Common use of Sick Leave and Personal Leave Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave and Personal Leave. X. Xxxx leave shall accrue to all full-time faculty at the rate of fourteen (14) days the first year and ten (10) days per year thereafter. Sick leave for the full contract year shall accrue as of the first duty day of employment and shall terminate as of the last duty day of employment. Sick leave for those on a twelve (12) month contract shall accrue at the rate of sixteen (16) days the first year and twelve (12) days per year thereafter. X. Xxxx leave shall be credited to each full-time faculty member at the beginning of each contract year so that the accumulated unused sick leave from prior periods plus the credit for the current year will be the total amount of sick leave benefits available to that full-time faculty member through the end of the fiscal year (June 30). C. This procedure has the effect of crediting a full-time faculty member with a sick leave advance that must be repaid to the College through full-time employment during the contract year. Should service terminate after this banked credit has been used by the full-time faculty member, the unearned portion of the sick leave used will be considered as a debt to be repaid to the College by deduction from the final salary payment. X. Xxxx leave may be accumulated without limit. An employee will not be paid for unused sick leave when termination or resignation from the College occurs. An employee who must be absent from duty because of illness will notify his or her supervisor at the earliest possible time. Per the Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act (Public Act 99-0841), employees are eligible to use sick leave for absences due to illness, injury, death, birth, adoption and placement for adoption, or medical appointment for the employee, employee’s child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent. Conditions relating to pregnancy will be treated as any other serious health condition. As a condition to such sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a written statement from the member’s physician describing the condition of the ill-being and physical reasons for the staff member’s inability to work after using three (3) consecutive days of sick leave. In the event of sick leave taken because of a sickness of a member of the employee’s immediate family, as a condition to sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a statement from the treating physician verifying the medical condition of the family member who requires the employee’s use of sick leave. X. Xxxx leave without salary may be granted to members of the faculty subject to the discretion of the Board. During any such leave, the Administration shall make appropriate arrangements for carrying on the activities of the affected area with due regard to the workload of other members of that area. F. The immediate supervisor or Academic Vice President shall submit a report to the Business Office of the number of days of sick leave taken. This report shall be on forms supplied by the Business Office. For absences extending over fewer than seven (7) calendar days, a person may be charged for sick days only when he/she would normally be working. In the event of an absence extending over a period of seven (7) or more calendar days, a person will be charged for sick days beginning with the first day of absence and concluding with the faculty member’s return to his/her position. Faculty will not be charged for more than five (5) sick days per week. The Board reserves the right to require a physician’s certificate that the individual is incapacitated from performing his/her usual or ordinary duties for any sick leave taken. G. If a person is sick, he/she shall notify his/her immediate supervisor or the Academic Vice President at the earliest possible time. X. Each member of the faculty may take three (3) days annually for personal leave. If a personal leave is to be used, such notice shall be given by the faculty member not later than twenty-four (24) hours before duties are to begin whenever possible. The faculty member shall make an effort to arrange coverage for the classes occurring during the period of personal leave. No permission is required to take personal leave. I. No compensation shall be paid for sick leave accrued unless the individual is sick and incapacitated from performing his/her usual and ordinary duties or unless personal leave is taken as in Paragraph H. J. For the purposes of calculating sick leave and personal leave, the number of hours in a given work day is defined to be eight (8) hours and instructional faculty member’s activities in a given work day are class lectures, office hours, and mandatory meetings. If a faculty member misses one (1) class, one (1) mandatory meeting or office hour, he/she will be charged personal or sick time at a ratio of two (2) hours for every hour missed up to a maximum of eight (8) hours. If the faculty member misses any of the following, he/she will be charged eight (8) hours of time: graduation, fall in-service, spring in-service, fall workshop, or spring workshop. During summer sessions when the College operates on a four-day, ten-hour week, sick leave taken by twelve (12) month faculty will be charged at 9.25 hours per day for thirty-seven hour faculty and 10.0 hours per day for the forty hour faculty. For all other summer school teachers, sick leave shall not be applicable except that full-time faculty who teach during summer school will have an option to surrender accumulated sick leave days if they wish to do so.

Sick Leave and Personal Leave. X. Xxxx A. Sick leave shall accrue to all full-time faculty at the rate of fourteen (14) days the first year and ten (10) days per year thereafter. Sick leave for the full contract year shall accrue as of the first duty day of employment and shall terminate as of the last duty day of employment. Sick leave for those on a twelve (12) month contract shall accrue at the rate of sixteen (16) days the first year and twelve (12) days per year thereafter. X. B. Xxxx leave shall be credited to each full-time faculty member at the beginning of each contract academic year so that the accumulated unused sick leave from prior periods plus the credit for the current year will be the total amount of sick leave benefits available to that full-time faculty member through the end of the fiscal academic year (June 30). C. This procedure has the effect of crediting a full-time faculty member with a sick leave advance that must be repaid to the College through full-time employment during the contract year. Should service terminate after this banked credit has been used by the full-time faculty member, the unearned portion of the sick leave used will be considered as a debt to be repaid to the College by deduction from the final salary payment. X. Xxxx D. Sick leave may be accumulated without limit. An employee will not be paid for unused sick leave when termination termination, retirement, or resignation from the College occurs. An employee who must be absent from duty because of illness will notify his or her their supervisor at the earliest possible time. Per the Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act (Public Act 99-0841), employees are eligible to use sick leave for absences due to illness, injury, death, birth, adoption and placement for adoption, or medical appointment for the employee, employee’s child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent. Conditions relating to pregnancy will be treated as any other serious health condition. As a condition to such sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a written statement from the member’s physician describing the condition of the ill-being and physical reasons for the staff member’s inability to work after using three (3) consecutive days of sick leave. In the event of sick leave taken because of a sickness of a member of the employee’s immediate family, as a condition to sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a statement from the treating physician verifying the medical condition of the family member who requires the employee’s use of sick leave. X. Xxxx E. Sick leave without salary may be granted to members of the faculty subject to the discretion of the Board. During any such leave, the Administration shall make appropriate arrangements for carrying on the activities of the affected area with due regard to the workload of other members of that area. F. The immediate supervisor or Academic Vice President shall submit a report to the Business Office of the number of days of sick leave taken. This report shall be on forms supplied by the Business Office. For absences extending over fewer than seven (7) calendar days, a person may be charged for sick days only when he/she they would normally be working. In the event of an absence extending over a period of seven (7) or more calendar days, a person will be charged for sick days beginning with the first day of absence and concluding with the faculty member’s return to his/her their position. Faculty will not be charged for more than five (5) sick days per week. The Board reserves the right to require a physician’s certificate that the individual is incapacitated from performing his/her their usual or ordinary duties for any sick leave taken. G. If a person is sick, he/she they shall notify his/her their immediate supervisor or the Academic Vice President at the earliest possible time. X. H. Each member of the faculty may take three (3) days annually for personal leave. If a personal leave is to be used, such notice shall be given by the faculty member not later than twenty-four (24) hours before duties are to begin whenever possible. The faculty member shall make an effort to arrange coverage for the classes occurring during the period of personal leave. No permission is required to take personal leave. The Board of Trustees and the SVCC Faculty Association agree to waive the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. The waiver of the Act shall sunset upon the expiration of the FY25-FY27 contract. I. No compensation shall be paid for sick leave accrued unless the individual is sick and incapacitated from performing his/her their usual and ordinary duties or unless personal leave is taken as in Paragraph H. J. For the purposes of calculating sick leave and personal leave, the number of hours in a given work day is defined to be eight (8) hours and for an instructional faculty member’s activities in a given work day are class lectures, office hours, and mandatory meetings. If a an instructional faculty member misses one (1) class, one (1) mandatory meeting or office hour, he/she they will be charged one (1) hour of personal or sick leave time at a ratio of two (2) hours for every hour missed up to a maximum of eight (8) hours. If the An instructional faculty member misses any of the following, he/she who is absent from fall kick off or spring kick off will be charged eight (8) hours of leave time: graduation, fall in-service, spring in-service, fall workshop, or spring workshop. During summer sessions when the College operates on a four-day, ten-hour week, sick leave taken by twelve (12) month An instructional faculty member who is absent from commencement will be charged at 9.25 four (4) hours per day for thirty-seven hour of leave time. While faculty are encouraged to attend the fall kick off, the spring kick off, and 10.0 hours per day for commencement, a faculty member must attend two of the forty hour facultythree each academic year. For all other summer school teachers, sick leave shall An instructional faculty member not attending two of the three will be applicable except that full-time faculty who teach during summer school will have an option to surrender accumulated sick leave days if they wish to do so.charged eight

Sick Leave and Personal Leave. X. Xxxx leave shall accrue to all full-time faculty at the rate of fourteen (14) days the first year and ten (10) days per year thereafter. Sick leave for the full contract year shall accrue as of the first duty day of employment and shall terminate as of the last duty day of employment. Sick leave for those on a twelve (12) month contract shall accrue at the rate of sixteen (16) days the first year and twelve (12) days per year thereafter. X. Xxxx leave shall be credited to each full-time faculty member at the beginning of each contract year so that the accumulated unused sick leave from prior periods plus the credit for the current year will be the total amount of sick leave benefits available to that full-time faculty member through the end of the fiscal year (June 30). C. This procedure has the effect of crediting a full-time faculty member with a sick leave advance that must be repaid to the College through full-time employment during the contract year. Should service terminate after this banked credit has been used by the full-time faculty member, the unearned portion of the sick leave used will be considered as a debt to be repaid to the College by deduction from the final salary payment. X. Xxxx leave may be accumulated without limit. An employee will not be paid for unused sick leave when termination or resignation from the College occurs. An employee who must be absent from duty because of illness will notify his or her supervisor at the earliest possible time. Per the Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act (Public Act 99-0841), employees are eligible to use sick leave for absences due to illness, injury, death, birth, adoption and placement for adoption, or medical appointment for the employee, employee’s child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent. Conditions relating to pregnancy will be treated as any other serious health condition. As a condition to such sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a written statement from the member’s physician describing the condition of the ill-being and physical reasons for the staff member’s inability to work after using three (3) consecutive days of sick leave. In the event of sick leave taken because of a sickness of a member of the employee’s immediate family, as a condition to sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a statement from the treating physician verifying the medical condition of the family member who requires the employee’s use of sick leave. X. Xxxx leave without salary may be granted to members of the faculty subject to the discretion of the Board. During any such leave, the Administration shall make appropriate arrangements for carrying on the activities of the affected area with due regard to the workload of other members of that area. F. The immediate supervisor or Academic Vice President shall submit a report to the Business Office of the number of days of sick leave taken. This report shall be on forms supplied by the Business Office. For absences extending over fewer than seven (7) calendar days, a person may be charged for sick days only when he/she they would normally be working. In the event of an absence extending over a period of seven (7) or more calendar days, a person will be charged for sick days beginning with the first day of absence and concluding with the faculty member’s return to his/her their position. Faculty will not be charged for more than five (5) sick days per week. The Board reserves the right to require a physician’s certificate that the individual is incapacitated from performing his/her their usual or ordinary duties for any sick leave taken. G. If a person is sick, he/she they shall notify his/her their immediate supervisor or the Academic Vice President at the earliest possible time. X. Each member of the faculty may take three (3) days annually for personal leave. If a personal leave is to be used, such notice shall be given by the faculty member not later than twenty-four (24) hours before duties are to begin whenever possible. The faculty member shall make an effort to arrange coverage for the classes occurring during the period of personal leave. No permission is required to take personal leave. I. No compensation shall be paid for sick leave accrued unless the individual is sick and incapacitated from performing his/her their usual and ordinary duties or unless personal leave is taken as in Paragraph H. J. For the purposes of calculating sick leave and personal leave, the number of hours in a given work day is defined to be eight (8) hours and instructional faculty member’s activities in a given work day are class lectures, office hours, and mandatory meetings. If a faculty member misses one (1) class, one (1) mandatory meeting or office hour, he/she they will be charged one (1) hour of personal or sick leave time at a ratio of two (2) hours for every hour missed up to a maximum of eight (8) hours. If the A faculty member misses any of the following, he/she who is absent from fall kick off or spring kick off will be charged eight (8) hours of leave time: graduation. A faculty member who is absent from commencement will be charged four (4) hours of leave time. While faculty are encouraged to attend the fall kick off, fall in-servicethe spring kick off, spring in-serviceand commencement, fall workshopa faculty member must attend two of the three each academic year. A faculty member not attending two of the three will be charged eight (8) hours of leave time for missing commencement. Exceptions will be made for personal circumstances such as, but not limited to, illness or spring workshopa death in the family. Absences due to exceptional circumstances will be approved by the Academic Vice President. During summer sessions when the College operates on a four-day, ten-hour week, sick leave taken by twelve (12) month faculty will be charged at 9.25 hours per day for thirty-seven hour faculty and 10.0 hours per day for the forty hour faculty. For all other summer school teachers, sick leave shall not be applicable except that full-time faculty who teach during summer school will have an option to surrender accumulated sick leave days if they wish to do so.

Sick Leave and Personal Leave. X. Xxxx A. Sick leave shall accrue to all full-time faculty at the rate of fourteen (14) days the first year and ten (10) days per year thereafter. Sick leave for the full contract year shall accrue as of the first duty day of employment and shall terminate as of the last duty day of employment. Sick leave for those on a twelve (12) month contract shall accrue at the rate of sixteen (16) days the first year and twelve (12) days per year thereafter. X. B. Xxxx leave shall be credited to each full-time faculty member at the beginning of each contract year so that the accumulated unused sick leave from prior periods plus the credit for the current year will be the total amount of sick leave benefits available to that full-time faculty member through the end of the fiscal year (June 30). C. This procedure has the effect of crediting a full-time faculty member with a sick leave advance that must be repaid to the College through full-time employment during the contract year. Should service terminate after this banked credit has been used by the full-time faculty member, the unearned portion of the sick leave used will be considered as a debt to be repaid to the College by deduction from the final salary payment. X. Xxxx D. Sick leave may be accumulated without limit. An employee will not be paid for unused sick leave when termination or resignation from the College occurs. An employee who must be absent from duty because of illness will notify his or her supervisor at the earliest possible time. Per the Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act (Public Act 99-0841), employees are eligible to use sick leave for absences due to illness, injury, death, birth, adoption and placement for adoption, or medical appointment for the employee, employee’s child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent. Conditions relating to pregnancy will be treated as any other serious health condition. As a condition to such sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a written statement from the member’s physician describing the condition of the ill-being and physical reasons for the staff member’s inability to work after using three (3) consecutive days of sick leave. In the event of sick leave taken because of a sickness of a member of the employee’s immediate family, as a condition to sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a statement from the treating physician verifying the medical condition of the family member who requires the employee’s use of sick leave. X. Xxxx E. Sick leave without salary may be granted to members of the faculty subject to the discretion of the Board. During any such leave, the Administration shall make appropriate arrangements for carrying on the activities of the affected area with due regard to the workload of other members of that area. F. The immediate supervisor or Academic Vice President shall submit a report to the Business Office of the number of days of sick leave taken. This report shall be on forms supplied by the Business Office. For absences extending over fewer than seven (7) calendar days, a person may be charged for sick days only when he/she they would normally be working. In the event of an absence extending over a period of seven (7) or more calendar days, a person will be charged for sick days beginning with the first day of absence and concluding with the faculty member’s return to his/her their position. Faculty will not be charged for more than five (5) sick days per week. The Board reserves the right to require a physician’s certificate that the individual is incapacitated from performing his/her their usual or ordinary duties for any sick leave taken. G. If a person is sick, he/she they shall notify his/her their immediate supervisor or the Academic Vice President at the earliest possible time. X. H. Each member of the faculty may take three (3) days annually for personal leave. If a personal leave is to be used, such notice shall be given by the faculty member not later than twenty-four (24) hours before duties are to begin whenever possible. The faculty member shall make an effort to arrange coverage for the classes occurring during the period of personal leave. No permission is required to take personal leave. I. No compensation shall be paid for sick leave accrued unless the individual is sick and incapacitated from performing his/her their usual and ordinary duties or unless personal leave is taken as in Paragraph H. J. For the purposes of calculating sick leave and personal leave, the number of hours in a given work day is defined to be eight (8) hours and for an instructional faculty member’s activities in a given work day are class lectures, office hours, and mandatory meetings. If a an instructional faculty member misses one (1) class, one (1) mandatory meeting or office hour, he/she they will be charged one (1) hour of personal or sick leave time at a ratio of two (2) hours for every hour missed up to a maximum of eight (8) hours. If the An instructional faculty member misses any of the following, he/she who is absent from fall kick off or spring kick off will be charged eight (8) hours of leave time: graduation, fall in-service, spring in-service, fall workshop, or spring workshop. During summer sessions when the College operates on a four-day, ten-hour week, sick leave taken by twelve (12) month An instructional faculty member who is absent from commencement will be charged at 9.25 four (4) hours per day for thirty-seven hour of leave time. While faculty are encouraged to attend the fall kick off, the spring kick off, and 10.0 hours per day for commencement, a faculty member must attend two of the forty hour facultythree each academic year. For all other summer school teachers, sick leave shall An instructional faculty member not attending two of the three will be applicable except that full-time faculty who teach during summer school will have an option to surrender accumulated sick leave days if they wish to do so.charged eight

Sick Leave and Personal Leave. X. Xxxx leave shall accrue to all full-time faculty at the rate of fourteen (14) days the first year and ten (10) days per year thereafter. Sick leave for the full contract year shall accrue as of the first duty day of employment and shall terminate as of the last duty day of employment. Sick leave for those on a twelve (12) month contract shall accrue at the rate of sixteen (16) days the first year and twelve (12) days per year thereafter. X. Xxxx leave shall be credited to each full-time faculty member at the beginning of each contract year so that the accumulated unused sick leave from prior periods plus the credit for the current year will be the total amount of sick leave benefits available to that full-time faculty member through the end of the fiscal year (June 30). C. This procedure has the effect of crediting a full-time faculty member with a sick leave advance that must be repaid to the College through full-time employment during the contract year. Should service terminate after this banked credit has been used by the full-time faculty member, the unearned portion of the sick leave used will be considered as a debt to be repaid to the College by deduction from the final salary payment. X. Xxxx leave may be accumulated without limit. An employee will not be paid for unused sick leave when termination or resignation from the College occurs. An employee who must be absent from duty because of illness will notify his or her supervisor at the earliest possible time. Per the Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act (Public Act 99-0841), employees are eligible to use sick leave for absences due to illness, injury, death, birth, adoption and placement for adoption, or medical appointment for the employee, employee’s child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent. Conditions relating to pregnancy will be treated as any other serious health condition. As a condition to such sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a written statement from the member’s physician describing the condition of the ill-being and physical reasons for the staff member’s inability to work after using three (3) consecutive days of sick leave. In the event of sick leave taken because of a sickness of a member of the employee’s immediate family, as a condition to sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a statement from the treating physician verifying the medical condition of the family member who requires the employee’s use of sick leave. X. Xxxx leave without salary may be granted to members of the faculty subject to the discretion of the Board. During any such leave, the Administration shall make appropriate arrangements for carrying on the activities of the affected area with due regard to the workload of other members of that area. F. The immediate supervisor or Academic Vice President shall submit a report to the Business Office of the number of days of sick leave taken. This report shall be on forms supplied by the Business Office. For absences extending over fewer than seven (7) calendar days, a person may be charged for sick days only when he/she would normally be working. In the event of an absence extending over a period of seven (7) or more calendar days, a person will be charged for sick days beginning with the first day of absence and concluding with the faculty member’s return to his/her position. Faculty will not be charged for more than five (5) sick days per week. The Board reserves the right to require a physician’s certificate that the individual is incapacitated from performing his/her usual or ordinary duties for any sick leave taken. G. If a person is sick, he/she shall notify his/her immediate supervisor or the Academic Vice President at the earliest possible time. X. Each member of the faculty may take three (3) days annually for personal leave. If a personal leave is to be used, such notice shall be given by the faculty member not later than twenty-four (24) hours before duties are to begin whenever possible. The faculty member shall make an effort to arrange coverage for the classes occurring during the period of personal leave. No permission is required to take personal leave. I. No compensation shall be paid for sick leave accrued unless the individual is sick and incapacitated from performing his/her usual and ordinary duties or unless personal leave is taken as in Paragraph H. J. For the purposes of calculating sick leave and personal leave, the number of hours in a given work day is defined to be eight (8) hours and instructional faculty member’s activities in a given work day are class lectures, office hours, and mandatory meetings. If a faculty member misses one (1) class, one (1) mandatory meeting or office hour, he/she will be charged one (1) hour of personal or sick leave time at a ratio of two (2) hours for every hour missed up to a maximum of eight (8) hours. If the A faculty member misses any of the following, he/she who is absent from fall kick off or spring kick off will be charged eight (8) hours of leave time: graduation. A faculty member who is absent from commencement will be charged four (4) hours of leave time. While faculty are encouraged to attend the fall kick off, fall in-servicethe spring kick off, spring in-serviceand commencement, fall workshopa faculty member must attend two of the three each academic year. A faculty member not attending two of the three will be charged eight (8) hours of leave time for missing commencement. Exceptions will be made for personal circumstances such as, but not limited to, illness or spring workshopa death in the family. Absences due to exceptional circumstances will be approved by the Academic Vice President. During summer sessions when the College operates on a four-day, ten-hour week, sick leave taken by twelve (12) month faculty will be charged at 9.25 hours per day for thirty-seven hour faculty and 10.0 hours per day for the forty hour faculty. For all other summer school teachers, sick leave shall not be applicable except that full-time faculty who teach during summer school will have an option to surrender accumulated sick leave days if they wish to do so.

Sick Leave and Personal Leave. X. Xxxx A. Sick leave shall accrue to all full-time faculty at the rate of fourteen (14) days the first year and ten (10) days per year thereafter. Sick leave for the full contract year shall accrue as of the first duty day of employment and shall terminate as of the last duty day of employment. Sick leave for those on a twelve (12) month contract shall accrue at the rate of sixteen (16) days the first year and twelve (12) days per year thereafter. X. B. Xxxx leave shall be credited to each full-time faculty member at the beginning of each contract year so that the accumulated unused sick leave from prior periods plus the credit for the current year will be the total amount of sick leave benefits available to that full-time faculty member through the end of the fiscal year (June 30). C. This procedure has the effect of crediting a full-time faculty member with a sick leave advance that must be repaid to the College through full-time employment during the contract year. Should service terminate after this banked credit has been used by the full-time faculty member, the unearned portion of the sick leave used will be considered as a debt to be repaid to the College by deduction from the final salary payment. X. Xxxx D. Sick leave may be accumulated without limit. An employee will not be paid for unused sick leave when termination or resignation from the College occurs. An employee who must be absent from duty because of illness will notify his or her supervisor at the earliest possible time. Per the Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act (Public Act 99-0841), employees are eligible to use sick leave for absences due to illness, injury, death, birth, adoption and placement for adoption, or medical appointment for the employee, employee’s child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent. Conditions relating to pregnancy will be treated as any other serious health condition. As a condition to such sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a written statement from the member’s physician describing the condition of the ill-being and physical reasons for the staff member’s inability to work after using three (3) consecutive days of sick leave. In the event of sick leave taken because of a sickness of a member of the employee’s immediate family, as a condition to sick leave, the staff member may be required to furnish a statement from the treating physician verifying the medical condition of the family member who requires the employee’s use of sick leave. X. Xxxx E. Sick leave without salary may be granted to members of the faculty subject to the discretion of the Board. During any such leave, the Administration shall make appropriate arrangements for carrying on the activities of the affected area with due regard to the workload of other members of that area. F. The immediate supervisor or Academic Vice President shall submit a report to the Business Office of the number of days of sick leave taken. This report shall be on forms supplied by the Business Office. For absences extending over fewer than seven (7) calendar days, a person may be charged for sick days only when he/she would normally be working. In the event of an absence extending over a period of seven (7) or more calendar days, a person will be charged for sick days beginning with the first day of absence and concluding with the faculty member’s return to his/her position. Faculty will not be charged for more than five (5) sick days per week. The Board reserves the right to require a physician’s certificate that the individual is incapacitated from performing his/her usual or ordinary duties for any sick leave taken. G. If a person is sick, he/she shall notify his/her immediate supervisor or the Academic Vice President at the earliest possible time. X. H. Each member of the faculty may take three (3) days annually for personal leave. If a personal leave is to be used, such notice shall be given by the faculty member not later than twenty-four (24) hours before duties are to begin whenever possible. The faculty member shall make an effort to arrange coverage for the classes occurring during the period of personal leave. No permission is required to take personal leave. I. No compensation shall be paid for sick leave accrued unless the individual is sick and incapacitated from performing his/her usual and ordinary duties or unless personal leave is taken as in Paragraph H. J. For the purposes of calculating sick leave and personal leave, the number of hours in a given work day is defined to be eight (8) hours and instructional faculty member’s activities in a given work day are class lectures, office hours, and mandatory meetings. If a faculty member misses one (1) class, one (1) mandatory meeting or office hour, he/she will be charged one (1) hour of personal or sick leave time at a ratio of two (2) hours for every hour missed up to a maximum of eight (8) hours. If the A faculty member misses any of the following, he/she who is absent from fall kick off or spring kick off will be charged eight (8) hours of leave time: graduation. A faculty member who is absent from commencement will be charged four (4) hours of leave time. While faculty are encouraged to attend the fall kick off, fall in-servicethe spring kick off, spring in-serviceand commencement, fall workshopa faculty member must attend two of the three each academic year. A faculty member not attending two of the three will be charged eight (8) hours of leave time for missing commencement. Exceptions will be made for personal circumstances such as, but not limited to, illness or spring workshopa death in the family. Absences due to exceptional circumstances will be approved by the Academic Vice President. During summer sessions when the College operates on a four-day, ten-hour week, sick leave taken by twelve (12) month faculty will be charged at 9.25 hours per day for thirty-seven hour faculty and 10.0 hours per day for the forty hour faculty. For all other summer school teachers, sick leave shall not be applicable except that full-time faculty who teach during summer school will have an option to surrender accumulated sick leave days if they wish to do so.