Common use of Personal Emergency Leave Clause in Contracts

Personal Emergency Leave. Each teacher shall receive three days of personal leave with pay per year. The leave shall be available upon request with no questions asked, except that personal leave days that adjoin a holiday or vacation period must be prearranged to ensure continuity for student instruction, by written submission at least ten working days in advance of the commencement date of the leave and shall contain a statement that a substitute has been requested. Appropriate instructional plans for the substitute shall be available. In the event of an emergency, advance notice is not required. Holidays and vacations shall be defined as Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving, winter, spring, and summer vacations. 1. When possible, the teacher shall provide the District with 48 hours notice in advance of his/her intention to take leave. 2. Leave shall not be granted if a substitute is not available. It is not the intent of the District to allow the difficulty of retaining substitutes for difficult-to-replace positions to result in discrimination against those teachers in the taking of personal leave. 3. This leave is to be taken in full-day increments, except that one day may be taken in half-day increments. At the end of the school year, each teacher shall be paid, in addition to his/her other pay, an amount equal to 85 percent of the licensed substitute daily rate each of the three days not used during the year. Teachers who work less than full time shall receive time off and the year-end cash on a prorated basis based upon the relationship their regular work schedule bears to that of a full-time teacher. Personal/emergency leave shall be earned according to the following schedule, but granted at the beginning of each school year based on contract days expected to work: 30-63 days on active duty 1 day 64-126 days on active duty 1 day 127-190 days on active duty 1 day If an employee leaves the District after using such leave without earning it, the District shall be reimbursed at the amount of salary paid for any such leave time taken but not earned. All personal/emergency leave must be used before any unpaid leave can be taken.

Personal Emergency Leave. Each teacher A. Three work-days of personal/emergency leave per school year shall receive three be granted to conduct personal business which cannot be done after normal school hours or on weekends, or to attend to unforeseeable emergency situations which call for immediate attention. Examples of legitimate uses of personal/emergency leave would include major family disasters, closing of loans, wedding of unit member or child, recipient of an award, immediate family graduation, observance of a recognized religious holiday, court appearance as witness or litigant, or any personal business of major significance which cannot be handled before or after school or on a weekend. New employees contracted for a partial year will have personal/emergency days available as follows: Those who have 120 or more days remaining in their contract: 3 days Those who have 60 – 119 days remaining in their contract: 2 days Those who have less than 60 days remaining in their contract: 1 day B. Under the conditions listed below, employees have the option to use two consecutive work-days of personal leave. This option may not be exercised in May or June. Personal leave may not be used in conjunction with pay per yeardays for which salary is deducted to extend scheduled vacation periods. The Personal leave shall be available upon request with no questions asked, except that personal leave days that adjoin a holiday or vacation period must be prearranged to ensure continuity for student instruction, by written submission at least ten working days in advance of the commencement date of the leave and shall contain a statement that a substitute has been requested. Appropriate instructional plans for the substitute shall be available. In the event of an emergency, advance notice is not required. Holidays and vacations shall be defined as Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving, winter, spring, and summer vacations. 1. When possible, the teacher shall provide the District with 48 hours notice in advance of his/her intention to take leave. 2. Leave shall not be granted if on any school day preceding or following a substitute day when school is closed, and staff is not available. It is not the intent scheduled for any type of the District to allow the difficulty of retaining substitutes for difficult-to-replace positions to result in discrimination against those teachers in the taking of personal leave. 3duty. This is further defined as follows: personal leave is to shall not be taken in full-granted on the first or last day increments, except that one day may be taken in half-day increments. At the end of the school year, each teacher shall be paidon the school day preceding or following Labor Day, in addition to his/her other payThanksgiving Break, an amount equal to 85 percent of the licensed substitute daily rate each of the three days not used during the year. Teachers who work less than full time shall receive time off Winter Break, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and the year-end cash on a prorated basis based upon the relationship their regular work schedule bears to that full day of a full-time teacherparent teacher compensatory time. PersonalExamples of improper uses of personal/emergency leave include but are not limited to; celebrating anniversaries or birthdays, recreation, shopping, or personal business which could be taken care of before or after school or on a weekend. C. Unit members shall request personal leave at least five (5) work-days in advance. This advance notice may be earned according to waived by the following schedule, but granted at Superintendent or designee on a case-by-case basis. Unit members shall request emergency leave as soon as possible after the beginning occurrence necessitating leave and provide supporting documentation of each school year based on contract days expected to work: 30-63 days on active duty 1 day 64-126 days on active duty 1 day 127-190 days on active duty 1 day If an employee leaves the District after using such leave without earning it, the District shall be reimbursed at the amount of salary paid emergency. Approval for any such leave time taken but not earned. All personal/emergency leave must be obtained on the form provided by the Administration. D. Requests for exceptions to personal leave restrictions in 7.01 A, B, and C must be made in writing to the building principal/supervisor. Exceptions may be granted by the Superintendent, providing that specific reasons for the request are provided in writing by the employee, inclusive of the denial of such leave by the building principal. E. If the Superintendent subsequently learns that the use of personal/emergency leave was not appropriate, the consequences to the unit member for such use will be loss of pay for the day in question and will result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. F. Unused personal leave conversion options 1. Unused personal leave shall be converted to sick leave and added to a member’s cumulative sick leave for the following school year. 2. Members with a balance of three (3) unused personal leave days at the end of the school year may opt to convert those days into one (1) vacation day which must be used before during the following school year. The vacation day may be taken at any unpaid time of the year, except that no vacation day may be taken during the school year which will adversely affect or increase the cost of school operations. Employees shall give at least ten (10) work-days advance notice of intent to use vacation. In the event the request is denied, the administrator will provide a reason and work with the member to reschedule. 3. Members who declare their intent to retire by March 1 of the school year will have any unused personal days added to their calculated sick-leave can be takenconversion severance balance.

Personal Emergency Leave. Each teacher shall receive three days of personal leave with pay per year. The leave shall be available upon request with no questions asked, except that personal leave days that adjoin a holiday or vacation period must be prearranged to ensure continuity for student instruction, by written submission at least ten 10 working days in advance of the commencement date of the leave and shall contain a statement that a substitute has been requested. Appropriate instructional plans for the substitute shall be available. In the event of an emergency, advance notice is not required. Holidays and vacations shall be defined as Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving, winter, spring, and summer vacations. 1. When possible, the teacher shall provide the District with 48 hours notice in advance of his/her intention to take leave. 2. Leave shall not be granted if a substitute is not available. It is not the intent of the District to allow the difficulty of retaining substitutes for difficult-to-replace positions to result in discrimination against those teachers in the taking of personal leave. 3. This leave is to be taken in full-day increments, except that one day may be taken in half-day increments. At the end of the school year, each teacher shall be paid, in addition to his/her other pay, an amount equal to 85 percent of the licensed substitute daily rate each of the three days not used during the year. Teachers who work less than full time shall receive time off and the year-end cash on a prorated basis based upon the relationship their regular work schedule bears to that of a full-time teacher. Personal/emergency leave shall be earned according to the following schedule, but granted at the beginning of each school year based on contract days expected to work: 30-63 days on active duty 1 day 64-126 days on active duty 1 day 127-190 191 days on active duty 1 day If an employee leaves the District after using such leave without earning it, the District shall be reimbursed at the amount of salary paid for any such leave time taken but not earned. Such reimbursement shall occur through a withholding from the teacher’s final paycheck. All personal/emergency leave must be used before any unpaid leave can be taken.

Personal Emergency Leave. Each teacher licensed staff member shall receive three days of personal leave with pay per year. The leave shall be available upon request with no questions asked, except that personal leave days that adjoin a holiday or vacation period must be prearranged to ensure continuity for student instruction, by written submission at least ten 10 working days in advance of the commencement date of the leave and shall contain a statement that a substitute has been requested. Appropriate instructional plans for the substitute shall be available. In the event of an emergency, advance notice is not required. Holidays and vacations shall be defined as Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving, winter, spring, and summer vacations. 1. When possible, the teacher licensed staff member shall provide the District with 48 hours notice in advance of his/her their intention to take leave. 2. Leave shall not be granted if a substitute is not available. It is not the intent of the District to allow the difficulty of retaining substitutes for difficult-to-replace positions to result in discrimination against those teachers licensed staff in the taking of personal leave. 3. This leave is to be taken in full-day increments, except that one day may be taken in half-half- day increments. At the end of the school year, each teacher licensed staff member shall be paid, in addition to his/her their other pay, an amount equal to 85 percent of the licensed substitute daily rate each of the three days not used during the year. Teachers Licensed staff who work less than full time shall receive time off and the year-end cash on a prorated basis based upon the relationship their regular work schedule bears to that of a full-time teacherlicensed staff member. Personal/emergency leave shall be earned according to the following schedule, but granted at the beginning of each school year based on contract days expected to work: • 30-63 days on active duty 1 day • 64-126 days on active duty 1 day • 127-190 191 days on active duty 1 day If an employee leaves the District after using such leave without earning it, the District shall be reimbursed at the amount of salary paid for any such leave time taken but not earned. Such reimbursement shall occur through a withholding from the licensed staff member’s final paycheck. All personal/emergency leave must be used before any unpaid leave can be taken.

Personal Emergency Leave. Each teacher shall receive A. Up to three (3) days of personal personal/emergency leave will be granted to each employee each work year with pay per year. The leave shall be available upon request with no questions asked, except that personal leave days that adjoin a holiday or vacation period must be prearranged to ensure continuity for student instruction, by written submission at least ten working days in advance of the commencement date of the leave and shall contain a statement that a substitute has been requested. Appropriate instructional plans for the substitute shall be available. In the event of an emergency, advance notice is not required. Holidays and vacations shall be defined as Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving, winter, spring, and summer vacationsfull pay. 1. When possible, Emergencies are defined as situations which cannot be dealt with outside of working hours which are suddenly precipitated or unplanned or where preparing could not relieve the teacher shall provide necessity for the District with 48 hours notice in advance of employee’s absence and which requires the employee to absent him/herself from his/her intention to take leaveduties. 2. Leave shall Personal leave is defined as leave for matters which require absence during work hours which can be planned/prepared for and where the nature of the business may not be granted dealt with at any other time. Personal leave may not be used to extend a vacation or holiday, for union business, or for personal illness if a substitute is not available. It is not the intent of the District to allow the difficulty of retaining substitutes for difficult-to-replace positions to result in discrimination against those teachers in the taking of personal employee has accrued sick leave. 3. This If a substitute is required, the leave is to be taken usable in fullnot less than one-day increments, except that one day may be taken in half-half (½) day increments. At If a substitute is not required, the end leave is usable for a minimum of the school year, each teacher shall be paid, in addition to his/her other pay, an amount equal to 85 percent of the licensed substitute daily rate each of the three days not used during the year. Teachers who work less than full time shall receive time off and the year-end cash on a prorated basis based upon the relationship their regular work schedule bears to that of a full-time teacherone hour. 4. Personal/emergency leave does not accumulate from year to year. B. A request to the member’s supervisor for Personal Leave shall be earned according to the following schedulegiven at least five (5) days in advance. The employee will be notified preferably within one (1) day, but granted at no longer than two (2) days of the beginning approval or denial of the request. If denied, the employee will be notified of the reason for denial. A leave request shall be submitted on a form developed by the ESD. No reason for use of personal leave other than “personal” or “emergency” shall be required, except to confirm that it complies with the language of this Agreement. It is understood that request for Emergency Leave use will not be completed two days in advance, but will be completed as quickly as possible following the emergency. C. At the end of each school year based on contract days expected to work: 30-63 days on active duty 1 day 64-126 days on active duty 1 day 127-190 days on active duty 1 day If an employee leaves the District after using such leave without earning itfiscal year, the District employees shall be reimbursed at the amount of salary paid for any such leave time taken but not earned. All unused personal/emergency leave. The rate of pay for unused personal business leave must shall be used before the employee’s regular rate of pay and will be included in the final paycheck for the calendar school year. D. Personal/emergency leave will be prorated for employees hired after July 1 of any unpaid leave can be takenfiscal year. Staff hired prior to October 31 of the year shall receive 3 personal days; staff hired November 1 and prior to March 1 shall receive 2 days, and those staff hired March 1 and after of the fiscal year shall receive 1 day.

Personal Emergency Leave. Each teacher A. Three work-days of personal/emergency leave per school year shall receive three be granted to conduct personal business which cannot be done after normal school hours or on weekends, or to attend to unforeseeable emergency situations which call for immediate attention. Examples of legitimate uses of personal/emergency leave would include major family disasters, closing of loans, wedding of unit member or child, recipient of an award, immediate family graduation, observance of a recognized religious holiday, court appearance as witness or litigant, or any personal business of major significance which cannot be handled before or after school or on a weekend. New employees contracted for a partial year will have personal/emergency days available as follows: Those who have 120 or more days remaining in their contract: 3 days Those who have 60 – 119 days remaining in their contract: 2 days Those who have less than 60 days remaining in their contract: 1 day B. Under the conditions listed below, employees have the option to use two consecutive work-days of personal leave. This option may not be exercised in May or June. Personal leave may not be used in conjunction with pay per yeardays for which salary is deducted to extend scheduled vacation periods. The Personal leave shall be available upon request with no questions asked, except that personal leave days that adjoin a holiday or vacation period must be prearranged to ensure continuity for student instruction, by written submission at least ten working days in advance of the commencement date of the leave and shall contain a statement that a substitute has been requested. Appropriate instructional plans for the substitute shall be available. In the event of an emergency, advance notice is not required. Holidays and vacations shall be defined as Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving, winter, spring, and summer vacations. 1. When possible, the teacher shall provide the District with 48 hours notice in advance of his/her intention to take leave. 2. Leave shall not be granted if on any school day preceding or following a substitute day when school is closed and staff is not available. It is not the intent scheduled for any type of the District to allow the difficulty of retaining substitutes for difficult-to-replace positions to result in discrimination against those teachers in the taking of personal leave. 3duty. This is further defined as follows: personal leave is to shall not be taken in full-granted on the first or last day increments, except that one day may be taken in half-day increments. At the end of the school year, each teacher shall be paidon the school day preceding or following Labor Day, in addition to his/her other payThanksgiving Break, an amount equal to 85 percent of the licensed substitute daily rate each of the three days not used during the year. Teachers who work less than full time shall receive time off Winter Break, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and the year-end cash on a prorated basis based upon the relationship their regular work schedule bears to that full day of a full-time teacherparent teacher compensatory time. PersonalExamples of improper uses of personal/emergency leave shall be earned according to the following scheduleinclude, but granted are not limited to; celebrating anniversaries or birthdays, recreation, shopping, or personal business which could be taken care of before or after school or on a weekend. C. Unit members shall request personal leave at least five (5) work-days in advance. This advance notice may be waived by the beginning Superintendent or designee on a case-by-case basis. Unit members shall request emergency leave as soon as possible after the occurrence necessitating leave and provide supporting documentation of each school year based on contract days expected to work: 30-63 days on active duty 1 day 64-126 days on active duty 1 day 127-190 days on active duty 1 day If an employee leaves the District after using such leave without earning it, the District shall be reimbursed at the amount of salary paid emergency. Approval for any such leave time taken but not earned. All personal/emergency leave must be used before any unpaid obtained on the form provided by the Administration. D. Requests for exceptions to personal leave can restrictions in 7.01 A, B, and C must be takenmade in writing to the building principal/supervisor. Exceptions may be granted by the Superintendent, providing that specific reasons for the request are provided in writing by the employee, inclusive of the denial of such leave by the building principal. E. If the Superintendent subsequently learns that the use of personal/emergency leave was not appropriate, the consequences to the unit member for such use will be loss of pay for the day in question and will result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

Personal Emergency Leave. Each teacher shall receive three days of personal leave with pay per year. The leave shall be available upon request with no questions asked, except that personal leave days that adjoin a holiday or vacation period must be prearranged to ensure continuity for student instruction, by written submission at least ten 10 working days in advance of the commencement date of the leave and shall contain a statement that a substitute has been requested. Appropriate instructional plans for the substitute shall be available. In the event of an emergency, advance notice is not required. Holidays and vacations shall be defined as Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving, winter, spring, and summer vacations. 1. When possible, the teacher shall provide the District with 48 hours notice in advance of his/her their intention to take leave. 2. Leave shall not be granted if a substitute is not available. It is not the intent of the District to allow the difficulty of retaining substitutes for difficult-to-replace positions to result in discrimination against those teachers in the taking of personal leave. 3. This leave is to be taken in full-day increments, except that one day may be taken in half-half- day increments. At the end of the school year, each teacher shall be paid, in addition to his/her their other pay, an amount equal to 85 percent of the licensed substitute daily rate each of the three days not used during the year. Teachers who work less than full time shall receive time off and the year-end cash on a prorated basis based upon the relationship their regular work schedule bears to that of a full-time teacher. Personal/emergency leave shall be earned according to the following schedule, but granted at the beginning of each school year based on contract days expected to work:  30-63 days on active duty 1 day  64-126 days on active duty 1 day  127-190 191 days on active duty 1 day If an employee leaves the District after using such leave without earning it, the District shall be reimbursed at the amount of salary paid for any such leave time taken but not earned. Such reimbursement shall occur through a withholding from the teacher’s final paycheck. All personal/emergency leave must be used before any unpaid leave can be taken.