Common use of EMPLOYEE ABSENCES AND LEAVES Section A. Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

EMPLOYEE ABSENCES AND LEAVES Section A. Sick Leave. 1. Each school year sick leave days shall be earned at the rate of one (1) day for each four (4) weeks worked; generally, ten (10) days for a full school year. *Employees who do not work a five (5) day schedule will have sick pay prorated. For example, a person works four (4) seven (7) hour days a week, 28 hours ÷ 5 = 5.6 hours per day used to pay for a sick day. 2. New employees shall be entitled to three (3) days sick leave on the first day of employment. After a three (3) month period, a new employee may be granted the balance of his/her sick leave for that year. 3. If the new employee does not finish his/her year of employment, the used, unearned sick leave shall be deducted from the final paycheck. 4. An employee's unused sick leave days, at the end of each year, shall be allowed to accumulate for use in future years. 5. Employees shall be given an accounting of accumulated sick leave each September. 6. Unused sick leave days shall be maintained in each employee's bank but shall not accrue during any unpaid leave of absence. 7. Up to ten (10) of the above days may be used for family illness. Family shall be defined as; spouse, child or parent. (See also Section B for extended family medical leave.) 8. For any absence which exceeds three (3) consecutive school days, or in the event there are questionable absences on the part of an individual paraprofessional, the paraprofessional shall, upon request, provide the office of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and District Services with written certification substantiating the need for such absence. Such certification may be requested from a qualified health care professional.

EMPLOYEE ABSENCES AND LEAVES Section A. Sick Leave. 1. Each school year sick leave days shall be earned at the rate of one (1) day for each four (4) weeks worked; generally, ten (10) days for a full school year. *Employees who do not work a five (5) day schedule will have sick pay prorated. For example, a person works four (4) seven (7) hour days a week, 28 hours ÷ 5 = 5.6 hours per day used to pay for a sick day. 2. New employees shall be entitled to three (3) days sick leave on the first day of employment. After a three (3) month period, a new employee may be granted the balance of his/her sick leave for that year. 3. If the new employee does not finish his/her year of employment, the used, unearned sick leave shall be deducted from the final paycheck. 4. An employee's unused sick leave days, at the end of each year, shall be allowed to accumulate for use in future years. 5. Employees shall be given an accounting of accumulated sick leave each September. 6. Unused sick leave days shall be maintained in each employee's bank bank, but shall not accrue during any unpaid leave of absence. 7. Up to ten (10) of the above days may be used for family illness. Family shall be defined as; spouse, child or parent. (See also Section B for extended family medical leave.) 8. For any absence which exceeds three (3) consecutive school days, or in the event there are questionable absences on the part of an individual paraprofessional, the paraprofessional shall, upon request, provide the office of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and District Services with written certification substantiating the need for such absence. Such certification may be requested from a qualified health care professional.

EMPLOYEE ABSENCES AND LEAVES Section A. Sick Leave. 1. Each school year sick leave days shall be earned at the rate of one (1) day for each four (4) weeks worked; generally, ten (10) days for a full school year. *Employees who do not work a five (5) day schedule will have sick pay prorated. For example, a person works four (4) seven (7) hour days a week, 28 hours ÷ 5 = 5.6 hours per day used to pay for a sick day. 2. New employees shall be entitled to three six (36) days sick leave on the first day of employment. After a three (3) month period, a new employee may be granted the balance of his/her sick leave for that year. 3. If the new employee does not finish his/her year of employment, the used, unearned sick leave shall be deducted from the final paycheck. 4. An employee's unused sick leave days, at the end of each year, shall be allowed to accumulate for use in future years. 5. Employees shall be given an accounting of accumulated sick leave each September. 6. Unused sick leave days shall be maintained in each employee's bank bank, but shall not accrue during any unpaid leave of absence. 7. Up to ten (10) of the above days may be used for family illness. Family shall be defined as; spouse, child or parent. (See also Section B D for extended family medical leave.) 8. For any absence which exceeds three (3) consecutive school days, or in the event there are questionable absences on the part of an individual paraprofessional, the paraprofessional shall, upon request, provide the office of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and District Services with written certification substantiating the need for such absence. Such certification may be requested from a qualified health care professional.

EMPLOYEE ABSENCES AND LEAVES Section A. Sick Leave. 1. Each school year sick leave days shall be earned at the rate of one (1) day for each four (4) weeks worked; generally, ten (10) days for a full school year. *Employees who do not work a five (5) day schedule will have sick pay prorated. For example, a person works four (4) seven (7) hour days a week, 28 hours ÷ 5 = 5.6 hours per day used to pay for a sick day. 2. New employees shall be entitled to three (3) days sick leave on the first day of employment. After a three (3) month period, a new employee may be granted the balance of his/her sick leave for that year. 3. If the new employee does not finish his/her year of employment, the used, unearned sick leave shall be deducted from the final paycheck. 4. An employee's unused sick leave days, at the end of each year, shall be allowed to accumulate for use in future years. 5. Employees shall be given an accounting of accumulated sick leave each September. 6. Unused sick leave days shall be maintained in each employee's bank bank, but shall not accrue during any unpaid leave of absence. 7. Up to ten (10) of the above days may be used for family illness. Family shall be defined as; spouse, child or parent. (See also Section B for extended family medical leave.) 8. For any absence which exceeds three (3) consecutive school days, or in the event there are questionable absences on the part of an individual paraprofessional, the paraprofessional shall, upon request, provide the office of the Assistant Superintendent Director of Human Resources and District Services with written certification substantiating the need for such absence. Such certification may be requested from a qualified health care professional.