LEAVE COMMITTEE Clause Samples

LEAVE COMMITTEE. 1. Applications for all leaves provided for in Paragraph A and B.3 above shall be submitted to a Leave Committee composed of the following persons. a. The Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction and two other members chosen by the Superintendent with the Assistant Superintendent to be designated as Chairman. b. Two (2) high school teachers, two (2) middle school teachers, and two (2) elementary school teachers, all to be chosen by the Association. c. The Leave Committee will be chosen by October 1. 2. Two members of the Leave Committee will be chosen by the Association each year for a term of three (3) years. At their first meeting at the beginning of each year, the Leave Committee will establish rules and procedures for carrying out the responsibilities assigned to the committee. 3. The Committee will be empowered to take whatever action and make whatever decisions it deems necessary in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 and 12 and this Article 13. The Board and the Association shall cooperate fully with the Committee and the Board shall make available to it records, secretarial assistance and other administrative support. 4. The Leave Committee shall determine which applications for leave will be granted and will notify all applicants and the Superintendent of their determinations in writing. ARTICLE FOURTEEN - Temporary Leaves of Absence

LEAVE COMMITTEE. The Catastrophic Leave Committee shall consist of one (1) CSEA member, one (1) Confidential or Supervisory employee, and the Director of Human Resources. Each member shall be appointed by their respective membership. The Catastrophic Leave Committee will review requests for donation of eligible leave benefits for an employee's catastrophic illness or injury. The Committee may request a variety of information to verify the catastrophic injury or illness of the employee or employee's immediate family member. If the Catastrophic Leave Committee determines all eligibility criteria are met, the request to receive donated eligible leave credit will be approved. Otherwise, the Committee will indicate the basis of denial of the request. The Director of Human Resources will notify the employee of the determination of the Committee and notify employees of the request for donation of eligible leave credits if approved. The notice shall include a donation form, which may be completed and signed, authorizing the transfer of eligible leave credits to the employee. DONATION OF ELIGIBLE LEAVE BENEFITS Eight hours is the minimum any employee may donate, and in one-hour increments thereafter. Employees must donate within 15 working days of the dated letter of request. Donations received after the 15th day will be returned to the donor. The Catastrophic Leave Committee may extend the deadline for donation at its discretion. A minimum of 15 days of accrued sick leave must be maintained in the donor's available sick leave balance after the donation. Each employee donor shall not donate more than five days of eligible accrued leave benefits. Transfer of leave credits will be honored only upon written authorization of the donor. The written authorization shall acknowledge that the donor understands the transfer authorization is irrevocable and that the leave credits will not be available for certification to the retirement system and will, therefore, result in a reduction of the retirement service credit that would otherwise have been available at the time of retirement. The leave credits donated will be converted on an hour-for-hour basis. Hours not used will be banked for the unit member in need for a period of up to twelve (12) months, from the date of donation of the leave, unless the District is notified by the unit member in need, in writing, that the donated leave is no longer needed. It is the intent of the District and CSEA that the Catastrophic Sick Leave donation mech...

LEAVE COMMITTEE. 11.6 The Catastrophic Leave Committee will review requests for donation of eligible leave benefits for an employee’s or family member’s catastrophic illness or injury. All matters considered and the actions of the Committee shall be confidential. 11.6.1 The Committee may request a variety of information to verify the catastrophic illness or injury of the employee or employee’s family member, including, but not limited to: 11.6.1.1 An employee must meet the eligibility criteria as outlined in 11.5.1.1 and 11.5.1.2. However, the Committee may consider a five percent (5%) leeway in the participation rate. 11.6.1.2 Certificate of Healthcare Provider as required in 13.2; 11.6.1.3 Estimated length of time the employee will be unable to work due to the employee’s or family member’s catastrophic illness or injury; 11.6.1.4 If a family member, justification of why the employee is the only person available to care for the family member; 11.6.1.5 Whether there are other resources available to relieve the hardship; 11.6.1.6 Information regarding the employee’s eligibility for disability retirement benefits if the employee’s disability is likely to be permanent; 11.6.1.7 Availability of other disability benefits for catastrophic illness or injury for an employee or an employee’s family member. 11.6.2 If the Catastrophic Leave Committee determines the employee is unable to work due to the employee’s catastrophic illness or injury, and all eligibility criteria are met, the request to receive donated eligible leave credit will be approved. Otherwise, the Committee will indicate the basis of denial of the request. 11.6.3 If the Committee determines that the employee is unable to work due to the employee’s family member’s catastrophic illness or injury and the situation would entitle the employee to receive eligible donated leave credits, all available accrued leave must be exhausted. Differential leave is not an accrued paid leave benefit and is not available for family illness leave. 11.6.4 Upon exhaustion of the approved catastrophic leave, if the catastrophic situation has not been resolved, the employee may submit a request for an extension on the “Request to Access Catastrophic Leave” form. The request for an extension must be submitted no less than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of the approved leave to avoid a potential lapse in the approved leave. The Catastrophic Leave Committee will review the request within seven (7) workdays. If the circumstances are not...

LEAVE COMMITTEE. During the term of this Agreement, upon request by either party, the parties will meet with the goal of developing alternate leave models, such as “Paid Time Off” or other similar benefits. Any changes implemented during the term of this agreement must be by mutual agreement only.

LEAVE COMMITTEE. In each Superintendency, there shall be a Short-Term ProfessionalDevelopment Leave Committee consisting of two Teacher members appointed by the Local for that Superintendency: the Superintendent of Education; and a representative of the Elementary Principals' and Vice- Principals'Associationfor each Superintendency. The Shod-Term Professional Development Leave Committee called together by the Superintendent of Education normally shall meet three times during the school year. The Superintendent of Human Resources Support Services shall publish the dates of meetings to be held in each Superintendency early in the school year. These Committees shall act on behalf of and be accountable to the Superintendent of Human Resources Support Services who shall retain responsibility for the granting of Short-Term Professional Development Leaves and for the proper disbursement of funds. These Committees shall report to the Superintendent of Human Resources Support Services.

LEAVE COMMITTEE. A Leave Committee consisting of District and Federation appointees (with a majority being Federation appointees) will meet as needed to manage all matters pertaining to district- approved leave.

LEAVE COMMITTEE. 30.01 The following clauses shall apply to all leaves in Articles 31-34 administered by the Leave Committee. 30.02 The Leave Committee shall consist of three (3) members appointed by the Local, three (3) members appointed by the Board and the Director or designate who will act as secretary to the Committee, and receive applications for leave. The Director or designate will be a non-voting member. 30.03 A member of the Committee appointed by the Teachers and a member of the Committee appointed by the Board shall act alternately, on an annual basis, as Chair and Vice-Chair. 30.04 The Local and the Board may appoint alternates for the Leave Committee members. 30.05 The Committee will evaluate applications for leave based on the criteria established. 30.06 The Leave Committee shall, after reviewing all applications submitted, interview applicants, approve or reject each application, and then report to the Board the names of candidates for leave. 30.07 The final selection of Leave shall be made by the Leave Committee and any decision reached must be supported by at least 5 members of the Committee. 30.08 The approval or rejection of each application is the responsibility of the Board. 30.09 If requested by an applicant, a written explanation outlining the reasons for rejection shall be provided by the Chairperson of the Leave Committee. 30.10 The applicants will be advised of the Board's decision on or before April 30 by the Secretary of the Board. 30.11 A Teacher planning to seek leave shall: 30.11.01 Submit to the Director or designate through the Principal, the required application form not later than March 31 or September 30 of the school year immediately before the school year when the Teacher would begin the leave, 30.11.02 Present with the application, a statement of the proposed plans for leave. 30.11.03 The Director or designate will pass the application and attached information to the Leave Committee for its consideration by April 15th or October 15th. 30.11.04 All Teachers wishing to participate in a leave shall be required to sign a memorandum of agreement by the Board before final approval for participation will be granted. The signing by the Teacher shall be completed within 7 school days of notification of approval of the application.

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