Common use of Personal Emergency Leave Clause in Contracts

Personal Emergency Leave. A. Three work-days of personal/emergency leave per school year shall 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 days for which salary is deducted to extend scheduled vacation periods. Personal leave shall not be granted on any school day preceding or following a day when school is closed, and staff is not scheduled for any type of duty. This is further defined as follows: personal leave shall not be granted on the first or last day of the school year, on the school day preceding or following Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and the full day of parent teacher compensatory time. Examples 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 waived by the 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 the emergency. Approval for 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 during the following school year. The vacation day may be taken at any 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 conversion severance balance.

Personal Emergency Leave. A. Three work-days of personal/emergency leave per school year Each teacher shall 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-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. This option may not be exercised in May or June. Personal leave may not be used in conjunction with days for which salary is deducted to extend scheduled vacation periods. Personal leave Leave shall not be granted on any school day preceding or following if a day when school is closed, and staff substitute is not scheduled available. It is not the intent of the District to allow the difficulty of retaining substitutes for any type difficult-to-replace positions to result in discrimination against those teachers in the taking of dutypersonal leave. 3. This leave is further defined as follows: personal leave shall not to be granted on taken in full-day increments, except that one day may be taken in half-day increments. At the first or last day end of the school year, on each teacher shall be paid, in addition to his/her other pay, an amount equal to 85 percent of the school day preceding or following Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, 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 full day year-end cash on a prorated basis based upon the relationship their regular work schedule bears to that of parent teacher compensatory timea full-time teacher. Examples of improper uses of personalPersonal/emergency leave include shall be earned according to the following schedule, but are 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 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 advanceearned. This advance notice may be waived by the 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 the emergency. Approval for All personal/emergency leave must be obtained on the form provided by the Administrationused before any unpaid leave can be taken. 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 during the following school year. The vacation day may be taken at any 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 conversion severance balance.

Personal Emergency Leave. A. Three work-days of personal/emergency leave per school year shall 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 days for which salary is deducted to extend scheduled vacation periods. Personal leave shall not be granted on any school day preceding or following a day when school is closed, closed and staff is not scheduled for any type of duty. This is further defined as follows: personal leave shall not be granted on the first or last day of the school year, on the school day preceding or following Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and the full day of parent teacher compensatory time. Examples of improper uses of personal/emergency leave include 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 waived by the 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 the emergency. Approval for 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 during the following school year. The vacation day may be taken at any 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 conversion severance balance.

Personal Emergency Leave. A. Three work-days of personal/emergency leave per school year Each teacher shall 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-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 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. This option may not be exercised in May or June. Personal leave may not be used in conjunction with days for which salary is deducted to extend scheduled vacation periods. Personal leave Leave shall not be granted on any school day preceding or following if a day when school is closed, and staff substitute is not scheduled available. It is not the intent of the District to allow the difficulty of retaining substitutes for any type difficult-to-replace positions to result in discrimination against those teachers in the taking of dutypersonal leave. 3. This leave is further defined as follows: personal leave shall not to be granted on taken in full-day increments, except that one day may be taken in half-day increments. At the first or last day end of the school year, on each teacher shall be paid, in addition to his/her other pay, an amount equal to 85 percent of the school day preceding or following Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, 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 full day year-end cash on a prorated basis based upon the relationship their regular work schedule bears to that of parent teacher compensatory timea full-time teacher. Examples of improper uses of personalPersonal/emergency leave include shall be earned according to the following schedule, but are 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 127-191 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 limited to; celebrating anniversaries or birthdays, recreation, shopping, or personal business which could be taken care of before or after school or on earned. Such reimbursement shall occur through a weekend. C. Unit members shall request personal leave at least five (5) work-days in advancewithholding from the teacher’s final paycheck. This advance notice may be waived by the 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 the emergency. Approval for All personal/emergency leave must be obtained on the form provided by the Administrationused before any unpaid leave can be taken. 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 during the following school year. The vacation day may be taken at any 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 conversion severance balance.

Personal Emergency Leave. A. Three work-Up to three (3) days of personal/emergency leave per school year shall will be granted to conduct personal business each employee each work year with full pay. 1. Emergencies are defined as situations which cannot be done after normal school dealt with outside of working hours which are suddenly precipitated or on weekends, unplanned or where preparing could not relieve the necessity for the employee’s absence and which requires the employee to attend to unforeseeable emergency situations absent him/herself from his/her duties. 2. Personal leave is defined as leave for matters which call require absence during work hours which can be planned/prepared for immediate attention. Examples and where the nature 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 the 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 Junedealt with at any other time. Personal leave may not be used in conjunction with days for which salary is deducted to extend scheduled a vacation periodsor holiday, for union business, or for personal illness if the employee has accrued sick leave. 3. Personal If a substitute is required, the leave shall is usable in not be granted on any school less than one-half (½) day preceding or following increments. If a day when school is closed, and staff substitute is not scheduled required, the leave is usable for any type a minimum of dutyone hour. 4. This is further defined as follows: personal leave shall not be granted on the first or last day of the school year, on the school day preceding or following Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and the full day of parent teacher compensatory time. Examples of improper uses of personalPersonal/emergency leave include but are does 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 weekendaccumulate from year to year. C. Unit members B. A request to the member’s supervisor for Personal Leave shall request personal leave be given at least five (5) work-days in advance. This advance notice may The employee will be waived notified preferably within one (1) day, but no longer than two (2) days of the 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 Superintendent ESD. No reason for use of personal leave other than “personal” or designee on a case-by-case basis“emergency” shall be required, except to confirm that it complies with the language of this Agreement. Unit members shall It is understood that request emergency leave for Emergency Leave use will not be completed two days in advance, but will be completed as soon quickly as possible after the occurrence necessitating leave and provide supporting documentation of following the emergency. Approval . C. At the end of each fiscal year, employees shall be paid for any unused 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/supervisorleave. 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 The rate of pay for the day in question and will result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. F. Unused unused personal leave conversion options 1. Unused personal business leave shall be converted to sick leave the employee’s regular rate of pay and added to a member’s cumulative sick leave will be included in the final paycheck for the following calendar school year. 2D. Personal/emergency leave will be prorated for employees hired after July 1 of any fiscal year. Members with a balance of three (3) unused personal leave days at the end Staff hired prior to October 31 of the school year may opt shall receive 3 personal days; staff hired November 1 and prior to convert March 1 shall receive 2 days, and those days into one (1) vacation day which must be used during the following school year. The vacation day may be taken at any time staff hired March 1 and after of the year, except that no vacation day may be taken during the school fiscal 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 reschedulereceive 1 day. 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 conversion severance balance.

Personal Emergency Leave. A. Three work-days of personal/emergency leave per school year days shall be granted upon request with pay per regular full-time employee during each year of the contract. Such days may be used in full or in half-day increments after providing the superintendent with at least 3 days notice prior to conduct the date of such leave. Personal leave days shall be used for urgent personal business which cannot be done after attended to outside normal school hours or on weekendsfor reasons which include, 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 days for which salary is deducted to extend scheduled vacation periods. Personal leave shall not be granted on any school day preceding or following a day when school is closed, and staff is not scheduled for any type of duty. This is further defined as follows: personal leave shall not be granted on the first or last day of the school year, on the school day preceding or following Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and the full day of parent teacher compensatory time. Examples of improper uses of personal/emergency leave include but are not limited to; celebrating anniversaries , the following: 1. Medical problems of employee or birthdaysfamily 2. Religious observance (the two per building restriction shall be waived.) 3. Legal transactions 4. Family matters 5. Educational business The employee requesting such leave shall provide to the superintendent the number of the category of reason for which the leave is to be used. No more than two (2) employees in any one school building with less than thirty (30) professional staff members, recreationnor more than three (3) employees in any building with thirty (30) or more professional staff members may qualify for such personal leave on the same day. In addition, shopping, or not more than eleven (11) employees in the District during the fall semester and not more than ten (10) employees in the District during the spring semester may qualify for such personal business which could leave on the same day. In no case shall a personal leave day be taken care of granted on the day before or the day after school or on a weekend. C. Unit members shall request holiday. During the last 2 weeks of school, personal leave at least requests shall contain a more specific reason and will only be granted in extraordinary circumstances. In the event an employee does not use his/her personal/emergency days, any remaining days will be carried over into the employee's sick leave or P/E account. Personal / Emergency Leave Bank will consist of an accumulation of up to five (5) work-P/E days. Beyond the total of five (5) days any additional days will be placed in advance. This advance notice may be waived by the 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 the emergency. Approval for 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’s sick leave account. Emergency leave days are to be used for uncontrollable or unforeseeable situations which include, 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 but are not appropriatelimited to, 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 optionsfollowing: 1. Unused personal leave shall be converted to sick leave and added to Surgery, serious illness or the delivery of a child of an immediate family member’s cumulative sick leave for the following school year. 2. Members with a balance of three Emergencies involving an employee's residence or property (3water main break, gas leak, fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, automobile accident, serious home vandalism.) unused personal leave days at the end of the school year may opt to convert those days into one (1) vacation day which must There shall be used during the following school year. The vacation day may be taken at any 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 reschedulerequirements for emergency leave. 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 conversion severance balance.

Personal Emergency Leave. A. Three work-Each employee shall be entitled to three (3) days of personal/emergency personal leave per each school year year. Such leave shall 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 upon submission of a recognized religious holidayrequest through the online portal. When possible, court appearance as witness the request for personal leave will be submitted to the building principal five (5) days prior to the exercise of such leave. B. Personal leave may be granted on the day prior to or litigantfollowing:  Labor Day  Thanksgiving Recess  Winter Recess  Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, or any personal business Xx. Holiday  Presidents' Holiday  Spring Recess  Memorial Day However, only six (6) members of major significance which cannot the bargaining unit at each Level-Elementary, Middle, & High School shall be handled before or after school or on a weekend. New employees contracted approved for such leave for a partial year will have personal/emergency days total of eighteen (18) employees per holiday• adjacent day. Individuals requesting leave must complete a pre-approval process; forms 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 dayon the District Intranet. 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. C. Personal leave may not be used in conjunction with days for which salary is deducted to extend scheduled vacation periods. Personal leave shall not be granted on any school day preceding or following a day when school is closed, and staff is not scheduled for any type of duty. This is further defined as follows: personal leave shall not be granted on taken during the first four (4) days of the school year or during the last day three (3) student days of the school year, on the school day preceding or following Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day, Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and any holiday not indicated in Section B. The Superintendent shall have the full authority to approve extenuating circumstances at his/her sole discretion. The Superintendent's decision to approve or deny such days will be final. A personal day of parent teacher compensatory time. Examples 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 waived by the 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 the emergency. Approval for personal/emergency leave must be obtained used on the form provided by last teacher in- service day if and only if the Administrationprincipal determines that all obligations are met. D. Requests for exceptions to Unused 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 accumulated to nine (9) days. Employees may only use six (6) or more days consecutively if the Superintendent, providing that specific reasons for the request are provided in writing by the employee, inclusive of the denial of such leave by employee gives at least two weeks written notice to the building principal. E. If At the Superintendent subsequently learns that the use end 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 each school year. 2. Members with , an employee who has accumulated the maximum of nine (9) personal days shall automatically have a balance maximum of three (3) unused such personal days transferred and added to his or her sick leave days at the end of the school year may opt days. F. Each employee will be entitled to convert those days into one (1) vacation non-accumulative emergency leave day which must be used during the following school with pay each year. The vacation day may be taken at any time "Emergency" is defined as an event which is uncontrolled and unplanned by the employee and which requires the immediate attention 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 operationsemployee. Employees shall give at least ten (10) work-days advance notice of intent to use vacation. In the event the request is deniedAfter an emergency day, the administrator employee will provide send the Superintendent, or designee, an email including a reason and work with the member to reschedule. 3. Members who declare their intent to retire by March 1 description of the school year will have any unused personal days added to their calculated sick-leave conversion severance balanceemergency situation for approval.