Common use of Sick Days Clause in Contracts

Sick Days. Each full-time teacher employed under regular or temporary contract shall be entitled to be absent from work on account of personal illness or quarantine for a total of eleven (11) days for first year employees and for all others, ten (10) days without loss of compensation. If in any one school year the teacher shall be absent for such illness or quarantine less than the prescribed number of days, the remaining days shall be accumulative to a total of 196 days, provided, however, that up to a total of twelve (12) sick leave days per year may also be used for illness of spouse, children, father, mother, legal guardian, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, any member of the step family, grandchildren, grandparent or others living in the home with the employee, or for medical and dental appointments. A teacher employed under regular or temporary contract for only a portion of the school year shall be entitled to a proportionate number of days of sick leave, and unused days will be accumulative as specified herein. Verification of illness by a physician's statement may be required at the sole discretion of the school employer.

Sick Days. Each full-time teacher employed under regular or temporary contract shall be entitled to be absent from work on account of personal illness or quarantine for a total of eleven (11) days for first year employees and for all others, ten (10) days without loss of compensation. If in any one school year the teacher shall be absent for such illness or quarantine less than the prescribed number of days, the remaining days shall be accumulative to a total of 196 days. Sick days, providedas defined above, however, that up to a total of twelve (12) sick leave days per year may also be used for illness of spouse, children, father, mother, legal guardian, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, any member of the step family, grandchildren, grandparent or others living in the home with the employee, or for medical and dental appointments. A teacher employed under regular or temporary contract for only a portion of the school year shall be entitled to a proportionate number of days of sick leave, and unused days will be accumulative as specified herein. Verification of illness by a physician's statement may be required at the sole discretion of the school employer.