Personal Illness Bank. A personal illness bank provides a bank of days upon which teachers may borrow in cases of extended absence when the teacher is temporarily ill, physically disabled, or quarantined and unable to perform the duties of a teacher. A teacher may apply for a loan from the bank under the following conditions and procedures:
1. All accumulated and non-accumulated illness absence and personal business days of the applicant shall have been exhausted at the time of application.
2. Applications shall be made in writing to the chairperson of the Personal Illness Bank Committee. Application for a loan may be made by the teacher's authorized representative (i.e. immediate family member) in cases where the individual teacher is unable to do so. Applications shall be accompanied by a statement signed by a physician licensed to practice medicine, certifying said teacher is temporarily disabled. Such doctor's statement should also include the general nature of the disability, impact of the disability on employment, and prognosis for a return to work. "Temporarily disabled" shall mean inability to perform the duties of the teacher. The opinion of a second physician may be requested by the employer at its expense. Further certification may be required by the employer from time to time.
Personal Illness Bank. A personal illness bank was created to provide a bank of days upon which teachers may borrow in cases of extended absence when the teacher is ill, physically disabled, or quarantined. A teacher may apply for a loan from the bank under the following conditions and procedures:
1. All accumulated and non-accumulated illness absence and personal business days of the applicant shall have been exhausted at the time of application.
2. Application shall be made to a Personal Illness Bank Committee composed of two (2) members appointed by the Association President and two (2) members appointed by the Superintendent. The committee shall make a recommendation for approval or denial of the loan to the Superintendent, who shall make the final decision on the request. Applicants who are denied approval shall have the right to appeal to the denying party.
3. Applications shall be made in writing to the chairperson of the Personal Illness Bank Committee and shall be accompanied by an affidavit signed by a physician licensed to practice medicine, certifying said teacher is temporarily disabled. "Temporarily disabled" shall mean inability to perform the duties of the teacher. Such doctor's statement shall also include the nature of the disability, treatment being rendered, and prognosis for a return to work. The opinion of a second physician may be requested by the employer at its expense. Further certification may be required by the employer from time to time.
Personal Illness Bank. A personal illness bank was created to provide a bank of days upon which teachers may borrow in cases of extended absence when the teacher is ill, physically disabled, or quarantined. A teacher may apply for a loan from the bank under the following conditions and procedures:
1. All accumulated and non-accumulated illness absence and personal business days of the applicant shall have been exhausted at the time of application.
2. Application shall be made to a Personal Illness Bank Committee composed of two (2) members appointed by the Association President and two (2) members appointed by the Superintendent. The committee shall make a recommendation for approval or denial of the loan to the Superintendent, who shall make the final decision on the request. Applicants who are denied approval shall have the right to appeal to the denying party.
3. Applications shall be made in writing to the chairperson of the Personal Illness Bank Committee and shall be accompanied by an affidavit signed by a physician licensed to practice medicine, certifying said teacher is temporarily disabled. "Temporarily disabled" shall mean inability to perform the duties of the teacher. Such doctor's statement shall also include the nature of the disability, treatment being rendered, and prognosis for a return to work. The opinion of a second physician may be requested by the employer at its expense. Further certification may be required by the employer from time to time.
4. Application for loan may be made by the teacher's authorized representative in cases where the individual teacher is unable to do so. Such authorization should be in writing and signed by the applicant, unless waived by the employer.
5. A maximum of sixty (60) days will be allowed for any one (1) individual in any school year.
6. Any teacher who becomes ill for an extended period of time more than once during a school year shall re-apply following the same procedure.
7. Following a return to work, all accrued illness absence days which exceed the state minimum benefit for personal illness (five [5] days per year) shall be paid back to the bank until the loan has been repaid.
8. The bank shall be maintained from year to year by the repayment of loans from individual borrowers.
9. The Personal Illness Bank Committee may recommend to the Superintendent a waiver of any of the above conditions or procedures.
Personal Illness Bank. 10 Section A. Purpose 10 Section B. Structure 10 Section C. Eligibility 10 Section D. Administration 11 ARTICLE VII. Evaluation 11
Personal Illness Bank. In the event of extended disability due to personal illness or injury to a professional employee, or in the event of extended disability due to personal illness or injury to a member of the immediate family of a professional employee, a fulltime (20 hours or more a week) professional employee who is a member of the personal illness bank may borrow 20 days of sick leave from a bank created for that purpose (Request should be for actual days needed). If a second request is made for the same illness, additional medical information will be required before the request is considered. The purpose of the bank is to provide additional sick leave assistance, during the contract year only, to a professional employee who has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave and has experienced extraordinary circumstances requiring additional sick leave. Extraordinary circumstances shall be defined as major nonelective surgery, illness, or disability that requires hospitalization and/or convalescence or recuperation in an extendedcare facility or at home. The Sick Leave Committee will consider circumstances outside the scope of these requirements on a casebycase basis. Each professional employee who desires to join the personal illness bank will donate two days of his/her sick leave to the bank. A professional employee new to the District may join the personal illness bank during the first 30 days of employment. Any professional employees who did not join the bank within the first 30 days of employment will again be given the opportunity to join each school year at orientation time. Only those professional employees who are members of the personal illness bank are eligible to borrow days from the bank. Unused sick leave bank days will remain in the bank. Members will be required to donate one extra day at the beginning of a school year if the available accumulated days in the bank drop below 500. A professional employee who is a member of the personal illness bank is eligible to make application for sick leave days from the bank after his/her accumulated sick leave is exhausted. A professional employee must be hospitalized and/or under the care of a medical doctor, osteopath, chiropractor, or dentist to be eligible to borrow from the personal illness bank. To be eligible to borrow from the personal illness bank, a professional employee must obtain a written statement from the professional employee’s medical doctor, osteopath, chiropractor, or dentist recommending that th...
Personal Illness Bank. Sick days donated by members for the purpose to provide additional sick leave assistance, during the contract year only, to a district employee. The district employee must be a member of the sick pool and must have used all of his/her accumulated sick leave and has experienced extraordinary circumstances requiring additional sick leave.
