leave, hospitalization, jury duty and business days. k. In the event an employee has pre-approved sick leave, and an “Act of God” day occurs during that time period, the employee will be prorated for employees hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue compensable paid their sick leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) days. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school yeartime. B. Employees who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions:

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance is a very important part of the employee job performance at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instruction, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior to the start of the school day (under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the members employee’s workdaywork day, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave of ten (10) days for the school year shall be credited to the compensable leave account of each employee. This benefit will be prorated for employees hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee shall be entitled to unlimited accumulation of the unused portion of each year's compensable leave which shall be available in future years. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. Each employee shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue compensable leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) days. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school year. B. Members Employees who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Members Employees will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions:

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance (a) All members covered by this Agreement shall accumulate twelve sick leave days per year if they are full year employees and ten sick days per year if they are school year employees. The maximum accumulation shall be 120 days. (b) In the event of absence of an employee for illness, an employee will execute the form entitled "Houghton-Portage Township Employee Absence Report" immediately upon returning to work. Each employee who is absent may be required by the administration to substantiate the absence by a very important part physician's statement indicating the reason for such absence. Failure to comply with this provision can result in the withholding of pay for such leave days. (c) Employees whose service in the system is interrupted for any period beyond an approved leave shall forfeit any accumulation under this Article. • (d) The board reserves the right to limit an employee to his/her current sick leave allowance if he/she sustains an injury outside of school hours • • (e) An employee who is unable to work because of personal illness or dis- ability and who has exhausted all sick leave available may be granted a leave of absence for the remainder of the year without pay. Such leaves may be renewed in succeeding years by the Board of Education upon written request.‌ (f) The employee agrees to notify his/her immediate supervisor that he/she intends to be absent from work because of illness at least one hour before the start of his/her shift and in no event less than one-half hour before the starting time of his/her shift, unless circumstances prevent it. (g) All leave accumulations under this or any other article are forfeited by the departure of the employee job performance from the system other than for an approved leave. (h) Pay for sick leave shall be at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements employee's hourly rate at the .time sick leave is taken, not to exceed eight hours in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instructiona day or 40 hours in a week, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior shall be paid to the start of the school day employee on his/her regular payday. (i) Any employee who by willful misrepresentation violates or misuses these sick leave provisions, or misrepresents any statement. or condition under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workdaysaid provisions, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may shall be subject to disciplinary action.. • A. Compensable (j) If fringe benefits are improved for employees in any other bargaining unit of the Houghton-Portage Township Schools, they are to be applied to the employees covered by this contract. This will include sick leave, funeral leave, hospitalization, jury duty and business days • Funeral Leave (a) Three days of funeral leave of ten (10) days for the school year with pay shall be credited to granted for death in the compensable leave account of each employeeimmediate family, unless extensive travel is required. This benefit will be prorated for employees hired after In this event, the beginning of the school year. Each employee maximum shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue compensable leave up to seventy (70) five days. Current employees shall keep The time limitations described in this paragraph may be waived for death involving the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional daysemployee's spouse, children or xxxxxx children, parents, parents-in-law, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, grandparents or grandchildren, or anyone living under the same roof. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they employee is to serve as a pallbearer for a death outside of the immediate family, he/she shall begin to accumulate days back be granted up to seventy (70) days. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day incrementsof leave for this purpose. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with If a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to death occurt:i among the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond relatl ve~ oJ: an employee ou t~lde uJ: the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at lUlluedla Le family, the end of the school year. B. Employees who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave employee shall be granted in accordance one day's leave with the schedule specified herein subject pay to the following conditions:attend funeral services.

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance a. All members covered by this Agreement shall accumulate twelve sick leave days per year if they are full year employees and ten sick days per year if they are school year employees. The maximum accumulation shall be 180 days. New employees hired after August 31, 2009 will accumulate sick days per year under the following schedule: Full Year Employees: 11-days per year. School Year Employees: 9-days b. In the event of absence of any employee for illness, an employee will execute the form entitled "Houghton-Portage Township Employee Absence Report" immediately upon returning to work. Each employee who is absent more than three days may be required by the administration to substantiate the absence by a very important part physician's statement indicating the reason for such absence. Failure to comply with this provision can result in the withholding of pay for such leave days. c. Employees whose service in the system is interrupted for any period beyond an approved leave shall forfeit any accumulation under this Article. d. The board reserves the right to limit an employee to his/her current sick leave allowance if he/she sustains an injury outside of school hours. e. An employee who is unable to work because of personal illness or disability and who has exhausted all sick leave available may be granted a leave of absence for the remainder of the year without pay. Such leaves may be renewed in succeeding years by the Board of Education upon written request. f. The employee agrees to notify his/her immediate supervisor that he/she intends to be absent from work because of illness at least one hour before the start of his/her shift and in no event less than one-half hour before the starting time of his/her shift, unless circumstances prevent it. g. All leave accumulations under this or any other article are forfeited by the departure of the employee job performance from the system other than for an approved leave. h. Pay for sick leave shall be at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements employee's hourly rate at the time sick leave is taken, not to exceed eight hours in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instructiona day or 40 hours in a week, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior shall be paid to the start of the school day (employee on his/her regular payday. i. Any employee who by willful misrepresentation violates or misuses these sick leave provisions, or misrepresents any statement or condition under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workdaysaid provisions, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may shall be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave j. If fringe benefits are improved for employees in any other bargaining unit of ten (10) days for the school year shall Houghton- Portage Township Schools, they are to be credited applied to the compensable leave account of each employeeemployees covered by this contract. This benefit will include sick leave, funeral leave, hospitalization, jury duty and business days. k. In the event an employee has pre-approved sick leave, and an “Act of God” day occurs during that time period, the employee will be prorated for employees hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue compensable paid their sick leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) days. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school yeartime. B. Employees who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions:

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance is a very important part of the employee job performance at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instruction, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees teachers are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees Teachers are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior to the start of the school day (under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workdaymembers work day, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave of ten (10) days for the school year shall be credited to the compensable leave account of each employeeteacher. This benefit will be prorated for employees teachers hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee teacher shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of unlimited accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue the unused portion of each year's compensable leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees which shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) daysbe available in future years. In addition, employees teachers shall have available three two (32) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school year. B. Employees Members who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions:

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance is a very important part of the employee job performance at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instruction, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior to the start of the school day (under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workdaymembers work day, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave of ten (10) days for the school year shall be credited to the compensable leave account of each employee. This benefit will be prorated for employees hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of unlimited accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue the unused portion of each year's compensable leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees which shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) daysbe available in future years. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school year. B. Employees Members who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees Members will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions:

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance a. All members covered by this Agreement shall accumulate twelve sick leave days per year if they are full year employees and ten sick days per year if they are school year employees. The maximum accumulation shall be 180 days. New employees hired after August 31, 2009 will accumulate sick days per year under the following schedule: Full Year Employees: 11-days per year. School Year Employees: 9-days b. In the event of absence of any employee for illness, an employee will execute the form entitled "Houghton-Portage Township Employee Absence Report" immediately upon returning to work. Each employee who is absent more than three days may be required by the administration to substantiate the absence by a very important part physician's statement indicating the reason for such absence. Failure to comply with this provision can result in the withholding of pay for such leave days. c. Employees whose service in the system is interrupted for any period beyond an approved leave shall forfeit any accumulation under this Article. d. The board reserves the right to limit an employee to his/her current sick leave allowance if he/she sustains an injury outside of school hours. e. An employee who is unable to work because of personal illness or disability and who has exhausted all sick leave available may be granted a leave of absence for the remainder of the year without pay. Such leaves may be renewed in succeeding years by the Board of Education upon written request. f. The employee agrees to notify his/her immediate supervisor that he/she intends to be absent from work because of illness at least one hour before the start of his/her shift and in no event less than one-half hour before the starting time of his/her shift, unless circumstances prevent it. g. All leave accumulations under this or any other article are forfeited by the departure of the employee job performance from the system other than for an approved leave. h. Pay for sick leave shall be at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements employee's hourly rate at the time sick leave is taken, not to exceed eight hours in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instructiona day or 40 hours in a week, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior shall be paid to the start of the school day (employee on his/her regular payday. i. Any employee who by willful misrepresentation violates or misuses these sick leave provisions, or misrepresents any statement or condition under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workdaysaid provisions, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may shall be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave j. If fringe benefits are improved for employees in any other bargaining unit of ten (10) days for the Houghton- Portage Township Schools, they are to be applied to the employees covered by this contract. This will include sick leave, funeral leave, hospitalization, jury duty and business days. For the 2012/13 school year shall hospitalization drug card will not be credited used as a comparable as it pertains to this clause. k. In the compensable leave account event an employee has pre-approved sick leave, and an “Act of each employee. This benefit God” day occurs during that time period, the employee will be prorated for employees hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue compensable paid their sick leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) days. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school yeartime. B. Employees who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions:

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance is a very important part of the employee job performance at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instruction, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees teachers are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees Teachers are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior to the start of the school day (under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workdaymembers work day, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave of ten (10) days for the school year shall be credited to the compensable leave account of each employeeteacher. This benefit will be prorated for employees teachers hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee teacher shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of unlimited accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue the unused portion of each year's compensable leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees which shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) daysbe available in future years. In addition, employees teachers shall have available three two (32) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school year. B. Employees Members who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees Members will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions:

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance a. All members covered by this Agreement shall accumulate twelve sick leave days per year if they are full year employees and ten sick days per year if they are school year employees. The maximum accumulation shall be 180 days. New employees hired after August 31, 2009 will accumulate sick days per year under the following schedule: Full Year Employees: 11-days per year. School Year Employees: 9-days b. In the event of absence of any employee for illness, an employee will execute the form entitled "Houghton-Portage Township Employee Absence Report" immediately upon returning to work. Each employee who is absent more than three days may be required by the administration to substantiate the absence by a very important part physician's statement indicating the reason for such absence. Failure to comply with this provision can result in the withholding of pay for such leave days. c. Employees whose service in the system is interrupted for any period beyond an approved leave shall forfeit any accumulation under this Article. d. The board reserves the right to limit an employee to his/her current sick leave allowance if he/she sustains an injury outside of school hours. e. An employee who is unable to work because of personal illness or disability and who has exhausted all sick leave available may be granted a leave of absence for the remainder of the year without pay. Such leaves may be renewed in succeeding years by the Board of Education upon written request. f. The employee agrees to notify his/her immediate supervisor that he/she intends to be absent from work because of illness at least one hour before the start of his/her shift and in no event less than one-half hour before the starting time of his/her shift, unless circumstances prevent it. g. All leave accumulations under this or any other article are forfeited by the departure of the employee job performance from the system other than for an approved leave. h. Pay for sick leave shall be at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements employee's hourly rate at the time sick leave is taken, not to exceed eight hours in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instructiona day or 40 hours in a week, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior shall be paid to the start of the school day (employee on his/her regular payday. i. Any employee who by willful misrepresentation violates or misuses these sick leave provisions, or misrepresents any statement or condition under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workdaysaid provisions, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may shall be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave j. In the event an employee has pre-approved sick leave, and an “Act of ten (10) days for God” day occurs during that time period, the school year shall be credited to the compensable leave account of each employee. This benefit employee will be prorated for employees hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue compensable paid their sick leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) days. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school yeartime. B. Employees who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions:

COMPENSABLE LEAVE. Attendance is a very important part of the employee job performance at the Lansing School District. Regular attendance and punctuality are critical elements in our efforts to attain high levels of productivity, student achievement, adequate yearly progress (AYP), continuity of instruction, and reduction of substitute costs. When employees are absent from work they are required to report their absence on the substitute reporting system utilized by the district (even if a substitute is not being requested/required). Employees are expected to notify the district of their absence no less than two hours prior to the start of the school day (under normal circumstances). When an absence is not reported on the substitute reporting system within two hours after the start of the employee’s workdaywork day, it may be considered a violation of this policy dependent upon the reason(s) for untimely submission. Those found in violation of this attendance policy may be subject to disciplinary action. A. Compensable leave of ten (10) days for the school year shall be credited to the compensable leave account of each employee. This benefit will be prorated for employees hired after the beginning of the school year. Each employee shall be entitled to up to seventy (70) days of accumulation of compensable leave. Current and new employees may accrue compensable leave up to seventy (70) days. Current employees shall keep the balance of their compensable leave if they have more than seventy (70) days but not accrue additional days. If an employee’s compensable leave bank falls below seventy (70) days they shall begin to accumulate days back up to seventy (70) days. In addition, employees shall have available three (3) leave days per year under the provisions in Section C. Any unused portion of the leave days shall become additional compensable leave. Compensable leave shall be used in one-half day increments. The employer shall pay for Long Term Disability (66 2/3 % monthly earnings value with a maximum of $4,000) beginning on day seventy-one (71) for personal illness or injury. Employees transferring in to the LSEA unit may transfer no more than seventy (70) days of accumulated compensable leave time from their previous position and will then be capped at seventy (70) days. Employees that are at or beyond the maximum days of compensable leave (70) shall receive their allotment of twenty-one (21) hours of personal leave time annually. These days will not convert to sick time at the end of the school year. B. Employees who have been absent five (5) or fewer days (utilizing compensable leave and/or personal days) in a specific school and who have accumulated 105 compensable leave days or greater must do the following: 1. Employees will sell back to the employer five (5) days per year at the rate of $75 per day. 2. Payment for sold compensable leave days shall be paid on the last pay day in June of each year. C. Compensable leave shall be granted in accordance with the schedule specified herein subject to the following conditions: