Leave Account. (a) At the first of September of each year, a full time employee’s special leave account shall be credited with one half (0.5) day of special leave allowance for each month of employment anticipated for the next year. A credit is made for a part-time employee. A newly hired employee receives a credit for the balance of the year upon commencement of duties. At the end of each year prior to application of (a) above, the amount of special leave credit remaining in an employee’s account shall be transferred to the employee’s sick leave account. This transfer will be deemed to have occurred prior to the operation of Clause If at any time an employee has used all of the employee’s accumulated sick leave allowance, the employee may utilize the employee’s special leave allowance for sick leave purposes. Upon any change in employment status (i.e. such as change in percentage of full-time worked, number of days per week or number of weeks worked, termination) the special leave account shall be adjusted.
Leave Account. An individual leave account will be maintained by the District for each teacher. Commencing with each school year, teachers will be advanced fifteen (15) days for excused absences due to individual illness, family illness or death (family includes spouse, siblings, parent, guardian, children, parents-in-law; step-children, step-parent, step-siblings, grandparents and grandchildren or related member of household), emergencies, essential time, or personal time as defined in the following subdivisions. Additional leave may be granted under these provisions for special circumstances at the discretion of the School District. Leave time will be cumulative. The School District shall furnish to each teacher a written statement at the beginning of each school year setting forth the total leave credit. Leave days shall not accumulate during a period of time when a teacher is on unpaid leave or long-term disability. Leave benefits provided in this Section apply only to teachers who are regularly employed during the regular school year. Teachers employed less than full-time shall accrue disability leave benefits provided in this Section on a proportionate basis to their employment, i.e., half-time teachers accrue fifteen (15) half-days of leave per year.
