Common use of New Dependent Leave Clause in Contracts

New Dependent Leave. A teacher may elect to use up to ten (10) illness days within a year of the birth of the teacher’s child. New dependent leave may not be used if the teacher has used a maternity or adoptive leave for that child. However, the administration, in its discretion, may allow a teacher to take additional sick days in unusual situations, such as the child’s illness or the illness/incapacity of the child’s birth mother.

New Dependent Leave. A teacher may elect to use up to ten four (104) illness sick days within a year of a child’s birth where the birth teacher is a biological parent of the teacher’s child. New dependent leave may cannot be used if the teacher has used a in conjunction with maternity or adoptive leave for that child. However, the administration, in its discretion, may allow a teacher to take additional sick days in unusual situations, such as the child’s illness or the illness/incapacity of the child’s birth motherleave.