Common use of Paid Leaves of Absence Clause in Contracts

Paid Leaves of Absence. A. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall be credited with THIRTEEN (13) leave days. All current sick and business days will be rolled into leave days. Unused days will be capped at ninety (90) days for teachers hired after August 1, 2002. Unused days may accumulate without limit for teachers hired before August 1, 2002. Each teacher shall be notified in writing before the end of September of the total number of unused leave days accumulated. Once a teacher has accumulated more than ninety (90) unused leave days, a teacher may cash in those days that exceed ninety (90) unused leave days, at fifty percent (50%) of the daily substitute pay rate in effect at the time the teacher chooses to cash them in. The request to cash in unused leave days must be made before May 15th and will be negotiated during the first pay period of June. No more than forty (40) unused leave days may be cashed in for any given school year. Upon retirement or layoff (Reduction in Force) from Athens Area Schools' employment, a teacher will be compensated for each unused leave day at a rate of sixty dollars ($60) per day. Bargaining unit members will have the option of cashing out leave days under this provision when laid off, but days paid out will no longer exist for a member who may be recalled to service. Days must be requested by September 30. B. At the beginning of each school year, at the discretion of the Association, each teacher may contribute up to two (2) of their accumulated leave days to a common Sick Bank administered by the Association. Teachers who have exhausted their leave because of long-term illness or disability may request leave from the Sick Bank in increments of no more than thirty (30) additional leave days to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days or one (1) school year whichever is less. The maximum number of days granted from the Sick Bank cannot exceed the total number of days in the Sick Bank during any one year. The Association shall be responsible for granting and denying of said requests. The Association shall immediately notify the Superintendent's office of any withdrawals from the Sick Bank and in no case shall notification lapse more than five (5) days. C. A teacher who is unable to teach more than five (5) consecutive work days because of illness or disability shall submit a statement from a physician documenting the illness/disability and estimating the expected duration of the absence. D. Absence due to injury or illness incurred in the course of the teacher's employment shall not be charged against the teacher's leave days, and the Board shall pay to such teacher the difference between his salary and benefits received under the Michigan Workers' Compensation Act for the duration of such absence but no longer than six (6) months. E. The District subcontracts with a service company for substitute teachers. The teachers shall be informed of the telephone number they must call for approved scheduled absences to arrange for a substitute teacher. The teacher will then communicate to the building administrator the job number assigned by the service company. In an emergency, the teacher may call the central administrative office before 6:30 a.m. to secure a substitute teacher for the day. It shall be the responsibility of each teacher to promptly report his/her unavailability for work each day of his/her absence. F. Requests for leave shall be made no less than forty-eight (48) hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. It is expressly understood that leave days shall be used only for illness and/or legitimate business, professional or personal obligations which cannot reasonably be scheduled outside of the regular school day and not for purposes of personal profit. Requests for a leave day will be limited to four (4) persons on any given day, excluding emergency situations. Abuse of this provision, including any misrepresentation concerning the eligibility of a teacher for such leave benefits, shall result in loss of pay for day(s) involved. G. A teacher shall be entitled to leave for jury service if unable to be excused from such service. The teacher shall be entitled to receive regular compensation for teaching, without deduction of leave days, less any fees paid, excluding mileage fees, provided that notice of such jury service is given to the Superintendent or designee before the scheduled date. The teacher shall return to his/her duties whenever attendance in Court is not actually required. H. Upon the request of the Association, the Board may grant a leave of absence to a teacher for the purpose of conducting official Association business, in accordance with the following guidelines: 1. The absence of the teacher shall not materially interfere with the discharge of the teacher's responsibilities. 2. Except for good cause, request for leave day shall be made in writing to the Superintendent not less than five (5) working days before the leave. 3. The Superintendent shall not be required to grant more than seven (7) such Association leave days during each school year. 4. Association leave days shall not be cumulative. I. A teacher will be granted up to five (5) days of additional leave time, for each occurrence, for a death in the teacher's immediate family, which shall include the teacher's mother, father, spouse, mother-in-law, father- in-law, child, sibling, step-parent and step-child, grandparents, grandchild, and step-grandchild. In the event of the death of a biological first aunt, first uncle, a teacher shall be granted one (1) day of leave time. Request for funeral leave time for persons other than family listed in this section may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent for that day only.

Paid Leaves of Absence. A. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall be credited with THIRTEEN ten (1310) leave sick days and two (2) business days. All current sick and business days will be rolled into leave days. Unused days will be capped at ninety (90) days for teachers hired after August 1, 2002. Unused days may accumulate yearly without limit limit. Upon retirement, or upon leaving Athens Area Schools employment, a teacher will be compensated for teachers hired before August each unused sick and business day at the rate of one-half of the substitute teacher daily rate of pay in effect at the time the teacher retires or leaves employment in the Athens Area Schools. This policy becomes effective September 1, 20021987. For those teachers employed by the Athens Area Schools at the time the September 1, 1987, policy becomes effective who have accumulated unused sick leave days under the former contract, said unused sick leave days will be converted to the new policy stated above. Each teacher shall be notified in writing before the end of September of the total number of unused leave sick and business days accumulated. Once a teacher has accumulated more than ninety (90) unused leave days, a teacher may cash in those days that exceed ninety (90) unused leave days, at fifty percent (50%) of the daily substitute pay rate in effect at the time the teacher chooses to cash them in. The request to cash in unused leave days must be made before May 15th and will be negotiated during the first pay period of June. No more than forty (40) unused leave days may be cashed in for any given school year. Upon retirement or layoff (Reduction in Force) from Athens Area Schools' employment, a teacher will be compensated for each unused leave day at a rate of sixty dollars ($60) per day. Bargaining unit members will have the option of cashing out leave days under this provision when laid off, but days paid out will no longer exist for a member who may be recalled to service. Days must be requested by September 30. B. At the beginning of each school year, at the discretion of the Association, each teacher may contribute up to two (2) of their accumulated sick leave days to a common Sick Bank bank administered by the Association. Teachers who have exhausted their illness or disability leave because of long-term illness or disability may request sick leave from the Sick Bank sick bank in increments of no more than thirty (30) additional sick leave days to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) 180 days or one (1) school year whichever is less. The maximum number of days granted from the Sick Bank cannot exceed the total number of days in the Sick Bank during any one anyone year. The Association shall be responsible for granting and denying denial of said requests. The Association shall immediately notify the Superintendent's office of any withdrawals from the Sick Bank sick bank and in no case shall notification lapse more than five (5) days. C. A teacher who is unable to teach on sick leave for more than five (5) consecutive work days will provide documentation that he/she has been attended by a physician. A teacher who is unable to teach more than ten (10) consecutive work days because of personal illness or disability shall submit a statement from a physician documenting the illness/disability and estimating the expected duration of the absence.absence.‌ D. Absence due to injury or illness incurred in the course of the teacher's employment shall not be charged against the teacher's sick leave days, and the Board shall pay to such teacher the difference between his salary and benefits received under the Michigan Workers' Compensation Act for the duration of such absence but no longer than six (6) months. E. The District subcontracts with a service company for substitute teachers. The teachers Teachers shall be informed of the telephone number they must may call before 6:30 a. m. to report unavailability for approved scheduled absences to arrange for a substitute teacher. The teacher will then communicate to the building administrator the job number assigned by the service companywork. In an emergency, the teacher time for notification may call the central administrative office before 6:30 be extended to 7:00 a.m. to secure a substitute teacher for the day. It shall be the responsibility of each teacher to promptly report his/her unavailability for work each day of his/her his absence. F. Requests for business leave shall be made no less than forty-eight (48) hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. It is expressly understood that business leave days shall be used only for illness and/or legitimate business, professional profes- sional or personal obligations which cannot reasonably be scheduled outside of the regular school day and not for purposes of personal profit. Requests for a leave business day will be limited to four (4) persons on any given day, excluding emergency situations. Abuse of this provision, including any misrepresentation concerning the eligibility of a teacher for such business leave benefits, shall result in loss of pay for day(s) involved. G. A teacher shall be entitled to leave for jury service if unable to be excused from such service. The teacher shall be entitled to receive regular compensation for teaching, without deduction of leave days, less any fees paid, excluding mileage fees, provided that notice of such jury service is given to the Superintendent or his/her designee before prior to the scheduled datedate thereof. The teacher shall return to his/her duties whenever attendance in Court is not actually required. H. Upon the request of the Association, the Board may grant a leave of absence to a teacher for the purpose of conducting official Association business, in accordance with the following guidelines: 1. The absence of the teacher shall not materially interfere with the discharge of the teacher's responsibilities. 2. Except for good cause, request for leave day shall be made in writing to the Superintendent not less than five (5) working days before prior to the leave. 3. The Superintendent shall not be required to grant more than seven (7) such Association leave days during each school year. 4. Association leave days shall not be cumulative. I. A teacher will be granted up to five (5) days of additional leave time, for each occurrence, for in the event of a death in the said teacher's immediate family, which . The immediate family shall include the said teacher's mother, father, spouse, mother-in-law, father- father-in-law, child, sibling, step-parent and step-child, grandparents, grandchild, and step-grandchild. In the event of the death of a biological first aunt, first uncle, a teacher shall be granted one (1) day of leave timeor child(ren). Request for funeral leave time for persons other than immediate family listed in this section may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent of Schools for that day only.only.‌

Paid Leaves of Absence. A. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall be credited with THIRTEEN twelve (1312) leave days. All current sick and business days will be rolled into leave days. Unused days will be capped at ninety (90) days for teachers hired after August 1, 2002. Unused days may accumulate without limit for teachers hired before prior to August 1, 2002. Each teacher shall be notified in writing before the end of September of the total number of unused leave days accumulated. Once a teacher has accumulated more than ninety (90) unused leave days, a teacher may cash in those days that exceed ninety (90) unused leave days, at fifty percent (50%) of the daily substitute pay rate in effect at the time the teacher chooses to cash them in. The request to cash in unused leave days must be made before prior to May 15th and will be negotiated during the first pay period of June. No more than forty (40) unused leave days may be cashed in for any given school year. Upon retirement or layoff (Reduction in Force) from Athens Area Schools' employment, a teacher will be compensated for each unused leave day at a rate of sixty dollars ($60) per day. Bargaining unit members will have the option of cashing out leave days under this provision when laid off, but days paid out will no longer exist for a member who may be recalled to service. Days must be requested by September 30. B. At the beginning of each school year, at the discretion of the Association, each teacher may contribute up to two (2) of their accumulated leave days to a common Sick Bank administered by the Association. Teachers who have exhausted their leave because of long-term illness or disability may request leave from the Sick Bank in increments of no more than thirty (30) additional leave days to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days or one (1) school year whichever is less. The maximum number of days granted from the Sick Bank cannot exceed the total number of days in the Sick Bank during any one year. The Association shall be responsible for granting and denying denial of said requests. The Association shall immediately notify the Superintendent's office of any withdrawals from the Sick Bank and in no case shall notification lapse more than five (5) days. C. A teacher who is unable to teach more than five (5) consecutive work days because of illness or disability shall submit a statement from a physician documenting the illness/disability and estimating the expected duration of the absence. D. Absence due to injury or illness incurred in the course of the teacher's employment shall not be charged against the teacher's leave days, and the Board shall pay to such teacher the difference between his salary and benefits received under the Michigan Workers' Compensation Act for the duration of such absence but no longer than six (6) months. E. The District subcontracts with a service company for substitute teachers. The teachers shall be informed of the telephone number they must call for approved scheduled absences to arrange for a substitute teacher. The teacher will then communicate to the building administrator the job number assigned by the service company. In an emergency, the teacher may call the central administrative office before prior to 6:30 a.m. to secure a substitute teacher for the day. It shall be the responsibility of each teacher to promptly report his/her unavailability for work each day of his/her absence. F. Requests for leave shall be made no less than forty-eight (48) hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. It is expressly understood that leave days shall be used only for illness and/or legitimate business, professional or personal obligations which cannot reasonably be scheduled outside of the regular school day and not for purposes of personal profit. Requests for a leave day will be limited to four (4) persons on any given day, excluding emergency situations. Abuse of this provision, including any misrepresentation concerning the eligibility of a teacher for such leave benefits, shall result in loss of pay for day(s) involved. G. A teacher shall be entitled to leave for jury service if unable to be excused from such service. The teacher shall be entitled to receive regular compensation for teaching, without deduction of leave days, less any fees paid, excluding mileage fees, provided that notice of such jury service is given to the Superintendent or his/her designee before prior to the scheduled datedate thereof. The teacher shall return to his/her duties whenever attendance in Court is not actually required. H. Upon the request of the Association, the Board may grant a leave of absence to a teacher for the purpose of conducting official Association business, in accordance with the following guidelines: 1. The absence of the teacher shall not materially interfere with the discharge of the teacher's responsibilities. 2. Except for good cause, request for leave day shall be made in writing to the Superintendent not less than five (5) working days before prior to the leave. 3. The Superintendent shall not be required to grant more than seven (7) such Association leave days during each school year. 4. Association leave days shall not be cumulative. I. A teacher will be granted up to five (5) days of additional leave time, for each occurrence, for in the event of a death in the said teacher's immediate family, which . The immediate family shall include the said teacher's mother, father, spouse, mother-in-law, father- father-in-law, child, sibling, step-parent and step-child, grandparents, grandchild, and step-grandchild. In the event of the death of a biological first aunt, first uncle, a teacher shall be granted one (1) day of leave time. Request for funeral leave time for persons other than family listed in this section may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent of Schools for that day only.

Paid Leaves of Absence. A. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall be credited with THIRTEEN Universal Leave Thirteen (13) days per year universal leave daysis granted. All current sick and business Universal leave days will may be rolled into used for any purpose at the discretion of the teacher. Universal leave daysdays are cumulative. Unused days will be capped at universal leave in excess of ninety (90) days for teachers hired after August 1, 2002. Unused days may accumulate without limit for teachers hired before August 1, 2002. Each teacher shall be notified in writing before returned to the teacher at the end of September the current school year on the basis of the total number of unused leave days accumulated. Once a teacher has accumulated more than ninety (90) unused leave days, a teacher may cash in those days that exceed ninety (90) unused leave days, at fifty percent (50%) of the daily substitute pay rate in effect at the time the teacher chooses to cash them in. The request to cash in unused leave days must be made before May 15th and will be negotiated during the first pay period of June. No more than forty (40) unused leave days may be cashed in for any given school year. Upon retirement or layoff (Reduction in Force) from Athens Area Schools' employment, a teacher will be compensated for each unused leave day at a rate of sixty forty-five dollars ($6045) per day. Bargaining unit members A teacher retiring under MPSERS from the Bad Axe School District will have receive a one-time payout of twenty dollars ($20) per day for any remaining universal leave credited to the option teacher on the last day of cashing out employment, unless the teacher notifies the Board prior to February 15th of the year the teacher retires in which case the payout for remaining universal leave days will be forty dollars ($40) per day. A teacher who has not submitted a letter of retirement by February 15 of the year in which the retirement would be effective but experiences a serious medical situation which makes him/her unable to perform his/her job between February 15 and prior to the start of the following school year shall be eligible for the forty dollars ($40) per day upon written verification by a licensed medical practitioner who is certified and qualified to render said medical evaluation. A leave day shall not be granted for the first and last scheduled student day of the school year unless the school calendar has been extended by more than three (3) days to meet state instructional days and hours requirement. Not more than six (6) teachers may be granted leave for the same days excluding personal or family illness. The date a leave request is received in the Superintendent’s office shall determine priority for leave with pay. Additional persons may be granted leave under this provision when laid off, but days paid out will no longer exist for a member who may be recalled to service. Days must be requested by September 30. B. At the beginning of each school year, at the discretion of the Association, each teacher may contribute up to two (2) of their accumulated superintendent. Unused universal leave days in excess of ninety (90) days shall be returned to a common Sick Bank administered by the Associationteacher at the end of the current school year on the basis of forty-five dollars ($45.00) per day for any remaining sick leave credited to the teacher on the last day of employment. Teachers who have exhausted their leave because Requested universal days of long-term illness three (3) or disability may request leave from more consecutive days shall be approved ahead of time at the Sick Bank in increments discretion of no more than thirty (30) additional the Superintendent. Consecutive universal leave days to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days or one (1) school year whichever is less. The maximum number of days granted from the Sick Bank canshall not exceed the total number of days in the Sick Bank during any one year. The Association shall be responsible for granting and denying of said requests. The Association shall immediately notify the Superintendent's office of any withdrawals from the Sick Bank and in no case shall notification lapse more than five (5) days. C. A teacher who is unable to teach more than five (5) consecutive work days because of illness or disability shall submit a statement from a physician documenting the illness/disability and estimating the expected duration of the absence. D. Absence due to injury or illness incurred in the course of the teacher's employment shall not be charged against the teacher's leave days, and the Board shall pay to such teacher the difference between his salary and benefits received under the Michigan Workers' Compensation Act for the duration of such absence but no longer than six (6) months. E. The District subcontracts with a service company for substitute teachers. The teachers shall be informed of the telephone number they must call for approved scheduled absences to arrange for a substitute teacher. The teacher will then communicate to the building administrator the job number assigned by the service company. In an emergency, the teacher may call the central administrative office before 6:30 a.m. to secure a substitute teacher for the day. It shall be the responsibility of each teacher to promptly report his/her unavailability for work each day of his/her absence. F. Requests for leave shall be made no less than forty-eight (48) hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. It is expressly understood that leave days shall be used only for illness and/or legitimate business, professional or personal obligations which cannot reasonably be scheduled outside of the regular school day and not for purposes of personal profit. Requests for a leave day will be limited to four (4) persons on any given day, excluding emergency situations. Abuse of this provision, including any misrepresentation concerning the eligibility of a teacher for such leave benefits, shall result in loss of pay for day(s) involved. G. A teacher shall be entitled to leave for jury service if unable to be excused from such service. The teacher shall be entitled to receive regular compensation for teaching, without deduction of leave days, less any fees paid, excluding mileage fees, provided that notice of such jury service is given to the Superintendent or designee before the scheduled date. The teacher shall return to his/her duties whenever attendance in Court is not actually required. H. Upon the request of the Association, the Board may grant a leave of absence to a teacher for the purpose of conducting official Association business, in accordance with the following guidelines: 1. The absence of the teacher shall not materially interfere with the discharge of the teacher's responsibilities. 2. Except for good cause, request for leave day shall be made in writing to the Superintendent not less than five (5) working days before the leave. 3. The Superintendent shall not be required to grant more than seven (7) such Association leave days during each school year. 4. Association leave Universal days shall not be cumulative. I. used the day prior to or the day after a scheduled extended break or vacation, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Winter/President’s Day, or Spring Break. Requests to use a universal day on one of the above-mentioned days must be in writing and approved by the Superintendent prior to the date requested. Unforeseen circumstances will be handled on a case-by-case manner, which will not establish precedence. A teacher universal day on a scheduled professional development day shall only be used in case of illness. The Superintendent has the right to request a doctor’s note in the event of an illness on the day. Unforeseen circumstances will be handled on a case-by-case manner, which will not establish precedence. Sick Bank The BAEA will control the parameters of the sick bank. BAEA will inform the Board of leave days which have been credited to members. The business office will be responsible for crediting the member’s account. Emergency Leave - Death in Family Teachers will be granted up to three (3) days leave for a death in the immediate family, except in case of death of father, mother, spouse, or child the employee may have up to five (5) days leave with two (2) days to be deducted from universal leave. This leave will be non-cumulative. The immediate family is interpreted as noted above, with the addition of additional leave time, for each occurrence, for a death in the teacher's immediate family, which shall include the teacher's mother, father, spouse, motherbrother-in-law, father- sister-in-law, child, sibling, step-parent and step-child, grandparents, grandchild, and step-grandchild. In the event of the death of a biological first aunt, first uncle, a teacher shall be granted one One (1) day of leave time. Request will be granted for funeral leave time aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, or for persons other than family listed in this section such others as may be granted approved by the Superintendent of schools. This may be extended at the discretion of the Superintendent. Jury Duty Leaves Teachers called for jury duty during work hours shall inform the Superintendent of such notice the first working day after it is received. A teacher required to serve during work hours shall be required to remit to the Board all compensation received of the court for that day onlyhis/her service as a juror. Leaves Resulting From A Court Subpoena Teachers subpoenaed to give testimony in child abuse/neglect/custodial cases concerning the teacher’s current or former students will be granted leave. Such leave will not be deducted from any other type of leave. Teachers will inform the Superintendent of such subpoena as soon as it is received. A teacher required to testify shall be required to remit to the Board all compensation received from the court for his/her service as a witness. Teachers who do not teach a full year or a full teacher load will receive a pro-rated paid leave benefit.