Maternity/Child Care Leave. OF-ABSENCE—The Board shall grant, without pay, a maternity/child care leave-of-absence without loss of accrued sick leave, tenure or seniority to any member of the staff who submits a written request for such leave with a physician’s certificate of pregnancy. It shall be the responsibility of the staff member to present a request for leave not later than five months into her pregnancy. The effective day of the leave shall be established by the teacher’s physician. Where available, accumulated sick leave might be used as maternity leave. Such leave may be approved by the Board only for the pre-or post-delivery period specified as necessary by the teacher’s physician for continued well-being of the teacher. Before the teacher is eligible for reinstatement, she shall be required to present a physician’s certificate stating that she is able to resume all duties required of a regular teacher. A teacher returning from maternity or child care leave shall give the Superintendent written notice by March 15 of her desire to return to a teaching position the following school year. If the leave is for the first half of the school year only, the teacher shall notify the Superintendent by November 15 of her intention to return. A maternity/child care leave shall not be for more than 2 complete semesters. All accumulated benefits and rights of employment previously gained shall be retained upon return. However, no teacher may gain tenure while on leave-of- absence, nor gain seniority for time served on leave. Any teacher granted maternity/child care leave who completes 120 days or more of the school term shall be considered to have completed a full year for advancement on the salary schedule. In the event of death of the object child of the leave, the leave-of-absence may be terminated upon request of the employee if a replacement teacher has not been contracted by the Board. Maternity/child care leave may also be granted to any teacher who adopts a child, provided the teacher notifies the Superintendent at the time application for adoption is made and otherwise complies with the preceding paragraphs. Continuation of insurance benefits will be provided during the leave period if allowable by insurance carrier. The teacher must pay the monthly premium due; said premium must be received in the Unit Office no later than the 15th day of each month.
Maternity/Child Care Leave. Maternity leave is available to female teachers during the normal school year.
1. A leave of absence chargeable to sick leave shall be granted for a period of up to forty (40) working days.
2. A child care leave is available for male or female teachers, without pay or without paid benefits, for the remainder of the semester the pregnancy or adoption occurs in or for the remainder of the school year if desired.
3. A teacher having been duly granted a child care leave must, to retain his/her rights with the School District, apply for reemployment on or before April 1st prior to the school term for which reemployment is desired.
Maternity/Child Care Leave. Probationary teachers requesting maternity/child care leave are advised that for the purposes of determining contractual continued service, a school term shall be counted only toward attainment of contractual continued service if the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the district’s or program’s educational program for 120 days or more, provided that the days of leave under FMLA taken by the teacher until the end of the school term shall be considered days of teaching or participation in the district’s or program’s educational program, and shall only be deemed a break in service as provided in Section 24-1.5 of the School Code.
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Maternity/Child Care Leave. (SECTION III.W. Maternity/Child Care Leave does not apply to P103 Per Diem Nurses)
Maternity/Child Care Leave. 1. An employee shall be entitled to, upon written request, a leave of absence, without pay, not exceeding one (1) year, for maternity/child care. Such leave will commence as of the date the employee's pregnancy/FMLA leave ends, whichever is longer, however, in no event shall the leave exceed one (1) year from commencement of the leave.
2. Upon return to work from a maternity/child care leave of absence, except as limited by Article 6, the employee shall be restored to his former position, if such position exists, even though the position has been filled in accordance with the provisions of Article 7; if it does not exist, then to a job comparable with regard to work, rate of pay and benefits.
Maternity/Child Care Leave. A. A maternity leave is a leave of absence granted to a female employee during the period of time she must absent herself from her duties because of disability resulting from pregnancy or convalescence following childbirth or miscarriage. Such employee may elect to utilize her accumulated sick leave during her period of physical disability, provided the dates of disability and convalescence following childbirth or miscarriage are certified by her physician.
B. The fully paid portion (sick leave) of such a leave is usable only for that period of time during which the employee is physically disabled and unable to perform her regular duties and responsibilities.
C. After utilizing all accumulated sick leave and all allowable sick leave for the current school year, the employee shall be eligible for pay on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 5.02, Paragraph G of this Article.
D. Not later than the sixth month of pregnancy, such employee shall provide the District with a written statement from her attending physician attesting to her ability to continue performing the full schedule of duties and responsibilities, and indicating the estimated date of birth. The District may require her to submit additional statements from her physician, if necessary in the reasonable judgment of her immediate administrator. She may elect to continue on active duty until such date as she and her physician determine that she must absent herself from her duties because of disability resulting from pregnancy.
E. Prior to return to duty, it will be necessary for the employee to validate her sick leave pay claims by having her physician certify the actual beginning and ending date of her disability. She also must secure her attending physician's release to active duty, and such release must be in a form satisfactory to the District.
F. The District shall grant employees an unpaid leave of absence for the purpose of providing care to their children following the birth or legal adoption of a child, and may grant such leave at other times upon a showing of good cause by the employee.
1. Application for such leave must be made in writing to the Human Resources Office at least forty-five (45) calendar days in advance of the intended last day of service to the District. The application shall indicate desired beginning and ending dates. The District shall make the final determination as to the beginning and ending dates. Where an emergency arises making such notice impossible, the ...
Maternity/Child Care Leave. A. The Board agrees to provide employees with a child care leave of absence, without pay, as set forth below:
1. A mother or parent who is pregnant or adopting a child, less than one (1) year of age, may request and shall be entitled to a leave of absence, without pay, for maternity or child care purposes.
2. The length of the child care leave shall be for the remainder of the current semester and one additional semester. The maximum amount of leave granted will be two (2) full semesters.
3. As soon as an employee determines she is pregnant or about to adopt a child, she must notify the Superintendent’s Office in writing. In pregnancy, the notification will be accompanied by a physician’s evaluation of the employee’s physical ability to continue performing the full duties and responsibilities of her position. The Board reserves the right to seek another medical opinion at the Board’s expense.
4. The request for a maternity/child care leave, without pay, shall contain a statement on the expected date of birth, or in the case of adoption, the date of obtaining custody, and the date on which the leave of absence is to commence.
5. At the time the leave is requested, the employee shall indicate the length of the leave (i.e., 1 or 2 semesters) being requested. The employee may amend this request at any time prior to the Board’s action of hiring a substitute. After the Board’s action, the leave can only be changed by Board action.
Maternity/Child Care Leave. In addition to the use of sick days as provided in subsection C hereof, and any FMLA leave to which an employee is entitled, the Board may, in its discretion, grant maternity/child care leave without pay or benefits to fulltime employees in the District. Any employee on an approved leave pursuant to this section may participate in the District's available insurance programs but at such employee’s own expense for the full monthly premium. The full monthly premium, which is the total of the portion of the premium previously paid by the employee and the amount paid by the District, is payable to the District by the employee as provided herein except the first month of participation shall require an employee to pay one full month’s premium in advance. It will be the responsibility of the employee to deliver to the benefits facilitator, on or before the 15th day of the month preceding the onset of the leave, a check payable to the District in the full amount of one month’s premium, for the following month. Thereafter, on or before the 15th of each month a check for the full amount of the premium must be hand delivered and receipted, or sent U.S. Mail certified return receipt, postmarked on or before the 15th of the month. Subsequent failure to pay the required monthly premium shall constitute a thirty (30) day notice of cancellation of insurance coverage. No later than fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the scheduled termination of any leave in excess of sixty (60) days, the employee shall notify the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources in writing of his/her intention to return to employment. Failure to provide such notification shall be deemed a submission of resignation from employment in the district effective at the end of the leave. In addition, such leave is subject to the following conditions:
A. All such leaves shall be for a fixed period with specific beginning and ending dates not to exceed one calendar year in duration. The length of such leaves shall be mutually agreed upon by the employee and the administration provided the termination of such leave during the school year shall be non-precedential. The duration of the leave shall take into consideration the continuity of instructional staff, support staff, instructional assistance, medical factors to the maximum possible degree, and the pertinent time factors related thereto. Every effort shall be made to have such leave terminate immediately prior to the start of a new school term.
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Maternity/Child Care Leave. A. An employee shall be entitled to a child care leave of absence without pay or benefits for a period extending through the balance of the school year in which the leave commences or through the balance of the school year in which the leave commences and the following school year. For purposes of this provision only, a school year is September 1 through June 30. The employee shall have their health insurance continued as required by the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). An employee shall notify the Associate Superintendent in writing sixty (60) days in advance and request an appointment to discuss his/her leave. An employee desiring to be reinstated following the child care leave shall submit a letter of intent to the Associate Superintendent two (2) months prior to the date the leave expires.
B. A childcare leave may be terminated my mutual consent of the Employer and employee in extenuating circumstances, such as miscarriage or non-survival of the child.
C. If an employee adopts a child, the employee may take a leave without pay or benefits (time to be the same as above.)
