Common use of Continuation of Leave Clause in Contracts

Continuation of Leave. (a) If an employee has exhausted all existing leaves and desires to be absent from the District for up to one additional year, the employee may apply for a continuation of his/her unpaid leave. (b) This type of leave shall be granted only to tenured employees. The duration of the leave shall be not less than a semester nor longer than two semesters. This type of leave is without pay and shall not be counted toward STRS retirement or as a part of service to the District, but shall not be viewed as a break in service. (c) A written request shall be submitted to the District to determine if the request would meet any one of the following criteria: 1) Is needed due to the illness of the employee; or 2) Is needed to enable the employee to provide immediate care for his/her seriously-ill child, stepchild, parent, or spouse; or 3) Is needed to enable the employee to provide child care for his/her child with special needs. (d) If the District finds that the request meets any of the criteria, the application shall be submitted to the Board for approval.

Continuation of Leave. (a) If an employee has exhausted all existing leaves and desires to be absent from the District for up to one additional year, the employee may apply for a continuation of his/her unpaid leave. (b) This type of leave shall be granted only to tenured employees. The duration of the leave shall be not less than a semester nor longer than two semesters. This type of leave is without pay and shall not be counted toward STRS retirement or as a part of service to the District, District but shall not be viewed as a break in service. (c) A written request shall be submitted to the District to determine if the request would meet any one of the following criteria: 1) Is needed due to the illness of the employee; or 2) Is needed to enable the employee to provide immediate care for his/her seriously-seriously ill child, stepchild, parent, or spouse; or 3) Is needed to enable the employee to provide child care childcare for his/her child with special needs. (d) If the District finds that the request meets any of the criteria, the application shall be submitted to the Board for approval.