Common use of Sick Bank Clause in Contracts

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be established. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. (1. ) A sick leave bank for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status “Sick Leave Bank” shall be established. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution purpose of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave said bank shall be administered to aid only unit members whose sick leave accumulation has been exhausted and who suffer prolonged absence from (a) a disabling condition, (b) an accident which causes disability; and (c) disability arising from pregnancy by providing additional paid sick leave for extreme hardship cases due to personal illness and/or personal injury shall not be for casual use. (2) No qualified unit member shall be permitted to use more than 93 days from the Sick Leave Bank. (3) Each unit member may contribute a joint total of two (2) days from his/her sick leave accumulation to the Sick Leave Bank. If a pre-tenure teacher elects this option, he/she shall be permitted to use no more than fifteen (15) days from the Sick Leave Bank for each year of service. (4) All donations to the Sick Leave Bank will be voluntary. (5) All days not used in a year will be retained in the Sick Leave Bank. (6) If all the donated days are used during a given school year, the Bank shall be declared open and additional donations of a maximum of two (2) days by each tenured unit member may be made. (7) Unit members using sick leave days from the Bank will not have to replace those days. (8) No days may be donated to a specific individual, nor may they be donated to teachers exclusively in a certain school. (9) A unit member withdrawing from membership in the Bank shall not be allowed to withdraw contributed days. (10) Procedure for processing requests for Sick Bank days: (a) The unit member requesting Sick Bank days shall obtain from the Association or from the Human Resources Department a copy of the SEA Sick Bank Request form. (b) The unit member shall submit a completed Request form, including a completed Physician Statement, to the Human Resources Department who will promptly provide a copy to the Association. SEA approval is assumed unless SEA informs the Human Resources Department of its concerns regarding the request within three (3) days of receipt. (c) The Human Resources Department shall review the Request form for completeness. If the form is incomplete, the unit member and the Association will be notified. If any additional information is needed to process the Request form, the unit member and the Association shall be notified and the unit member shall be asked to comply. (d) The Human Resources Department shall promptly review and respond to the completed Request form. If approved, the unit member and the Association shall be notified in writing of such approval. If approval is denied, the unit member and the Association shall be notified in writing that the Sick Bank Committee will be convened to review the request. The unit member may be required to submit additional information for the consideration of the committee. (e) The unit member and the Association will be notified in writing of the decision of the Sick Bank Committee. Should the committee refer the unit member to an independent Medical Review Officer (MRO), the unit member shall be notified in writing and can decline, forfeiting the use of the Sick Bank. (This provision shall not impact the right of the Board to require an employee to submit to an Independent Medical Examination (IME) at Board expense as permitted by applicable law). (11) A committee consisting of two school committee unit members appointed selected by the Wareham School CommitteeSEA, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed three persons designated by the Wareham Education AssociationBoard, and the Superintendent Human Resources Director who shall act as the non- voting chairperson, shall be established to set up guidelines, review implementation, and update procedures. The Sick Leave Committee shall: (a) Require a doctor’s certificate regarding the illness and/or injury and its specific impact on the ability of Schools who the employee to perform job responsibilities; (b) Consider the nature, seriousness; and projected duration of the illness and/or injury related to the ability of the employee to perform job responsibilities; and (c) Consider the applicant’s prior record of sick leave use. (12) The granting of any sick leave days from the Sick Leave Bank shall be made by majority vote of the committee members present and voting. In case of a tie vote, the case shall be referred to the Medical Review Officer (MRO). (a) The unit member shall be notified to submit all medical documentation from the unit member’s treating physician(s) to the MRO. The MRO shall be a non-voting member who serves as licensed physician, appointed by agreement of both parties, for the Clerk duration of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members Collective Bargaining Agreement, subject to reappointment by agreement of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) yearsboth parties. The Clerk medical documentation submitted shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in detail the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, seriousness and said application states the nature of the disability illness or injury involved related to the ability of the employee to perform job responsibilities. The MRO shall confirm the seriousness and nature of the illness or injury related to job responsibilities utilizing said medical documentation; (b) If the MRO is unable to confirm the seriousness and nature of the illness or injury related to the ability to perform job responsibilities from the medical documentation as provided above, said MRO may conduct or send the employee to have an Independent Medical Examination (IME). A licensed physician shall perform the IME with expertise in the field of the illness or injury presented, to confirm the treating physician's report. The decision of the MRO, or the IME, shall be binding and final and not subject to the grievance procedure outlined in this Agreement. (c) Nothing contained herein shall preclude a resubmission to the MRO based upon additional medical documentation. (d) Individuals are subject to continuing review by the MRO, to confirm the seriousness of the illness or injury. The MRO shall have the discretion to discontinue leave benefits under this provision if he/she determined that the individual is capable of returning to work. (13) In the event that the parties cannot agree upon the selection of said MRO, the Board and the anticipated period Association shall submit the matter to binding arbitration under the rules of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the applicationAmerican Arbitration Association (AAA). 4(14) The costs of the MRO, the IME (if needed), and Arbitrator shall be borne equally by the Board and the Association. (15) The Superintendent, in his/her sole discretion, may authorize the use of additional sick leave days from the Bank to any member who has exhausted the maximum days set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 above. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability Superintendent shall be five (5) and notify the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty Human Resources Director of his/her decision to authorize sick days because leave above the caps set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 above. The decision of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days Superintendent shall be final and not subject to the teacher. Notwithstanding grievance procedure contained in this Agreement. (16) In no case shall any unit member receive days from the provisions Bank when absent due to a work-related injury. (17) The Board will annually supply the SEA with statistics regarding the status of the previous two sentences Bank, number of this sectionparticipants, sick leave bank number of days, number of unit members are eligible to apply to taking from the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount Bank, number of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days remaining in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contractBank, etc.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be established. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members intent of the sick leave bank shall become be to assist and aid bargaining unit members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated who experience unusual circumstances that cause a need for sick leave beyond that which they have earned or accrued. The sick bank is operated in the following manner: 17.2.1 Each professional staff member shall contribute to the bank two sick leave days per employment year. 17.2.2 The sick leave days contributed by the bargaining unit member shall accrue from year to year to a maximum of 450 days. If the bank reaches the maximum, members of the bargaining unit will not contribute to the sick bank. When the sick bank drops to 325 days, bargaining unit members will each contribute the equivalent of 2 sick leave days per employment year until the bank contains again reaches the 450 days maximum. 17.2.3 Requests for the sick bank reserve shall be made to the Human Resources Department. The President of the Association and the President of the College or their respective designees shall approve the sick bank withdrawals. 17.2.3.1 Written application shall be made by the employee or his/her designee using the appropriate form provided by the Human Resources Department. 17.2.3.2 Professional evidence of need shall support the claim. 17.2.3.3 Limitations on employee withdrawals may be made at the discretion of the President of the Association and the President of the College up to a maximum of 130 working days or until the employee becomes eligible for the total disability plan, whichever is earlier. 17.2.4 The decisions of the President of the Association and the President of the College shall be neither grievable nor arbitrable; however, if they are unable to agree or make a decision, the employee may request expedited arbitration from a local dispute resolution center. The cost of the arbitration shall be shared equally by the College and the Association. The arbitrator shall be limited to granting no more than the number of days which would otherwise have been awarded as specified in paragraph 17.2.3.3. 17.2.5 Beginning with fiscal year 1991-92, if the Professional Administrators Association sick bank has less than three hundred twenty-five (325) days, then one hundred percent (500100%) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible left by contributing one sick day employees who terminate will accrue to the Professional Administrators Association sick bank. As of September 30 each yearAlso, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The retiring employees who do not apply all unused sick leave bank to pay for health insurance (See Article 17.3) shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by have their unused sick leave remaining added to the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Professional Administrators Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick A. There is hereby established a Sick Leave Bank for the employees covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement under the following rules and regulations: i. The Sick Leave Bank is a benefit available to support paraprofessionals who, due to a prolonged serious illness, have exhausted their accumulated sick, personal, or other leave bank for all nurses time and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be establishedmay require additional time to recover from their illness. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution purpose of one hundred (100) Sick Leave Bank is to provide support for STU members who are experiencing the devastating effects of a serious, long- term illness or injury. It is not designed to replace or extend accrued sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to time for individual employees and it should not be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15used for purposes for which it was not intended. 2ii. The sick leave bank Sick Leave Bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting the Office of two school committee members appointed by Human Capital, under the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk direction of the CommitteeSuperintendent. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association When new members of the Sick Bargaining Unit are initially employed, the Administration shall provide such members with an enrollment form. Any employee, who so desires, may assign one sick leave day to the general Xxxx Leave Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term within thirty (30) days from the date of four (4) yearsemployment. iii. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list At any such time that the total number of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply Sick Leave Bank is reduced to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5, any employee wishing to continue membership shall contribute one additional day. In the event that an employee has no sick leave credit from which to contribute and said absence of sick leave credit is the sole result of earlier participation within the bank during that school year or current participation within the bank, then that employee shall continue to be a new contract member, but must contribute a sick day as soon as he or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in she receives creditable sick leave. iv. When the sick leave bank is reduced to 100 days, the District will provide members of the Bargaining Unit with the following notice: v. Any employee, who is a member of the Sick Leave Bank, has exhausted his or her leave time, and who requires additional time to recover from a serious illness or injury may, after five (5) consecutive no-pay absences, starting on the sixth (6th) working day, draw upon the bank for no more than thirty (30) working days, provided that adequate medical certification has been submitted along with a Sick Bank Withdrawal Application. Documentation from a medical professional must be carried over submitted verifying the nature of the serious illness or injury requiring the employee to remain absent for a prolonged period of time. Medical documentation must also provide an indication of an expected return date and/or date upon which the employee is to be re-evaluated. vi. The School Committee retains the right to require employees seeking withdrawals from the Sick Bank to obtain a second opinion by visiting a physician selected by the School Committee and paid for by the School Committee. vii. Upon the expiration of the thirty (30) working days of Sick Bank time, the employee shall either return to work or submit a Sick Bank Extension Application to Human Resources not less than five (5) calendar days prior to the succeeding contract.expiration of the initial thirty

Sick Bank. 1a. The Board shall provide a Sick Leave Bank for all members of the bargaining unit. A Participation in the Bank is voluntary. Days withdrawn from the Sick Leave Bank shall be used for absences resulting from personal illness, accidental injuries, maternity, or illness in the immediate family. b. Each member of the bargaining unit who joins the Bank will be assessed one day of sick leave upon initial enrollment in the Bank. Assessment of one day per year of a member’s sick leave will be continued until the bank is built up to a maximum for all nurses and 150 days, each active member will be assessed one day each. This assessment will be made at the time of enrollment as a Sick Leave Bank member, that being the first official day of school. c. Additions will be made to the bank at the beginning of each school year according to the above limitations. d. Only those members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status who are participants in the Sick Leave Bank shall be established. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of one hundred (100) sick eligible to withdraw days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the , and then only after his/her own sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500and all other available paid leave) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15has been exhausted. 2. The sick leave bank shall e. A maximum of 20 days each contract year can be administered drawn by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in one individual from the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated f. Members withdrawing sick leave may apply days from the bank will not have to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made replace those days except as a regular contributing member to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states bank. g. No member may contribute more than one day per year under any circumstances. h. A committee will be established by the nature of the disability association and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability Administration in order to screen requests and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance review continuous usage of days in the sick leave bank. i. Guidelines used by committee to administer sick leave bank: 1) Employee must use all available leave (including paid personal leave) prior to drawing on the bank 2) Employees who are members must apply through the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contractcommittee for approval or disapproval of requested days.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status paraprofessionals shall be established. A paraprofessional must have three (3) years of employment in the Wareham Public School System to be eligible to join the sick leave bank. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of one hundred twenty- five (10025) sick days. Eligible teachers paraprofessionals who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one (1) sick day from their annual allocation of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five one hundred fifty (500150) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 150 sick days, eligible teachers paraprofessionals shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members (2) Wareham School Committee representatives appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association (2) WEA sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members Members of the Sick Bank Committee joint committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bankbank by October 31st. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's ’s letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty twenty (5020). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty (50) days e.g., if the eligible teacher paraprofessional used forty seven (7) of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty seven (7) days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100)paraprofessional. 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status paraprofessionals shall be established. A paraprofessional must have three (3) years of employment in the Wareham Public School System to be eligible to join the sick leave bank. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of one hundred twenty- five (10025) sick days. Eligible teachers paraprofessionals who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one (1) sick day from their annual allocation of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five one hundred fifty (500150) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 150 sick days, eligible teachers paraprofessionals shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members (2) Wareham School Committee representatives appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association (2) WEA sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members Members of the Sick Bank Committee joint committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's ’s letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty twenty (5020). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty twenty (20) days e.g., if the eligible teacher paraprofessional used forty seven (7) of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty seven (7) days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100)paraprofessional. 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1. 10.02.1 A contribution of one sick leave bank for all nurses and members day per year shall be made by each new member of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall to a sick leave bank. Should the number of days available in the sick bank fall below 45, an additional day will be establisheddeducted from each member’s available sick leave. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution Any member of one hundred (100) the unit who has contributed to the bank and has exhausted his/her sick days. Eligible teachers who wish leave may submit a written request to the Board for additional sick leave to be members drawn from the sick leave bank upon the following conditions: A. Approval of the Board. B. A period of three (3) working days without benefits shall intervene between the time the member has exhausted his/her sick leave and the commencement of the withdrawal of sick leave from the sick leave bank. 10.02.2 The sick leave bank will provide the eligible member with a maximum of additional sick leave days per fiscal year as listed below regardless of the number eligible events per year. These additional days shall not be considered ‘additional accumulated sick leave’ for any purpose whatsoever. 10.02.3 Withdrawals from the sick leave bank shall become be available only for a member’s prolonged and extended illness and shall not be available for elective surgery, illness of family or household members, and/or death of family or household members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick daysor any Covid-19 related incident. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day The 10.02.4 The member, in his/her application to the bank. As of September 30 each yearBoard, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states set forth the nature of the disability illness, together with written verification of the illness and prognosis for recovery from a licensed physician. The Board reserves the right to require an independent physical examination by a licensed physician designated by the Board. The Board shall pay the cost for said examination and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming member shall direct the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany examining physician to forward a written report to the applicationBoard. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability 10.02.5 Neither the Board, the Administration, the Association, nor their designees shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up liable to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability any member for a total amount of days any action taken or not to exceed one hundred (100)taken or any decision made or not made hereunder. 5. In the event 10.02.6 An updated report of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over given to the succeeding contractAssociation President no later than June 30 of each fiscal year.

Sick Bank. (1. ) A sick leave bank for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status “Sick Leave Bank” shall be established. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution purpose of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave said bank shall be administered to aid only unit members whose sick leave accumulation has been exhausted and who suffer prolonged absence from (a) a disabling condition, (b) an accident which causes disability; and (c) disability arising from pregnancy by providing additional paid sick leave for extreme hardship cases due to personal illness and/or personal injury shall not be for casual use. (2) No qualified unit member shall be permitted to use more than 93 days from the Sick Leave Bank. (3) Each unit member may contribute a joint committee consisting total of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (42) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of from his/her sick days because of leave accumulation to the disabilitySick Leave Bank. If a pre-tenure teacher elects this option, the sick leave bank could grant he/she shall be permitted to use no more than forty fifteen (15) days from the Sick Leave Bank for each year of service. (4) All donations to the teacher. Notwithstanding Sick Leave Bank will be voluntary. (5) All days not used in a year will be retained in the provisions Sick Leave Bank. (6) If all the donated days are used during a given school year, the Bank shall be declared open and additional donations of a maximum of two (2) days by each tenured unit member may be made. (7) Unit members using sick leave days from the Bank will not have to replace those days. (8) No days may be donated to a specific individual, nor may they be donated to teachers exclusively in a certain school. (9) A unit member withdrawing from membership in the Bank shall not be allowed to withdraw contributed days. (10) Procedure for processing requests for Sick Bank days: (a) The unit member requesting Sick Bank days shall obtain from the Association or from the Human Resources Department a copy of the previous two sentences of this sectionSEA Sick Bank Request form. (b) The unit member shall submit a completed Request form, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply including a completed Physician Statement, to the Bank up to two times per disability for Human Resources Department who will promptly provide a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over copy to the succeeding contract.Association. SEA approval is assumed unless SEA informs the Human Resources Department of its concerns regarding the request within three

Sick Bank. 1. A sick A. There is hereby established a Sick Leave Bank for the employees covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement under the following rules and regulations: i. The Sick Leave Bank is a benefit available to support paraprofessionals who, due to a prolonged serious illness, have exhausted their accumulated sick, personal, or other leave bank for all nurses time and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be establishedmay require additional time to recover from their illness. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution purpose of one hundred (100) Sick Leave Bank is to provide support for STU members who are experiencing the devastating effects of a serious, long- term illness or injury. It is not designed to replace or extend accrued sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to time for individual employees and it should not be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15used for purposes for which it was not intended. 2ii. The sick leave bank Sick Leave Bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting the Office of two school committee members appointed by Human Capital, under the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk direction of the CommitteeSuperintendent. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association When new members of the Sick Bargaining Unit are initially employed, the Administration shall provide such members with an enrollment form. Any employee, who so desires, may assign one sick leave day to the general Xxxx Leave Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term within thirty (30) days from the date of four (4) yearsemployment. iii. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list At any such time that the total number of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply Sick Leave Bank is reduced to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5, any employee wishing to continue membership shall contribute one additional day. In the event that an employee has no sick leave credit from which to contribute and said absence of sick leave credit is the sole result of earlier participation within the bank during that school year or current participation within the bank, then that employee shall continue to be a new contract member, but must contribute a sick day as soon as he or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in she receives creditable sick leave. iv. When the sick leave bank is reduced to 100 days, the District will provide members of the Bargaining Unit with the following notice: v. Any employee, who is a member of the Sick Leave Bank, has exhausted his or her leave time, and who requires additional time to recover from a serious illness or injury may, after five (5) consecutive no-pay absences, starting on the sixth (6th) working day, draw upon the bank for no more than thirty (30) working days, provided that adequate medical certification has been submitted along with a Sick Bank Withdrawal Application. Documentation from a medical professional must be carried over submitted verifying the nature of the serious illness or injury requiring the employee to remain absent for a prolonged period of time. Medical documentation must also provide an indication of an expected return date and/or date upon which the employee is to be re-evaluated. vi. The School Committee retains the right to require employees seeking withdrawals from the Sick Bank to obtain a second opinion by visiting a physician selected by the School Committee and paid for by the School Committee. vii. Upon the expiration of the thirty (30) working days of Sick Bank time, the employee shall either return to work or submit a Sick Bank Extension Application to Human Resources not less than five (5) calendar days prior to the succeeding contract.expiration of the initial thirty (30) working days. The Sick Bank Extension Application shall include additional medical certification stating the nature of the illness, the reason the illness is preventing the employee from returning to work and the expected duration of leave. Unless the employee is hospitalized or otherwise incapacitated, employees who wish to extend their time on the sick bank must complete a medical evaluation by a physician selected by the School Committee prior to withdrawing additional time (beyond the initial thirty

Sick Bank. The Association and the Committee will jointly establish a Sick Bank for use by Association members who experience catastrophic illness. The Sick Bank will be administered by the Association. 1. A sick leave bank The number of days available in the Sick Bank will be determined through voluntary annual contribution of one day per employee, with days donated by employees to be matched by the School Committee one (1) for all nurses and one (1). On the first workday of each year, the Superintendent's office will provide a written form for members to indicate in writing whether they wish to participate in the Sick Bank for the following school year. 2. Probationary members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall are not eligible to participate in the sick bank. A member of the bargaining unit's decision is irrevocable during the year for which the form was signed. Days are non-refundable to members of the bargaining unit and do not accumulate to the Sick Bank from year to year. 3. To be establishedeligible to use days from the Sick Bank, the member must: a. Have elected to participate in the Sick Bank by September 1st of the year in which application has been made. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial Participation requires the voluntary contribution of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until by the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day member per year. b. Apply in writing to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members Bank Administration Committee appointed by the Wareham Association President. c. No leave shall be awarded by the Bank for an absence or absences not formally approved as medical leave for one's own illness by the Superintendent. d. Have exhausted all personal accumulated sick time and personal days. 4. Initial Sick Bank time awarded to a member applicant shall not exceed fifteen (15) school days, with extensions not to exceed a total of forty-five (45) days, granted by the Review Committee upon proof of continued need. 5. The Review Committee will make reasonable efforts to distribute days equitably. No grievance or economic claim can be made against the School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association or members of the Sick Bank Review Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to as a maximum term group or as individuals for the administration of four (4) yearsthe Sick Bank. 6. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in Committee reserves the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up right to review all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made records relative to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature administration of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the applicationSick Bank. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses and members The Board of Education will cooperate in the operation of a Sick Leave Bank. All certified professional personnel of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall may participate in the bank on a voluntary yearly basis. Exceptions to this Article will be establishedindividuals who are on a short or long-term disability. 2. The Wareham School Committee shall make primary purpose of the Sick Leave Bank is to protect an initial contribution Employee’s earning power during periods of protracted and unavoidable absence due to his/her incapacity to perform the responsibilities of his/her assignment. 3. Each teacher will automatically participate in the Sick Leave Bank, unless he/she objects, at which time they may opt out of the program. Initial participation requires the donation of two (2) days. 4. A member will donate one (1) day of his/her sick leave to the bank only when the tabulation drops below two hundred (200) days. When the bank falls below the two hundred (200) days, an additional day will be taken from all participating members at the start of the following year. Any sick time over one hundred forty (140) days will be donated to the sick bank. 5. A person withdrawing from membership in the bank will not be able to withdraw the contributed days. 6. Members of the sick bank will need to use all sick time, plus borrow five (5) days of the next year’s sick time before they may draw from the sick bank. Days from the sick bank may not be used to repay borrowed days. 7. Maximum withdrawal will not exceed one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school days per person per year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, When and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disabilityonly when, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to teacher is eligible for LTD, the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred that may be withdrawn shall be no more than the number of days needed between the member’s accumulated sick leave and the time period that is required before long term disability (100)LTD) takes effect. 58. In order to be eligible to draw days from the event of sick bank, members will need a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, doctor’s statement including the balance number of days in requesting or expected day of return. This doctor’s statement need not contain a diagnosis if members want to maintain privacy. Members may use the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contractfor an illness of self, immediate family (spouse and children) or parents.

Sick Bank. 1A. As of November 30, 1987, a Sick Bank was established in the Manchester-Shortsville Central School District. A All unit employees are eligible to join the "Sick Bank" after acquiring two (2) years of service with the District. B. The Sick Bank will be administered by the Superintendent, a representative of the Association, and the Board of Education under procedures to be developed by the above named individuals. C. Unit members requesting membership to the Bank will notify the Superintendent's office upon reaching their second anniversary. Each voluntary new member will fill out an application and donate two (2) whole sick days from their own accumulated sick time upon joining. (See Attachment "G.") D. Those who choose not to join the Sick Bank at the time of their second anniversary, can join in the future by contacting the Superintendent's Office during the annual "window" period of July 1 through September 30. E. No more days will be added by members, unless by new membership, until the Bank is depleted to 20 days. At that time, members will need to donate two (2) additional days if they wish to remain members of the Sick Bank. F. ONLY employees who enroll in the Sick Bank will be eligible to use the Sick Bank benefits. (See Attachment "H.") G. The MAXIMUM number of days held in the Sick Bank shall not exceed 100 days. H. The first five (5) days of disability or illness will not be covered by the Bank, but must be covered by that person's own accumulated sick leave or absence without pay. I. The Sick Bank may only be used for involuntary disabilities or illnesses. J. A person wishing to withdraw from the Bank must have already depleted their own accumulated sick leave. Any unit member making application for paid sick leave under the sick bank must first use and exhaust all paid time off including sick leave, personal leave and vacation leave (if any) prior to making application for sick bank days. K. Requests for benefits for Workers' Compensation and during an unpaid leave of absence are exempt from Sick Bank usage. L. A MAXIMUM of 60 days may be drawn by an individual member from the Bank each year during the life of the agreement. M. A MAXIMUM of 100 days may be drawn as a total of all nurses individual members during any one school year. N. A unit member withdrawing from the bank (i.e. he/she left the district or simply withdrew from membership) will not be able to withdraw his/her contributed two days. X. A unit member who exhausts the maximum of sixty (60) individual sick leave days during the school year may apply to the Sick Bank Committee for an additional number of days. The Committee shall not grant said application in its sole discretion. Additional medical verification may be required by the Committee prior to the final determination on the employee's application. X. A unit member withdrawing sick leave days from the Bank will not have to replace any of these days, except as a regular contributing member of the Bank. Q. The Superintendent of Schools or his designee will submit a detailed report of the operation and use of the Sick Bank including, but not limited to, the names of each of the individuals using sick days, the number of days used by each individual, the type of involuntary disability or illness, and the manner of certification of disability or illness. The report shall be submitted to the Clerk and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be established. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution Board of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15Education. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed X. Medical reports by the Wareham School Committeemember's physician or the District's physician, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed as may be determined by the Wareham Education AssociationSuperintendent, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall may be required as a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members condition to initial and/or continued use of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bankBank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses and Unit members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be established. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of participate in the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing contribute one sick (1) day of their accumulated sick leave each year until within thirty (30) days of the bank contains five hundred (500) effective date of their employment on the creation of the sick daysleave bank. 2. Teachers Unit members who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of shall contribute to the sick leave bank shall become be eligible by contributing one to receive time from the sick day leave bank. Unit members who elect not to join the sick leave bank shall not be eligible to join the sick leave bank until it is renewed pursuant to paragraph 3 below. 3. The sick leave bank shall be renewable only after all days contributed to it have been exhausted and in the following manner: each unit member actively employed in the District and not on leave of absence (or any unit member who is not actively employed because said unit member is currently drawing from the bank) willing to participate in the sick leave bank as renewed shall submit to the bankDistrict a waiver of no more than one (1) day of the unit members sick leave within thirty (30) days of the date upon which the sick leave bank is exhausted. As of September 30 each year, if Tenured unit members or unit members who have completed their probationary period who at the time the sick bank contains fewer than 500 shall have been exhausted who have no sick days, eligible teachers leave days to contribute to the sick bank shall have the right to contribute one sick personal leave day or one vacation day and have their vacation pay reduced accordingly in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify participate in the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15sick leave bank. 24. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of one (1) administrator appointed by the Superintendent and two school committee (2) unit members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk act upon withdrawals. Appeals of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members decisions of the Sick Bank Committee committee will go to the business officer for review and final decision that is not subject to the grievance procedure. 5. Withdrawals from the bank shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible unit members who are involved in catastrophic, prolonged or disabling illnesses or accidents who have used up all of exhausted their accumulated sick leave may apply to use leave. In no event shall any unit member withdraw from the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, in excess of one hundred and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the applicationeighty (180) days for any one covered illness or accident. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 56. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in that the sick leave bank will be carried over is exhausted, a unit member who had contributed a day to the succeeding contractprevious bank may use a personal day to rejoin the bank, if the unit member does not have a sick day. When a unit member does not have a personal day that unit member shall be allowed until September 30th of the following school year to voluntarily use one of the new school year’s sick leave days as the day to rejoin the bank.

Sick Bank. 1. A (a) Employees in this bargaining unit will be afforded the opportunity to participate in a sick leave bank for all nurses and members bank. The purpose of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall sick bank is to provide financial assistance to an employee who is experiencing an emergency situation. All available vacation, personal, and accrued sick time must be established. exhausted prior to receiving sick bank time. (b) The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members following guidelines have been established for the administration of the sick leave bank: 1) Sick bank contributions are on a strictly voluntary basis. 2) The sick bank year shall become members run from October 1st thru September 30th. 3) Eligibility to draw from the sick bank is predicated on the employee having contributed hours toward the year in which the request is made. For returning employees, contributions to the sick bank must be made by contributing September 30th, of each new school year. Newly hired employees wishing to contribute to the sick bank must do so within sixty (60) days of attaining non-probationary status. 4) Employees wishing to participate in the sick bank must donate one full day (expressed in hours) of sick time. Sick day value is based on the number of their accumulated hours assigned to a position weekly divided by a five (5) day workweek. Example: A twenty (20) hour per week employee makes a four (4) hour contribution with a four (4) hour draw value. 5) Requests for sick leave each year until bank time must be submitted in writing and a doctor's note detailing the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment extent of the ailment may be requested by the review committee. 6) A committee consisting of three (3) voting members appointed by the Association and two (2) voting members appointed by the School Board shall be responsible for approving sick bank requests. The Director of Human Resources also shall be included as a non-voting member of the committee. 7) The committee will furnish the Director of Human Resources with the names and donations of all contributors by October 15 of each year. 8) The sick bank committee will accept requests for up to ten (10) paid sick days per submission. Employees seeking more than the ten-day maximum must submit a second request for additional consideration. 9) The sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day accumulate only to the bank. As number of September 30 participating members and shall be set to zero at the end of each sick bank year, if . 10) Should the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick daysfall below 10 days in any contract year, all eligible teachers shall employees may contribute an additional day one sick day time in order to remain a memberthat year. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify The amount of extra days that could be gathered from the clerk in writing by September 15 second call would be capped based on the number donated at the beginning of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15If the sick bank is depleted before the end of the school year, it will cease to operate until the beginning of the next school year. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint 11) Decisions of the committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association regarding requests for paid sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Associationtime are final, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall not be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made subject to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the applicationgrievance process. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses The Board and members the REA agree to the establishment of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be establisheda Sick Bank Committee. The Wareham School Sick Bank Committee shall make an initial contribution consist of one hundred (100) sick daysthree teachers appointed by the REA and three persons appointed by the Board. Eligible teachers who wish to be members have exhausted their accumulated scheduled absence days and have the approval of the Committee shall be entitled to receive additional leave days from the sick leave bank for a period not to exceed a total of ninety (90) calendar days in a thirty six (36) month period. Under no circumstances will a teacher be awarded more sick days than necessary to qualify for long term disability insurance. A quorum for a meeting of the Sick Leave Committee shall be six people. Either the Board or the REA may send representative(s) by proxy. The sick bank shall become members be for eligible teachers, defined as teachers employed by contributing the District, who shall donate one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (5001) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the sick bank. As Any teacher that has not donated a day to the current sick bank shall donate a day upon ratification of September 30 each yearthis contract, if or upon their hiring by the District. Should the number of days within the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick daysfall below fifty (50), eligible the teachers shall contribute one sick day in order may be requested to remain donate additional scheduled absence days upon a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 majority vote of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association teacher members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) yearsCommittee. The Clerk sick bank shall not be responsible utilized for posting an annual list other than serious illness of available days in the bank. 3teacher. Eligible members who have used up all Serious illness shall not include, by way of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to example: common flu, common cold or voluntary surgery. The decision of the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states Committee regarding the nature qualifications of a teacher for a grant from the disability sick bank and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be final. Sick days shall not be granted without complete medical verification, provided on a matching basis up form developed by the District and approved by the Committee. A sick bank member upon return to the maximum number of fifty active employment must contribute one (1) accumulated scheduled absence day every ninety (90) days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, until the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty is made whole for all days to used by the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100)member. 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1The Committee grants the Association permission to establish a voluntary Sick Leave Bank. A sick leave bank for all nurses and Administration of the Sick Leave Bank shall be by a Committee which shall consist of two (2) members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status Association, two (2) members of the Committee and the superintendent or his/her designee. A teacher shall become a member of the sick bank after three years of employment unless she/he declines bank membership via written notification to the union president and the superintendent. Anyone who has accessed the sick bank shall be establisheda member for the duration of their employment. Each member of the sick bank shall donate one (1) day to the sick bank on his/her first day of work each year, unless determined that no days are needed by the sick bank committee by the end of the previous school year. Unused days in the bank will continue to be in the bank from year to year. When the bank “runs dry”, all bank members will donate two additional sick days. When a member has used up his/her own sick leave, he or she may apply for up to one hundred (100) days from the bank. The Wareham School Sick Leave Bank Committee shall make an initial contribution determine the eligibility for use of the Bank and the amount of leave to be granted. The following criteria among other reasonable considerations shall be used by the Committee in administering the Bank and in determining eligibility and amount of leave: a) Adequate medical evidence of a chronic illness, or a serious illness expected to exist at least five (5) days b) Prior utilization of all eligible sick leave c) Length of service in the Waltham Public Schools d) Propriety of use of previous sick leave Any teacher who requests access to additional days from the sick bank after one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish bank days have been used: a. Must donate two of his/her own earned sick days to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing bank b. Must have returned to work for at least one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500100) days following their prior sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day access c. May access only up to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and he/she had accrued at the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to time the maximum number of fifty days e.g.request was made, if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100) days A teacher who is not yet eligible for membership in the Sick Bank may petition the Sick Leave Bank Committee for consideration of up to twenty-five (25) days. The procedures and criteria of the Sick Leave Bank Committee, with respect to eligibility and entitlement (amount of sick leave granted, if any). 5, shall be final and binding and not subject to appeal or the grievance and arbitration process. In Nothing in these guidelines shall prevent the event School Committee from granting extensions of a new contract or an extension of an existing contractsick leave under Article 15.5. For the present time, the balance President and the Vice-President of days in the sick leave bank Association will be carried over to represent the succeeding contractAssociation on the Sick Leave Bank Committee.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status paraprofessionals shall be established. A paraprofessional must have three (3) years of employment in the Wareham Public School System to be eligible to join the sick leave bank. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of one hundred twenty- five (10025) sick days. Eligible teachers paraprofessionals who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one (1) sick day from their annual allocation of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five one hundred fifty (500150) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 30, each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 150 sick days, eligible teachers paraprofessionals shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify All accrued sick leave may be used for the clerk in writing member and their immediate family as defined by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15.Article XV, subsection C. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members (2) Wareham School Committee representatives appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association (2) WEA sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members Members of the Sick Bank Committee joint committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bankbank by October 31st. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's ’s letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty (50) days e.g., if the eligible teacher paraprofessional used forty seven (7) of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty seven (7) days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100)paraprofessional. 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses and members The Board of Education will cooperate in the operation of a Sick Leave Bank. All certified professional personnel of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall may participate in the bank on a voluntary yearly basis. Exceptions to this Article will be establishedindividuals who are on a short or long-term disability. 2. The Wareham School Committee shall make primary purpose of the Sick Leave Bank is to protect an initial contribution Employee’s earning power during periods of protracted and unavoidable absence due to his/her incapacity to perform the responsibilities of his/her assignment. 3. Each teacher will automatically participate in the Sick Leave Bank, unless he/she objects, at which time they may opt out of the program. Initial participation requires the donation of two (2) days. 4. A member will donate one (1) day of his/her sick leave to the bank only when the tabulation drops below two hundred (200) days. When the bank falls below the two hundred (200) days, an additional day will be taken from all participating members at the start of the following year. Any sick time over one hundred thirty (130) days will be donated to the sick bank. 5. A person withdrawing from membership in the bank will not be able to withdraw the contributed days. 6. Members of the sick bank will need to use all sick time, plus borrow five (5) days of the next year’s sick time before they may draw from the sick bank. Days from the sick bank may not be used to repay borrowed days. 7. Maximum withdrawal will not exceed one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school days per person per year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, When and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disabilityonly when, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to teacher is eligible for LTD, the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred that may be withdrawn shall be no more than the number of days needed between the member’s accumulated sick leave and the time period that is required before long term disability (100)LTD) takes effect. 58. In order to be eligible to draw days from the event of sick bank, members will need a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, doctor’s statement including the balance number of days in requesting or expected day of return. This doctor’s statement need not contain a diagnosis if members want to maintain privacy. Members may use the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contractfor an illness of self, immediate family (spouse and children) or parents.

Sick Bank. A. During his service with the District, a teacher shall have only one opportunity to become a member of the Bank. This opportunity shall take place within thirty (30) days from inception of agreement or from date of first eligibility. New members may join by contributing one (1) day of personal sick leave. The Bank shall be established to aid teachers who suffer prolonged illness and whose sick leave accumulations have been exhausted. A teacher shall make his contributions by giving a signed written authorization to the District. At no time shall the number of days in the Bank exceed seven hundred fifty (750) days. The days in excess of seven hundred fifty (750) shall be held in reserve. When the number of days in the Bank falls below 750 days, the District will transfer from the reserve enough days to bring the balance back up to the level of 750. Notification of such transfer will be provided to the Association. No current member of the Bank will be required to make a contribution to the Bank until such time as the reserve is depleted. When the reserve is depleted, the District will again withhold from each member of the bank one of his yearly allotment of sick leave bank for all nurses and members days on an irrevocable basis in September of each year-until the balance of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status Bank is again 750 days. B. A member of the Bank who has completed three (3) years service to the District will be permitted to withdraw up to the total number of days in a full school year. Such leave shall be establishedfor the same illness and as such, does not have to be continuous. The Wareham School Committee A member shall make an initial contribution be allowed to take one full school year as stated for each separate and distinct illness, after his own sick day accumulation has been exhausted except as per the following: When a member of one hundred the bank applies for days to be used for a prolonged leave, the member will retain a number of their sick days for use upon return from said leave. For leaves ending during July, August or September, the member will retain up to nine (1009) sick days for use after returning from the leave. For leaves ending October, November or December, the member will retain up to six (6) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish For leave ending during January, February or March, the member will retain up to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred three (5003) sick days. Teachers who enter For leaves ending during April, May or June, the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after member will retain up to one (1) sick day. A physician’s statement of nature of illness may be requested by the establishment administrative committee. A member of the sick leave bank shall become eligible Bank in his first year of employment in the District will be able to draw thirty (30) full-paid days; second year of employment - sixty (60) days; third year of employment - ninety (90) days. Two (2) teachers, appointed yearly by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 Executive Board of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Fredonia Teachers’ Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk one administrator shall be responsible for posting administration of the Bank. The District shall be responsible for keeping an annual list accurate record of available the Bank’s accumulation of days and making salary payments in accordance with normal District operation. Sick Bank days that are awarded to (but not used by) a member are returned to the bankSick Bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their C. Upon retirement, a teacher’s accumulated sick leave may apply credit for which a teacher has not received payment shall automatically be credited into the Bank or held in reserve. This contribution will only take place once die reserve has reached a zero balance. At that time individuals will again be allowed to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature contribute as stated above. The Association will be notified of the disability and the anticipated period of recoveryreserve reaching a zero balance. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.RETURN FROM SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT

Sick Bank. 1The Committee grants the Association permission to establish a voluntary Sick Leave Bank. Administration of the Sick Leave Bank shall be by a Committee which shall consist of two (2) members of the Association, two (2) members of the Committee and the superintendent or his/her designee. A teacher shall become a member of the sick bank after three years of employment with the school department by donating one sick day unless she/he declines bank membership via written notification to the union president and the superintendent. A teacher must have at least one accrued sick day to donate in order to join the sick bank. Enrollment into the sick bank will occur on September 1 of each year for all eligible employees. Unused days in the bank will continue to be in the bank from year to year. When the bank “runs dry”, all bank members will donate two additional sick days unless they opt out of future participation in the sick leave bank by sending written notification to the union president and the superintendent. When a member has used up his/her own sick leave, he or she may apply for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be established. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of up to one hundred (100) days from the bank. When an employee has used his/her sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of leave and one hundred (100) days from the sick leave bank, he/she may rejoin the sick bank shall become members by contributing one earned sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred after having accrued three (5003) sick days During the first year of bank membership, a member may draw a maximum of fifty (50) days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. The Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Leave Bank Committee shall determine the eligibility for use of the Bank and the amount of leave to be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) yearsgranted. The Clerk following criteria among other reasonable considerations shall be responsible for posting an annual list used by the Committee in administering the Bank and in determining eligibility and amount of available days in the bank.leave: 3. Eligible members who have used up all a) Adequate medical evidence of their accumulated sick leave may apply a chronic illness, or a serious illness expected to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be exist at least five (5) days b) Prior utilization of all eligible sick leave c) Length of service in the Waltham Public Schools d) Propriety of use of previous sick leave A teacher who is not yet eligible for membership in the Sick Bank may petition the Sick Leave Bank Committee for consideration of up to twenty-five (25) days. The procedures and criteria of the Sick Leave Bank Committee, with respect to eligibility and entitlement (amount of sick leave granted, if any), shall be final and binding and not subject to appeal or the grievance and arbitration process. Nothing in these guidelines shall prevent the School Committee from granting extensions of sick leave under Article 15.5. For the present time, the President and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because Vice-President of the disability, Association will represent the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to Association on the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Sick Leave Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100)Committee. 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. A Sick Leave Bank will be established and operated by the following regulations: 1. A sick leave bank for There will be a Board of Directors in charge of executing all nurses and members business of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be established. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15Leave Bank. 2. The Board of Directors will consist of two (2) members of the Association, one (1) Board of Education member and one (1) administrator. 3. All Association members will be eligible to participate starting their second (2nd) year of continuing service to the District. Eligible Association members may also choose not to participate in the Sick Leave Bank. 4. Association members who choose to participate must join the Sick Leave Bank by September 30 or by special permission of the Board of Directors. New unit members may join one (1) year after their initial employment date. 5. Voluntary deposits of two (2) days from each Association member’s sick leave bank will be deducted as they enter the Sick Leave Bank. One (1) day per year will be deducted from the Association member’s sick leave until the Sick Leave Bank has a maximum of two hundred (200) days, except as mentioned in number 6 below. 6. If the Sick Leave Bank reaches two hundred (200) days, no Association member who has been a member of the Sick Leave Bank for five (5) years or more shall contribute any more days unless the Sick Leave Bank falls below one hundred fifty (150) days at which time all members will contribute. New members will continue to contribute sick leave days even if the Sick Leave Bank is at two hundred (200) days until they have been members for five (5) years. 7. Any Association member leaving the District will forfeit any days he/she has contributed. If a member of the Sick Leave Bank decides to stop participating, any days contributed shall be administered forfeited. 8. The Sick Leave Bank will be restricted to illness or injury requiring medical attention and/or hospital care. 9. The Sick Leave Bank will not apply to the situation where Worker’s Compensation is applicable. 10. Participating members may only borrow days after their own sick leave time has been depleted. 11. Applications for use of sick days should be submitted as soon as the need becomes apparent, and be signed by the Association member. The application must be accompanied by a joint committee consisting Doctor’s statement. The Board of two Directors may request verification of need for Sick Leave Bank days through its own School Physician. 12. The Board of Directors must reach a decision on a member’s application within ten (10) days. All decisions are final. 13. A Sick Leave Bank member may borrow a maximum of sixty (60) days in any one (1) school committee members appointed year (July 1 through June 30). Until such time that the Sick Leave Bank has reached one hundred fifty (150) days, the maximum withdrawal may be limited to twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of days in the Sick Leave Bank. 14. An individual whose illness extends into a second (2nd) year must reapply to the Sick Leave Bank, as per number 13 above – only sixty (60) days in any one (1) school year. 15. All days that remain in the Sick Leave Bank at the end of the year will be carried over into the following school year. 16. Any changes in the rules must be jointly agreed upon by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Association and the Board of Education Association sick bank members appointed after submission by the Wareham Education Association, Sick Leave Bank Board of Directors. 17. The Association shall maintain Sick Leave Bank totals and furnish a report to the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of upon his/her sick days because request. An accounting of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance number of days in the sick leave bank Sick Leave Bank will be carried over to conducted jointly by the succeeding contractAssociation and the District by July 31 of each year.

Sick Bank. 1. A The North Palos sick leave bank is open to licensed personnel. To participate, employees must fill out the approved form by September 15th of that school year. Employees hired after September 15th will have 15 working days after the date of hire to participate in the sick bank. Employees joining for all nurses and members the first time shall contribute two (2) sick days to the bank from their personal accumulated sick leave. If there is a carry over of 600 days in the sick bank, the sick bank committee may consider a sick bank member’s application for days to be used for catastrophic illness of a family member. If being used for a family member, the sick bank can grant no more than 20 days per family member, per year. Provisions for the use of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status sick bank are as follows: A. Application for its use must be made to the review committee (two NPEA members and the Superintendent). B. All personal sick days must be used up, but application may be made prior to this time. C. A current physician's letter indicating the employee's inability to adequately perform his/her job must be submitted to the review committee. D. Should the Board of Education require a consultation from another physician, this consultation shall be established. The Wareham School Committee at the Board's expense. E. Illnesses shall make an initial contribution be of one hundred (100) a long-term, major disability in nature. F. Should a licensed employee apply for and receive disability status from the Illinois TRS/SS, all further benefits from the sick days. Eligible teachers who wish day bank relating to that illness will be members of disallowed and bank use will terminate when disability payments begin. G. Teachers can draw from the sick leave bank a number of days equal to the number of teacher work days remaining in the school year, subject to the following table: Years in District 117 Sick Bank 20 days 30 days 40 days 50 days Fifty days in one year shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until be the bank contains five hundred (500) sick daysmaximum allowed unless the review committee believes there are extenuating circumstances. Teachers Any licensed employee who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment is a member of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As as of September 30 each year10, if 1999 will be grandfathered with the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day understanding for such members that "Maximum Allowable Time from Bank" corresponds to "Years in order District 117". Anyone who joins after September 10,1999 will be joining with the understanding that the "Maximum Allowable Time From Bank'' relates to remain a member. "Years in District 117 Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15Bank". 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by H. Should the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank fall below thirty (30), each member of the bank shall contribute one additional day of personal sick leave. I. After the initial membership contribution of two days, each member will be carried over contribute one sick day each September until the bank reaches three hundred (300) days. J. At the time of retirement, a member of the sick bank who has not drawn from the bank may withdraw from the bank a number of days equal to his/her contribution to establish the succeeding contractnecessary days required by the Illinois Teachers Retirement System to receive an additional full year of creditable service towards retirement. K. NPEA members of the review committee will receive an annual update which will include a list of sick bank members, the number of days remaining in the bank, and the number of days granted (by grantee) during the previous school year.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status Sick Bank shall be establishedestablished by the teachers. The Wareham School Committee Said Sick Bank initially shall make an initial contribution of one hundred (100) sick daysbe formed by those teachers volunteering to participate. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible Said teachers shall contribute one sick day three (3) days upon the effective date of this Agreement. Non contribution by the School Committee does not preclude the member from benefiting from the Sick Bank. 2. Thereafter, teachers who volunteer to participate in order to remain a memberthe Sick Bank shall contribute two (2) days per year. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify Said contribution of days shall be made within ten (10) days of the clerk in writing by September 15 beginning of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2The Association President, at this time, shall provide the Superintendent with a list of all participants and days to be deducted. The sick leave bank Notices of any subsequent changes in participants and/or days to be deducted shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days made in the banksame manner. 3. Eligible members Extended sick leave for employees shall begin on the fortieth (40th) consecutive work day in 2016-17, the forty-fifth (45th) consecutive day in 2017-18, and the fiftieth (50th) consecutive day in 2018-2019 or for those who do not have used up (40 / 45 / 50) sick days extended sick leave shall begin at expiration of all of their accumulated sick leave may apply days. During the retirement year no teacher will be forced to use the deplete his/her sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the applicationa point below sixty (60) sick days. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability Prolonged major illness shall be defined as a serious or dangerous sickness, disease, or accident requiring the extended absence or accident requiring the extended absence of forty (40) / forty-five (545) and the maximum number shall be / fifty (50) days or more duration documented by adequate medical evidence. Members with less than the (40 / 45 / 50) sick days will be protected by item three (3). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to Only extenuating circumstances in pregnancies will follow the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if (40 / 45 / 50) sick day policy before using the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacherSick Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of Requested parental leaves are excluded from this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100)Article. 5. In the event that during the school year the Sick Bank is reduced below sixty (60) days, all participating teachers must donate one (1) day each to continue the coverage. 6. Only teachers who volunteer to participate in the Sick Bank are eligible to apply for benefits, without exception. Any teacher who chooses to join the Sick Bank subsequent to its establishment must contribute the same number of a new contract or an extension days that they would have contributed had they joined initially and any subsequent year(s). . New employees will contribute based on item one (1). 7. The Sick Bank Committee of an existing contractfour (4) shall consist of three (3) Association members appointed by the Association President, and the balance of Association President acting as Chair. 8. The unused days in the Sick Bank shall carry over from year to year. 9. In the event that the Sick Bank is in excess of six hundred (600) days at the start of any school year, teachers who have donated the previous year shall be automatically covered without the need of contributing another day unless the amount falls below sixty (60) days. 10. Teachers hired subsequent to the establishment of said Bank shall contribute sick leave bank days in the same manner as stated above. 11. Membership in the Sick Bank shall not be a condition of employment. Furthermore, only bargaining unit members may participate in the Sick Bank. 12. In no event shall the charge of said Sick Bank on account of any one major illness or accident of any one applicant exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in total. Decision of the Sick Bank Committee shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. 13. All applicants will be carried over allowed, upon the decision of the Committee, to draw on the succeeding contractSick Bank after they have exhausted all three (3) family illness days and have drawn down personal sick leave for (37 / 42 / 47) days, to provide for severely ill family members subject to medical verification. Extended sick leave for employees required to provide direct care for a severely ill family member shall begin on for (38th / 43rd / 48th) consecutive work day or for those who do not have (37 / 42 / 47) sick days extended sick leave shall begin at the expiration of all accumulated sick days. Family members defined by the Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act are parent, spouse, child, mother-in-law and father-in law. Drawing on the Bank may be in a non-consecutive manner.

Sick Bank. 1. A sick leave bank for all nurses The Board and members the REA agree to the establishment of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status shall be establisheda Sick Bank Committee. The Wareham School Sick Bank Committee shall make an initial contribution consist of one hundred (100) sick daysthree teachers appointed by the REA and three persons appointed by the Board. Eligible teachers who wish to be members have exhausted their accumulated scheduled absence days and have the approval of the Committee shall be entitled to receive additional leave days from the sick leave bank for a period not to exceed a total of ninety (90) calendar days in a thirty six (36) month period. Under no circumstances will a teacher be awarded more sick days than necessary to qualify for long term disability insurance. A quorum for a meeting of the Sick Leave Committee shall be six people. Either the Board or the REA may send representative(s) by proxy. The sick bank shall become members be for eligible teachers, defined as teachers employed by contributing the District, who shall donate one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (5001) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day to the sick bank. As Any teacher that has not donated a day to the current sick bank shall donate a day upon ratification of September 30 each yearthis contract, if or upon their hiring by the District. This total shall, on a one time basis only, be matched by the District. Should the number of days within the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick daysfall below fifty (50), eligible the teachers shall contribute one sick day in order may be requested to remain donate additional scheduled absence days upon a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 majority vote of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association teacher members of the Sick Bank Committee Committee. The sick bank shall not be utilized for other than serious illness of the teacher. Serious illness shall not include, by way of example: common flu, common cold or voluntary surgery. Upon complete utilization of accumulated sick days there shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) work day waiting period prior to sick bank eligibility being achieved. The decision of the Sick Bank Committee regarding the qualifications of a teacher for a grant from the sick bank and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be final. Sick days shall not be granted without complete medical verification, provided on a matching basis up form developed by the District and approved by the Committee. A sick bank member upon return to the maximum number of fifty active employment must contribute one (1) accumulated scheduled absence day every ninety (90) days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, until the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty is made whole for all days to used by the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100)member. 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1. (a) A sick leave bank for all nurses use by eligible employees covered by this contract who have exhausted their own sick leave and members who have serious illness has been established. (b) Employees new to the system shall contribute one (l) day of sick leave to the Bank in the first year of employment. (c) The initial grant of sick leave by the Sick Leave Bank Committee to an eligible employee shall not exceed fifteen (15) days. (d) Upon completion of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status fifteen (15) day period, the period of entitlement may be extended by the Sick Leave Bank Committee upon the demonstration of need by the applicant. (e) The Sick Leave Bank shall be establishedadministered by a Sick Leave Bank Committee consisting of four (4) members. Two (2) members shall be designated by the Committee to serve at its discretion and two (2) members shall be designated by the Union. The Wareham School Sick Leave Bank Committee shall make an initial contribution determine the eligibility for use of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish the Bank and the amount of leave to be members granted. The following criteria shall be used by the Committee in administering the Bank and in determining eligibility and amount of leave: 1. Adequate medical evidence of serious illness. 2. Prior utilization of all eligible sick leave. 3. Length of service in the Belmont School System. 4. Propriety of use of previous sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day leave. (f) Employees retiring between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2010 will have the option of donating up to 15% of their accumulated sick leave each year until to the bank contains five hundred Sick Leave Bank. This benefit will expire at the close of this contract on June 30, 2010. (500g) sick days. Teachers who enter If the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after Sick Leave Bank is exhausted, it shall be renewed by the establishment contribution of the one additional day of sick leave bank by each employee covered by this contract. Such additional days will be deducted from the employees' annual fifteen (15) days of sick leave. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall become eligible by contributing one sick day determine the time when it becomes necessary to replenish the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15Bank. 2. (h) The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members decision of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Leave Bank Committee, with respect to the eligibility and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability entitlement, shall be five (5) final and the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up binding and not subject to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100)appeal. 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days in the sick leave bank will be carried over to the succeeding contract.

Sick Bank. 1. A There shall be a sick leave bank. Sick leave bank for all nurses and members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status participation is voluntary. Each employee covered by this agreement shall be establishedgiven the option of participating. The Wareham School Committee shall make an initial contribution Each participant must contribute two (2) of one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish to be members of the his/her sick leave bank shall become members by contributing one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500) sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day days to the bank. As At the beginning of September 30 each school year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick dayseach employee covered by this agreement, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day be given thirty (30) days in order which to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school yearjoin. New members must sign up by September 15employees shall have thirty (30) days from the date of hire to enroll initially. 2. In order to be granted sick bank days, eligible employees must have completed 2 years of enrollment in the sick bank. 3. Before days can be granted from the bank, all available paid leave days must be used. This includes sick leave, personal leave and vacation (for 12-month employees). 4. A committee shall be formed to determine eligibility of sick bank time usage. The committee shall consist of two (2) WEA members and two (2) Ocean Township Board of Education members. In the event that there is a tie vote on any given applicant’s eligibility, the Superintendent shall be the deciding tie-break vote. 5. The employee must file a written request to the Superintendent and demonstrate through physicians’ certifications, that the absence is due to an extraordinary and protracted illness or that the employee is required to be absent from work due to surgery and recovery period. In the case of surgery, the physician must certify that the surgery must be done at the present time to avoid a detrimental outcome. 6. The Sick Bank Committee shall determine whether or not to grant leave to employees under the sick bank leave, based upon the purpose of such leave and its assessment that the applying employee has not abused his/her sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by in the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committeepast. 7. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members The judgements of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually are final and limited not subject to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bankgrievance procedure and arbitration. 38. Eligible members who have used up all An eligible applicant may not receive more than 25 days of their accumulated sick such leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committeein any one year, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be nor will less than five (5) and days be approved. 9. Should the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to the maximum number of fifty days e.g., if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100). 5. In the event of a new contract or an extension of an existing contract, the balance of days available in the sick bank diminish to a point where the number is less than 30% of the number of participants in the bank; each participating employee shall be asked to contribute one (1) additional sick leave bank will be carried over day. Should the participating employee decide not to contribute, such action shall constitute a withdrawal from the succeeding contractSick Bank’s coverage and a loss of any sick leave days already contributed.

Sick Bank. 1The Committee grants the Association permission to establish a voluntary Sick Leave Bank. A sick leave bank for all nurses and Administration of the Sick Leave Bank shall be by a Committee which shall consist of two (2) members of the bargaining unit with Professional Teacher Status Association, two (2) members of the Committee and the superintendent or his/her designee. A paraprofessional shall become a member of the sick bank after three years of employment unless she/he declines bank membership via written notification to the union president and the superintendent. Anyone who has accessed the sick bank shall be establisheda member for the duration of their employment. Each member of the sick bank shall donate one (1) day to the sick bank on his/her first day of work each school year, unless determined that no days are needed by the sick bank committee by the end of the previous school year. Unused days in the bank will continue to be in the bank from year to year. When the bank “runs dry”, all bank members will donate two additional sick days. When a member has used up his/her own sick leave, he or she may apply for up to one hundred (100) days from the bank. The Wareham School Sick Leave Bank Committee shall make an initial contribution determine the eligibility for use of the Bank and the amount of leave to be granted. The following criteria among other reasonable considerations shall be used by the Committee in administering the Bank and in determining eligibility and amount of leave: a) Adequate medical evidence of a chronic illness, or a serious illness expected to exist at least five (5) days b) Prior utilization of all eligible sick leave c) Length of service in the Waltham Public Schools d) Propriety of use of previous sick leave Any paraprofessional who requests access to additional days from the sick bank after one hundred (100) sick days. Eligible teachers who wish bank days have been used: a) Must donate two of his/her own earned sick days to be members of the sick leave bank shall become members by contributing bank b) Must have returned to work for at least one sick day of their accumulated sick leave each year until the bank contains five hundred (500100) days following their prior sick days. Teachers who enter the Wareham School Department and/or become Professional Teachers after the establishment of the sick leave bank shall become eligible by contributing one sick day access c) May access only up to the bank. As of September 30 each year, if the sick bank contains fewer than 500 sick days, eligible teachers shall contribute one sick day in order to remain a member. Sick bank members will remain active members unless they notify the clerk in writing by September 15 of the school year. New members must sign up by September 15. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a joint committee consisting of two school committee members appointed by the Wareham School Committee, two Wareham Education Association sick bank members appointed by the Wareham Education Association, and the Superintendent of Schools who shall be a non-voting member who serves as the Clerk of the Committee. School Committee members and Wareham Education Association members of the Sick Bank Committee shall be appointed annually and limited to a maximum term of four (4) years. The Clerk shall be responsible for posting an annual list of available days in the bank. 3. Eligible members who have used up all of their accumulated sick leave may apply to use the sick leave bank provided that application is made to the Sick Bank Committee, and said application states the nature of the disability and the anticipated period of recovery. A physician's letter confirming the disability and anticipated period of recovery shall accompany the application. 4. The minimum number of sick days that can be granted for a single disability shall be five (5) and he/she had accrued at the maximum number shall be fifty (50). The amount of days granted shall be granted on a matching basis up to time the maximum number of fifty days e.g.request was made, if the eligible teacher used forty of his/her sick days because of the disability, the sick leave bank could grant no more than forty days to the teacher. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two sentences of this section, sick leave bank members are eligible to apply to the Bank up to two times per disability for a total amount of days not to exceed one hundred (100) days. A paraprofessional who is not yet eligible for membership in the Sick Bank may petition the Sick Leave Bank Committee for consideration of up to twenty-five (25) days. The procedures and criteria of the Sick Leave Bank Committee, with respect to eligibility and entitlement (amount of sick leave granted, if any). 5, shall be final and binding and not subject to appeal or the grievance and arbitration process. In Nothing in these guidelines shall prevent the event School Committee from granting extensions of a new contract or an extension sick leave under Article 15.5 of an existing teachers’ contract. For the present time, the balance President and the Vice-President of days in the sick leave bank Association will be carried over to represent the succeeding contractAssociation on the Sick Leave Bank Committee.