Non-Disability Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. A tenured teacher, non-tenured part-time teacher in his/her fourth year or more, or non-tenured probationary teacher in his/her fourth year shall be entitled to a non-disability parental leave. A non- tenured probationary teacher granted this leave will retain seniority and accumulated personal and sick days. If the applicable specific and general conditions are not met, the granting of the leave shall be discretionary with the Superintendent or designee. The granting of a leave pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be without precedential effect. For non-tenured probationary teachers, a school term shall be counted toward attainment of tenure if the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the District’s educational program for one hundred twenty (120) days or more. FMLA leave days shall count toward the 120 days, but only to the extent required by law. A school term that is not counted toward attainment of tenure due to failure to meet the 120 days shall NOT constitute a break in service provided the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the District’s educational program in the following school term. A tenured teacher, non-tenured part-time teacher in his/her fourth year or more, or non-tenured probationary teacher in his/her fourth year who wishes to take an unpaid leave of absence for a non- disability parental leave: ⚫⚫Shall make the request to the Superintendent or designee at least seventy five (75) calendar days prior to the onset of the requested leave. ⚫⚫The leave shall not exceed the balance of the school term in which it commences and one (1) additional school term. ⚫⚫The teacher shall be entitled to elect whether to take the aforementioned one (1) additional school term of leave by providing the Superintendent or designee with written notice by February 15 of the year in which the leave commences or within twenty (20) days of the commencement of such leave, whichever is later. ⚫⚫For purposes of this section, any leave which commences twenty
Non-Disability Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. A teacher associate in his/her fourth year shall be entitled to a non- disability parental leave and adoption leave. All teacher associates granted this leave will retain seniority and accumulated personal and sick days. If the applicable specific and general conditions are not met, the granting of the leave shall be discretionary with the Superintendent or designee. The granting of a leave pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be without precedential effect. A teacher associate in his/her fourth year who wishes to take an unpaid leave of absence for a non-disability parental leave: • Shall make the request to the Superintendent or designee at least seventy-five (75) calendar days prior to the onset of the requested leave. • The leave shall not exceed the balance of the school term in which it commences and one (1) additional school term. • The teacher associate shall be entitled to elect whether to take the aforementioned one (1) additional school term of leave by providing the Superintendent or designee with written notice by February 15 of the year in which the leave commences or within twenty (20) days of the commencement of such leave, whichever is later. • For purposes of this section, any leave which commences twenty (20) or fewer days prior to the end of a school term shall not be considered to have commenced until the first day of the next school year. In such case, the teacher associate shall be entitled to leave for two full school terms.
Non-Disability Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. A tenured teacher, non-tenured teacher in his/her fourth year, or teacher associate in his/her fourth year shall be entitled to a non- disability parental leave. For non-tenured teachers described above, this leave of absence shall not constitute a break in service for tenure requirements provided all observations and evaluations for year four (4) have been completed prior to the leave. In the event all observations and evaluations have not been completed, this leave will constitute a break in service for tenure requirements, and the non-tenured teacher will be required to start the tenure cycle at year one (1) of the four (4)
