Common use of Leave Bank Clause in Contracts

Leave Bank. 1. Certified Staff may voluntarily contribute a portion of their accumulated sick leave to a leave bank each year. Certified Staff who contribute to the bank and who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days will be entitled to request leave assistance from the bank. 2. The Bank will be administered by the Association Leave Bank Committee. The committee shall be composed of Association members and the Business Manager. 3. Certified Staff may elect to become members of the bank during the first ninety (90) school days after they have become employed in the District. If the Certified Staff elects not to become a member within this period, they will be allowed to become a member if they donate the number of days they would have donated if they had joined in year one plus one extra day. 4. Certified Staff may elect to cancel membership in the bank at any time, however, once they have canceled their membership they will not be allowed to resume membership in a subsequent year unless they separate from employment in the District for a period of at least one half of a school year. Any sick leave days that the Certified Staff may have contributed while a member of the plan may not be withdrawn if the Certified Staff elects to cancel his/her membership. 5. Certified Staff shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave to the bank upon joining and one (1) additional day at the beginning of each year thereafter. Part-time Certified Staff of half-time or less shall contribute one-half (.5) day of their sick leave to the bank upon joining and one-half (.5) additional day at the beginning of each year thereafter. Part-time Certified Staff of more than half-time shall contribute as a full time Certified Staff. Certified Staff with more than a half- time administrator contract are not eligible. 6. If all of the days in the bank are used up prior to the end of the school year, the bank will cease to operate during that year and will begin anew in the next school year. Days not used at the end of each year will remain in the bank and will be allowed to accumulate. There will be no limit to the number of days that can accumulate in the bank. When the sick leave bank has accumulated 300 days or more, members who have 75 or more days of sick leave will not be required to make the annual contribution to the bank. If the bank falls below 300 days, all members will contribute the following fiscal year. 7. This bank is designed to provide sick leave to members who may have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days because of long-term personal illness, disability or bereavement, and who are unable to return to their regular duties after such leave is exhausted. 8. Certified Staff will draw leave from the bank by submitting a written request to the Association Leave Bank Committee Chairperson on forms designed by the committee. This application process can begin within (5) five days of exhausting their personal sick days and accumulated personal days. The Certified Staff may be required to submit appropriate evidence of their inability to return to their duties. Certified Staff employed over half-time may, during any one school year, draw up to twenty (20) days or one-half (.5) of the days in the bank, whichever is smaller. If sufficient days are available and the member is in need of additional days, a request for an additional ten (10) days, during any one school year, will be considered by the committee. Certified Staff employed half-time or less are eligible for one-half the days allowed to other members. All requests for leave from the bank will be processed on a first-come first-serve basis. 9. Days used from the Association Leave Bank will not be deducted from future sick leave days earned while in service to the District. 10. The Association Leave Bank Committee shall meet to consider a leave request within five (5) days of the receipt of a request by the Chairperson and shall render a decision in writing to the applicant within five (5) days of the meeting. If the committee grants the request, it shall notify the Business Manager, in writing, of the grant. 11. Days granted to a Certified Staff from the Association Leave Bank shall be treated in the same manner by the District as the sick leave days granted by the District or that have been accumulated. 12. The Business Manager shall provide a written report of all activity to the Board if requested.

Leave Bank. 1. Certified Staff staff may voluntarily contribute a portion of their accumulated sick leave to a leave bank each year. Certified Staff staff who contribute to the bank and who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days will be entitled to request leave assistance from the bank. 2. The Bank will be administered by the Association Leave Bank Committee. The committee shall be composed of Association members and the Business Manager. 3. Certified Staff staff may elect to become members of the bank during the first ninety (90) school days after they have become employed in the Districtdistrict. If the Certified Staff certified staff elects not to become a member within this period, they will be allowed to become a member if they donate the number of days they would have donated if they had joined in year one plus one extra day. 4. Certified Staff staff may elect to cancel membership in the bank at any time, however, once they have canceled their membership membership, they will not be allowed to resume membership in a subsequent year unless they separate from employment in the District district for a period of at least one half of a school year. Any sick leave days that the Certified Staff certified staff may have contributed while a member of the plan may not be withdrawn if the Certified Staff certified staff elects to cancel his/her membership. 5. Certified Staff staff shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave to the bank upon joining and one (1) additional day at the beginning of each year thereafter. Part-time Certified Staff certified staff of half-time or less shall contribute one-half (.5) day of their sick leave to the bank upon joining and one-half (.5) additional day at the beginning of each year thereafter. Part-time Certified Staff certified staff of more than half-time shall contribute as a full full-time Certified Staffcertified staff. Certified Staff staff with more than a half- half-time administrator contract are not eligible. 6. If all of the days in the bank are used up prior to the end of the school year, the bank will cease to operate during that year and will begin anew in the next school year. Days not used at the end of each year will remain in the bank and will be allowed to accumulate. There will be no limit to the number of days that can accumulate in the bank. When the sick leave bank has accumulated 300 days or more, members who have 75 or more days of sick leave will not be required to make the annual contribution to the bank. If the bank falls below 300 days, all members will contribute the following fiscal year. 7. This bank is designed to provide sick leave to members who may have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days because of long-term personal illness, disability disability, or bereavement, and who are unable to return to their regular duties after such leave is exhausted. 8. Certified Staff staff will draw leave from the bank by submitting a written request to the Association Leave Bank Committee Chairperson on forms designed by the committee. This application process can begin within (5) five days of exhausting their personal sick days and accumulated personal days. The Certified Staff certified staff may be required to submit appropriate evidence of their inability to return to their duties. Certified Staff staff employed over half-time may, during any one school year, draw up to twenty (20) days or one-half (.5) of the days in the bank, whichever is smaller. If sufficient days are available and the member is in need of additional days, a request for an additional ten (10) days, during any one school year, will be considered by the committee. Certified Staff staff employed half-time or less are eligible for one-half the days allowed to other members. All requests for leave from the bank will be processed on a first-come first-serve basis. 9. Days used from the Association Leave Bank will not be deducted from future sick leave days earned while in service to the Districtdistrict. 10. The Association Leave Bank Committee shall meet to consider a leave request within five (5) days of the receipt of a request by the Chairperson and shall render a decision in writing to the applicant within five (5) days of the meeting. If the committee grants the request, it shall notify the Business Manager, in writing, of the grant. 11. Days granted to a Certified Staff certified staff from the Association Leave Bank shall be treated in the same manner by the District district as the sick leave days granted by the District district or that have been accumulated. 12. The Business Manager shall provide a written report of all activity to the Board if requested.

Leave Bank. 1. Certified Staff staff may voluntarily contribute a portion of their accumulated sick leave to a leave bank each year. Certified Staff staff who contribute to the bank and who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days will be entitled to request leave assistance from the bank. 2. The Bank will be administered by the Association Leave Bank Committee. The committee shall be composed of Association members and the Business Manager. 3. Certified Staff staff may elect to become members of the bank during the first ninety (90) school days after they have become employed in the District. If the Certified Staff certified staff elects not to become a member within this period, they will be allowed to become a member if they donate the number of days they would have donated if they had joined in year one plus one extra day. 4. Certified Staff staff may elect to cancel membership in the bank at any time, however, once they have canceled their membership membership, they will not be allowed to resume membership in a subsequent year unless they separate from employment in the District for a period of at least one half of a school year. Any sick leave days that the Certified Staff certified staff may have contributed while a member of the plan may not be withdrawn if the Certified Staff certified staff elects to cancel his/her membership. 5. Certified Staff staff shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave to the bank upon joining and one (1) additional day at the beginning of each year thereafter. Part-time Certified Staff certified staff of half-time or less shall contribute one-half (.5) day of their sick leave to the bank upon joining and one-half (.5) additional day at the beginning of each year thereafter. Part-time Certified Staff certified staff of more than half-time shall contribute as a full full-time Certified Staffcertified staff. Certified Staff staff with more than a half- half-time administrator contract are not eligible. 6. If all of the days in the bank are used up prior to the end of the school year, the bank will cease to operate during that year and will begin anew in the next school year. Days not used at the end of each year will remain in the bank and will be allowed to accumulate. There will be no limit to the number of days that can accumulate in the bank. When the sick leave bank has accumulated 300 days or more, members who have 75 or more days of sick leave will not be required to make the annual contribution to the bank. If the bank falls below 300 days, all members will contribute the following fiscal year. 7. This bank is designed to provide sick leave to members who may have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days because of long-term personal illness, disability disability, or bereavement, and who are unable to return to their regular duties after such leave is exhausted. 8. Certified Staff staff will draw leave from the bank by submitting a written request to the Association Leave Bank Committee Chairperson on forms designed by the committee. This application process can begin within (5) five days of exhausting their personal sick days and accumulated personal days. The Certified Staff certified staff may be required to submit appropriate evidence of their inability to return to their duties. Certified Staff staff employed over half-time may, during any one school year, draw up to twenty (20) days or one-half (.5) of the days in the bank, whichever is smaller. If sufficient days are available and the member is in need of additional days, a request for an additional ten (10) days, during any one school year, will be considered by the committee. Certified Staff staff employed half-time or less are eligible for one-half the days allowed to other members. All requests for leave from the bank will be processed on a first-come first-serve basis. 9. Days used from the Association Leave Bank will not be deducted from future sick leave days earned while in service to the District. 10. The Association Leave Bank Committee shall meet to consider a leave request within five (5) days of the receipt of a request by the Chairperson and shall render a decision in writing to the applicant within five (5) days of the meeting. If the committee grants the request, it shall notify the Business Manager, in writing, of the grant. 11. Days granted to a Certified Staff certified staff from the Association Leave Bank shall be treated in the same manner by the District as the sick leave days granted by the District or that have been accumulated. 12. The Business Manager shall provide a written report of all activity to the Board if requested.

Leave Bank. 1. Certified Staff may voluntarily contribute a portion of their accumulated sick leave to a leave bank each year. Certified Staff who contribute to the bank and who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days will be entitled to request leave assistance from the bank. 2. The Bank will be administered by the Association Leave Bank Committee. The committee shall be composed of Association members and the Business Manager. 3. Certified Staff may elect to become members of the bank during the first ninety (90) school days after they have become employed in the District. If the Certified Staff elects not to become a member within this period, they will be allowed to become a member if they donate the number of days they would have donated if they had joined in year one plus one extra day. 4. Certified Staff may elect to cancel membership in the bank at any time, however, once they have canceled their membership they will not be allowed to resume membership in a subsequent year unless they separate from employment in the District for a period of at least one half of a school year. Any sick leave days that the Certified Staff may have contributed while a member of the plan may not be withdrawn if the Certified Staff elects to cancel his/her membership. 5. Certified Staff shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave to the bank upon joining and one (1) additional day at the beginning of each year thereafter. Part-time Certified Staff of half-time or less shall contribute one-half (.5) day of their sick leave to the bank upon joining and one-half (.5) additional day at the beginning of each year thereafter. Part-time Certified Staff of more than half-time shall contribute as a full time Certified Staff. Certified Staff with more than a half- time administrator contract are not eligible. 6. If all of the days in the bank are used up prior to the end of the school year, the bank will cease to operate during that year and will begin anew in the next school year. Days not used at the end of each year will remain in the bank and will be allowed to accumulate. There will be no limit to the number of days that can accumulate in the bank. When the sick leave bank has accumulated 300 days or more, members who have 75 85 or more days of sick leave will not be required to make the annual contribution to the bank. If the bank falls below 300 days, all members will contribute the following fiscal year. 7. This bank is designed to provide sick leave to members who may have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days because of long-term personal illness, disability or bereavement, and who are unable to return to their regular duties after such leave is exhausted. 8. Certified Staff will draw leave from the bank by submitting a written request to the Association Leave Bank Committee Chairperson on forms designed by the committee. This application process can begin within (5) five days of exhausting their personal sick days and accumulated personal days. The Certified Staff may be required to submit appropriate evidence of their inability to return to their duties. Certified Staff employed over half-time may, during any one school year, draw up to twenty (20) days or one-half (.5) of the days in the bank, whichever is smaller. If sufficient days are available and the member is in need of additional days, a request for an additional ten (10) days, during any one school year, will be considered by the committee. Certified Staff employed half-time or less are eligible for one-half the days allowed to other members. All requests for leave from the bank will be processed on a first-come first-serve basis. 9. Days used from the Association Leave Bank will not be deducted from future sick leave days earned while in service to the District. 10. The Association Leave Bank Committee shall meet to consider a leave request within five (5) days of the receipt of a request by the Chairperson and shall render a decision in writing to the applicant within five (5) days of the meeting. If the committee grants the request, it shall notify the Business Manager, in writing, of the grant. 11. Days granted to a Certified Staff from the Association Leave Bank shall be treated in the same manner by the District as the sick leave days granted by the District or that have been accumulated. 12. The Business Manager Manager, shall provide a written report of all activity to the Board if requested.

Leave Bank. 1. Certified Staff may voluntarily contribute A. It shall be the purpose of a portion Leave Bank to benefit those members of the bargaining unit who must be absent from work due to illness for a prolonged period beyond the coverage of their accumulated sick leave days. Prolonged disability shall be defined as four (4) consecutive weeks with a physician’s statement attesting to a the incapacity to work. B. The leave bank each year. Certified Staff who contribute to is managed and controlled by the bank and who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days will be entitled to request leave assistance from the bank. 2GEA. The Bank will be administered by names of the three (3) Association Leave Bank Committee. The committee signatures required to approve leave bank awards shall be composed of Association members and the Business Manager. 3. Certified Staff may elect to become members of the bank during the first ninety (90) school days after they have become employed in filed with the District. If the Certified Staff elects not to become a member within this period, they will be allowed to become a member if they donate the number of days they would have donated if they had joined in year one plus one extra day. 4. Certified Staff may elect to cancel membership in the bank at any time, however, once they have canceled their membership they will not be allowed to resume membership in a subsequent year unless they separate from employment in the District for a period of at least one half of a school year. Any sick leave days that the Certified Staff may have contributed while a member of the plan may not be withdrawn if the Certified Staff elects to cancel his/her membership. 5. Certified Staff shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave to the bank upon joining and one (1) additional day ’s Central Office at the beginning of each school year. C. The leave bank shall be established as follows: 1. At the start of each school year thereafterone (1) leave day will be deducted from each member of the association who has been employed by the district for more than two (2) years. Part-time Certified Staff Leave days will only be deducted for the Leave Bank at the start of half-time or less shall contribute one-half the school year. 2. Members may voluntarily donate up to three (.53) day of their sick additional leave days to the leave bank. 3. Unused leave days in the leave band will be carried over from one year to the next. 4. When the leave bank upon joining and one-half (.5) additional day has accumulated 100 leave days, teachers will not have any leave days deducted at the beginning of each year thereafterthe school year. PartHowever, members may still voluntarily donate up to three (3) leave days at the start of the school year. 5. Eligibility to use leave days from the bank shall be determined by the Association, but no teacher may draw from the leave band until s/he has exhausted all of their accumulated leave days, while receiving long-time Certified Staff of more than half-time shall contribute as a full time Certified Staff. Certified Staff with more than a half- time administrator contract are not eligibleterm disability, or workers’ compensation. 6. If all of the days in the bank are used up prior A teacher shall not be eligible to the end of the school year, the bank will cease to operate during that year and will begin anew in the next school year. Days not used at the end of each year will remain in the bank and will be allowed to accumulate. There will be no limit to the number of days that can accumulate in the bank. When draw more than 90 work days’ pay from the sick leave bank has accumulated 300 days or more, members who have 75 or more days of sick leave will not be required to make the annual contribution to the bank. If the bank falls below 300 days, all members will contribute the following fiscal yearwithout reapplication for individual consideration. 7. This bank is designed to provide sick leave to members who may have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and personal days because of long-term personal illness, disability or bereavement, and who are unable to return to their regular duties after such Maternity leave is exhaustednot covered under the leave bank. 8. Certified Staff will draw The Association shall notify the District Central Office of the number of leave from the bank by submitting days to be used and to whom they are given through a written request to the Association Leave Bank Committee Chairperson on forms designed form signed by the committee. This application process can begin within (5) five days of exhausting their personal sick days and accumulated personal days. The Certified Staff may be required to submit appropriate evidence of their inability to return to their duties. Certified Staff employed over half-time may, during any one school year, draw up to twenty (20) days or one-half (.5) of the days in the bank, whichever is smaller. If sufficient days are available and the member is in need of additional days, a request for an additional ten (10) days, during any one school year, will be considered by the committee. Certified Staff employed half-time or less are eligible for one-half the days allowed to other members. All requests for Association’s leave from the bank will be processed on a first-come first-serve basisadministrators. 9. Days used from The Association shall keep a record of the Association Leave Bank will not be deducted from future sick leave days earned while bank transactions with a copy in service to the District’s Central Office. 10. The Association Leave Bank Committee shall meet to consider a leave request within five (5) days of the receipt of a request by the Chairperson and shall render a decision in writing to the applicant within five (5) days of the meeting. If the committee grants the request, it shall notify the Business Manager, in writing, of the grant. 11. Days granted to a Certified Staff from the Association Leave Bank shall be treated in the same manner by the District as the sick leave days granted by the District or that have been accumulated. 12. The Business Manager shall provide a written report of all activity to the Board if requested.