Long-Term Child-Rearing/Parental Leave. 1. Upon conclusion of a short-term child-rearing/parental leave, an employee employed on active duty consecutively by the school district for at least one year prior to the beginning of the applicable leave period may be granted a long-term child-rearing/parental leave of absence without pay. Such leave shall commence immediately upon the conclusion of any short-term child-rearing/parental leave, unless the employee is required to take time prior to the birth, adoption or placement, or unless the Superintendent, in his sole discretion, permits a child- rearing/parental leave to commence at another time following birth, adoption or placement of the child(ren). Such combined short-term and long-term leave period shall impact no more than two consecutive school years, such that the period of combined leave shall end at the conclusion of the school year in which the combined leave begins, or at the end of the subsequent school year. An employee may request to return to work at a time other than a time that coincides with the beginning of a school year, if there is an available position, or one that become available, for which he or she is certified. An available position is defined to be one that is not being held by an employee under contract.
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