Short-Term Unpaid Leave. Up to two days of unpaid leave may be granted for extenuating circumstances that are deemed to be unavoidable by the administration. Teachers should submit a letter outlining the circumstances as soon as possible in advance of the date(s) requested. Teachers should plan for special events, trips, etc. by accumulating and utilizing personal business leave as stated in Article 19.2.
Short-Term Unpaid Leave. 1 to 10 workdays
Short-Term Unpaid Leave. A teacher may be granted up to seventeen (17) days per year short term leave without salary, but with all other benefits continuing - including but not limited to District insurance contributions at the discretion of the Superintendent or School Board. Request must be made with sufficient time to allow to arrange for a substitute teacher.
Short-Term Unpaid Leave a. Upon the approval of the Local Superintendent at least five (5) days prior to the date of the leave, an employee may be granted an unpaid leave of absence not to exceed five (5) consecutive work days for personal reasons. In order to be eligible for this leave, the employee must have exhausted all personal leave. Said short term leaves shall not be granted more than once yearly to an employee.
b. Unpaid leave taken without authorization by the Superintendent or unpaid leave days in excess of the maximum days approved by the Superintendent shall be considered employee insubordination and will result in the appropriate disciplinary action. Short term unpaid leave may be granted to any classified employee regardless of years worked.
Short-Term Unpaid Leave. 14.7.1 An employee who has at least one (1) year seniority shall be eligible for one unpaid leave of up to five (5) consecutive days each year.
14.7.2 A written request stating the exact dates for the leave will be submitted to the immediate supervisor not later than two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the leave. The supervisor shall approve or disapprove the request in writing within one (1) week of receipt of request. Employee shall receive, upon request, a written statement as to the reasons for disapproval.
14.7.2 (1) Upon approval of said leave, the compensation reduction due to the unpaid days will be applied while the employee is on the unpaid short-term leave. The employee may request to have their remaining salary, reduced by the compensation reduction, recalculated amongst the remaining pays of the school year. Approval shall be contingent on the number of pay periods (20 or 24) that the employee is on and the dates of occurrence of said leave in conjunction with workdays remaining to be paid for in the school year. Remaining salary would need to be able to support required compensation reduction. In addition, if the employee should terminate employment for any reason before the end of the school year, the employee shall be required to reimburse the Employer for any overpaid funds.
14.7.3 In the event there is a conflict between the requests of two (2) employees, the supervisor shall resolve the conflict. In making the judgment, the dates the request were submitted and the employee who had been on leave most recently will be considered.
14.7.4 This section does not apply to summer employment practices in Article 13.7
Short-Term Unpaid Leave. The Board, at its discretion, may grant to a teacher a short period of unpaid leave.
Short-Term Unpaid Leave. Employees whose assigned work year is less than twelve months may take up to two days off without pay per year with the approval of the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. Advance notice of at least forty-eight hours is required. The Assistant Superintendent will respond to the request within twenty-four hours after receiving the request. Any such leave is subject to last minute cancellation based on District needs, e.g., availability of substitutes, as determined by the Assistant Superintendent.
Short-Term Unpaid Leave. Short Term Unpaid Leave may be granted to an employee in special circumstances but not generally for vacation purposes.
1. An employee may be granted no more than 5 days per year for unpaid leave.
2. Short-Term Unpaid leave will not affect an employee’s sick leave or annual leave days.
3. Annual Leave must be used prior to or in conjunction with unpaid leave. Unpaid leave will not be granted unless all Annual Leave days have been used or are used in conjunction with the Unpaid Leave.
4. Short-Term Unpaid leave does not accumulate or carry over to succeeding years.
5. Employees must apply for unpaid leave 20 calendar days prior to the first day of leave. Under extenuating circumstances, the 20-day requirement may be waived by the district.
6. No more than two teachers per building may use unpaid leave during the same time period.
Short-Term Unpaid Leave. A bargaining unit member who has exhausted other applicable enumerated leaves and is in need of a short-term leave may apply to the Superintendent for a leave of up to five (5) days. The bargaining unit member shall provide reasons for the leave, and the days shall be unpaid. Requests for the unpaid leave should be submitted in writing to the Superintendent as soon as possible in advance of the leave. Unpaid short-term leave when granted by the Superintendent shall be recommended to the Board of Education for approval.
Short-Term Unpaid Leave. An employee may apply for a leave-of-absence of not more than ten (10) working days. This leave can be taken consecutively with vacation time. The leave of absence may be granted at the discretion of the head of Human Resources with input from the immediate supervisor.
