Leave Procedures. A. An A&S staff member whose certificate status is current will be considered as if actively employed by the Board during paid leave and will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the employee would have achieved if the A&S staff member had not been absent. B. All benefits to which an A&S staff member was entitled at the time the leave of absence commenced, including unused accumulated sick leave and credits toward sabbatical eligibility, will be restored to the A&S staff member upon return. The A&S staff member will be assigned to a substantially equivalent position, if available, and for which the A&S staff member holds a valid certificate. C. The A&S staff member shall have the option of continuing as a participant in the existing insurance benefit programs at the expense of the A&S staff member while taking leave under any provision of this Article. D. All requests for extended leaves of absence, extensions, or renewals of such leaves, will be in writing and the Board will make a written response to all such requests. A&S staff members on extended leave must give notice of their intention to return to work by April 1. E. Unless mutually agreed upon, employees taking leave under any provisions of this Article will return commencing July 1 of that year.
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Leave Procedures. A. An A&S staff member whose certificate status is current will be considered as if actively employed by the Board during paid leave and will be placed on the salary schedule at the level the employee would have achieved if the A&S staff member had not been absent.
B. All benefits to which an A&S staff member was entitled at the time the leave of absence commenced, including unused accumulated sick leave and credits toward sabbatical eligibility, will be restored to the A&S staff member upon return. The A&S staff member will be assigned to a substantially equivalent position, if If available, and for which the A&S staff member holds a valid certificate.
C. The A&S staff member shall have the option of continuing as a participant in the existing insurance benefit programs at the expense of the A&S staff member while taking leave under any provision of this Article.
D. All requests for extended leaves of absence, extensions, or renewals of such leaves, will be in writing and the Board will make a written response to all such requests. A&S staff members on extended leave must give notice of their intention to return to work by April 1.
E. Unless mutually agreed upon, employees taking leave under any provisions of this Article will return commencing July 1 of that year.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement
