Common use of Paid Time Off Leave Clause in Contracts

Paid Time Off Leave. 1. Eighteen (18) days of paid leave shall be allowed for each teacher per school year. Teachers may use this leave for personal illness, family illness, or for any personal business reasons. Days are awarded on the first day worked. Days will be prorated for teachers contracted for only a portion of the school year. 2. If circumstances arise in which a teacher needs to use an absence prior to or immediately following a school break, a notification meeting (phone call or face to face) with the building Principal is required. 3. Any annual teacher leave unused at the end of the school year will be converted to and carried as accumulated sick leave. Unused sick leave shall accumulate to a maximum of 180 days 4. Accumulated sick leave may be used for the illness of the teacher or other purposes allowed through FMLA as outlined in Board Policy 3430.01 5. For absences caused by illness or physical disability of the employee that extends beyond four (4) consecutive days each employee shall be allowed to have the school corporation deduct the additional days from the employees personal accumulated sick leave. Failure to provide a doctor’s statement will be cause for denial of personal accumulated sick leave use. 6. In the event a teacher accumulated one (1) or more days of sick leave in another school corporation before being employed by Nettle Creek School Corporation, there shall be added for the second school year and each succeeding school year of employment, three(3) days of sick leave until the accumulated days to which the teacher was entitled in his/her last employment are exhausted or the 180 maximum days has been reached, whichever comes first.

Paid Time Off Leave. 1. Eighteen (18) days of paid leave shall be allowed for each teacher per school year. Teachers may use this leave for personal illness, family illness, or for any personal business reasons. Days are awarded on the first day worked. Days will be prorated for teachers contracted for only a portion of the school year. 2. If circumstances arise in which a teacher needs to use an absence prior to or immediately following a school break, a notification meeting (phone call or face to face) with the building Principal is required. 3. Any annual teacher leave unused at the end of the school year will be converted to and carried as accumulated sick leave. Unused sick leave shall accumulate to a maximum of 180 days. 4. Accumulated sick leave may be used for the illness of the teacher or other purposes allowed through FMLA as outlined in Board Policy 3430.01. 5. For absences caused by illness or physical disability of the employee that extends beyond four (4) consecutive days each employee shall be allowed to have the school corporation deduct the additional days from the employees personal accumulated sick leave. Failure to provide a doctor’s statement will be cause for denial of personal accumulated sick leave use. 6. In the event a teacher accumulated one (1) or more days of sick leave in another school corporation before being employed by Nettle Creek School Corporation, there shall be added for the second school year and each succeeding school year of employment, three(3) days of sick leave until the accumulated days to which the teacher was entitled in his/her last employment are exhausted or the 180 maximum days has been reached, whichever comes first.