Common use of Extended Illness or Accident Leave Clause in Contracts

Extended Illness or Accident Leave. When a unit member is absent from his/her duties on account of illness or accident for a period of five (5) school months or less, whether or not the absence arises out of or in the course of employment, the amount deducted from the salary due him/her for any month in which the absence occurs shall not exceed the sum which is actually paid a substitute employee employed to fill his/her position during the absence. If no substitute employee is employed, the amount deducted shall be that which would have been paid to the substitute had one been employed. For these purposes the amount deducted shall be based upon the District’s adopted substitute teacher schedule. The five (5) month period shall run consecutively to illness or injury leave including accumulated illness or injury leave. A bargaining unit member shall not be provided more than one (1) five (5) month period per illness or accident. If a school year terminates before the five (5) month period is exhausted, the unit member may take the balance of the five (5) month period in the subsequent school year. When all available sick leave, including accumulated sick leave, has been exhausted and the unit member continues to be absent on account of illness or accident beyond the five (5) month period, and the unit member is not medically able to resume the duties of the unit member’s position, the unit member shall, if not placed in another position, be placed on a reemployment list for a period of 24 months if the unit member is on probationary status, or for a period of 39 months if the unit member is on permanent status. When the unit member is medically able, during the 24- or 39-month period, the unit member shall be returned to employment in a position for which the unit member is credentialed and qualified. The 24- or 39-month period shall commence at the expiration of the five (5) month period.