Common use of Sick Leave Assistance Program Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Assistance Program. 1. A Sick Leave Assistance Program shall be established which contains days contributed by a certified teacher of District 41-4 represented by the LEA All certified teachers working more than twenty (20) hours per week and who contribute to the assistance program shall be eligible to request additional sick leave. 2. To be eligible to participate in the program, contributions of one (1) to five (5) days must be given. a. A personnel form will be filled out at the beginning of each year to indicate the number of days you are contributing that year (including 0) and returned to the business manager by September 10. b. New certified teachers in the system represented by the LEA may join within c. If needed the LEA may request more days to be contributed to restore any or all of those used. 3. In the event of a prolonged illness of any certified teacher who exhausts his/her sick leave, the certified teacher may request days from the bank not to exceed forty (40) days in one (1) school year. Unused days granted under the sick leave assistance program in a given year shall revert back to the sick leave assistance program. 4. The Sick Leave Assistance Program shall not be used to care for members of the teacher's family or for maternity leave. 5. The application for sick leave shall be submitted to the business office which will forward copies to the sick leave assistance committee. Application for sick leave assistance shall be reviewed by the LEA Sick Leave Program Committee composed of three (3) members appointed by the LEA. The LEA Committee must have a written statement from the applicant's doctor stating the medical need and the date the certified teacher may return to work. The committee shall meet to consider the requested leave and inform all appropriate parties of its decision in writing. 6. The application should be prepared in quadruple --one copy for the building administrator, one copy for the LEA, one copy for the individual requesting sick leave assistance and one copy to the business office. 7. The maximum number of days to be used from the assistance program by all members shall not exceed a total of one hundred sixty (160) days per year. Distribution of days shall be determined by the timeliness of the application, by who applies first as determined by the LEA Committee and the receipt of the application by the business manager.

Sick Leave Assistance Program. 1. A Sick Leave Assistance Program shall be established which contains days contributed by a certified teacher of District 41-4 represented by the LEA All certified teachers working more than twenty (20) hours per week and who contribute to the assistance program shall be eligible to request additional sick leave. 2. To be eligible to participate in the program, contributions of at least one (1) to five (5) days must be givenday. a. A personnel Sick Leave Assistance Donation form will be filled out at the beginning of each year to indicate the number of days you are contributing that year (including 0) and returned to the business manager by September 10. b. New certified teachers in the system represented by the LEA may join withinwithin thirty (30) days of employment. c. If needed the LEA may request more days to be contributed to restore any or all of those used. 3. In the event of a prolonged illness of any certified teacher who exhausts his/her sick leave, the certified teacher may request days from the bank not to exceed forty (40) days in one one (1) school year. Unused days granted under the sick leave assistance program in a given year shall revert back to the sick leave assistance program. 4. The Sick Leave Assistance Program shall not be used to care for members of the teacher's family or for maternity leave. 5. The application for sick leave shall be submitted to the business office which will forward copies to the sick leave assistance committee. Application for sick leave assistance shall be reviewed by the LEA Sick XXX Xxxx Leave Program Committee composed of three (3) members appointed by the LEA. The LEA Committee must have a written statement from the applicant's doctor stating the medical need and the date the certified teacher may return to work. The committee shall meet to consider the requested leave and inform all appropriate parties of its decision in writing. 6. The application should be prepared in quadruple --one –one (1) copy for the building administrator, one (1) copy for the LEA, one (1) copy for the individual requesting sick leave assistance and one (1) copy to the business office. 7. The maximum number of days to be used from the assistance program by all members shall not exceed a total of one hundred sixty (160) days per year. Distribution of days shall be determined by the timeliness of the application, by who applies first as determined by the LEA Committee and the receipt of the application by the business manager.

Sick Leave Assistance Program. 1. A A. The Belpre City School District Board of Education shall establish a Sick Leave Assistance Program shall be established which contains days contributed by a certified teacher of District 41-4 represented by the LEA All certified teachers working more than twenty (20) hours per week and who contribute will allow individual employees to the assistance program shall be eligible to request additional sick leave. 2. To be eligible to participate in the program, contributions of one (1) donate up to five (5) days must be given. a. A personnel form will be filled out at the beginning of each year to indicate the number of days you are contributing that year (including 0) and returned to the business manager by September 10. b. New certified teachers in the system represented by the LEA may join within c. If needed the LEA may request more days to be contributed to restore any or all of those used. 3. In the event of a prolonged illness of any certified teacher who exhausts his/her sick leave, the certified teacher may request days from the bank not to exceed forty (40) days in one (1) school year. Unused days granted under the sick leave assistance program in a given year shall revert back to the sick leave assistance program. 4each eligible applicant. The Sick Leave Assistance Program is designed to ease the financial impact of serious illness, accident or injury. Employees with less than fifty (50) days accumulated sick leave shall not be eligible to contribute. B. Although not an exclusive list, typical usage would be for heart attack, cancer, serious automobile accident or major surgery. Serious illness is defined as being hospitalized, homebound under psychiatric care, temporarily totally disabled, and/or not able to perform the activities of daily living. The program is not intended to provide benefits to those members having surgery which is not medically necessary or for normal maternity leave. To qualify for the Sick Leave Assistance Program, an employee, or a member of the employee’s immediate family in Section 12.01, must have experienced a catastrophic illness or injury, as documented by a medical or mental health professional and the employee must have exhausted his/her sick leave and personal leave. The Sick Leave Assistance Program cannot be used beyond the current school year and may not be used to care defer application for or receipt of disability retirement benefits. C. Request for use of Sick Leave Assistance Program will be considered on a case by case basis. A committee composed of two (2) Board appointed members and two (2) Association appointed members and chaired by a mutually agreeable fifth member, will make a determination based on the following criteria. 1. The total use of the teacher's family or for maternity leaveSick Leave Assistance Program shall not exceed the current school year. 52. The application for All requests will be subject to the responses of the staff who wish to make donations to an individual approved by the committee. 3. All donations of sick leave shall by staff members will remain confidential to the extent permitted by law and should be submitted to the business office which will forward copies District Treasurer on the proper form. (See form in Appendix) 4. Employees requesting consideration for the Sick Leave Assistance Program must complete the request on the proper form (See Appendix) and submit one copy to the sick leave assistance committee. Application for sick leave assistance shall be reviewed by the LEA Sick Leave Program Committee composed of three (3) members appointed by the LEA. The LEA Committee must have a written statement from the applicant's doctor stating the medical need and the date the certified teacher may return to work. The committee shall meet to consider the requested leave and inform all appropriate parties of its decision in writing. 6. The application should be prepared in quadruple --one copy for the building administrator, one copy for the LEA, one copy for the individual requesting sick leave assistance Superintendent and one copy to the business officeAssociation President. 75. The maximum number of days to be used from the assistance program by all members shall not exceed a total of one hundred sixty (160) days per year. Distribution of days shall be determined by the timeliness Activation of the application, by who applies first as determined by program shall require a majority vote of the LEA Committee committee and the receipt chair shall vote only in the event of a tie vote of the application by the business managercommittee.

Sick Leave Assistance Program. 1. A A. The Belpre City School District Board of Education shall establish a Sick Leave Assistance Program shall be established which contains days contributed by a certified teacher of District 41-4 represented by the LEA All certified teachers working more than twenty (20) hours per week and who contribute will allow individual employees to the assistance program shall be eligible to request additional sick leave. 2. To be eligible to participate in the program, contributions of one (1) donate up to five (5) days must be given. a. A personnel form will be filled out at the beginning of each year to indicate the number of days you are contributing that year (including 0) and returned to the business manager by September 10. b. New certified teachers in the system represented by the LEA may join within c. If needed the LEA may request more days to be contributed to restore any or all of those used. 3. In the event of a prolonged illness of any certified teacher who exhausts his/her sick leave, the certified teacher may request days from the bank not to exceed forty (40) days in one (1) school year. Unused days granted under the sick leave assistance program in a given year shall revert back to the sick leave assistance program. 4each eligible applicant. The Sick Leave Assistance Program is designed to ease the financial impact of serious illness, accident or injury. Employees with less than fifty (50) days accumulated sick leave shall not be eligible to contribute. B. Although not an exclusive list, typical usage would be for heart attack, cancer, serious automobile accident or major surgery. Serious illness is defined as being hospitalized, homebound under psychiatric care, temporarily totally disabled, and/or not able to perform the activities of daily living. The program is not intended to provide benefits to those members having surgery which is not medically necessary or for normal maternity leave. To qualify for the Sick Leave Assistance Program, an employee, or a member of the employee’s immediate family in Section 12.01, must have experienced a catastrophic illness or injury, as documented by a medical or mental health professional and the employee must have exhausted his/her sick leave and personal leave. The Sick Leave Assistance Program cannot be used beyond the current school year and may not be used to care defer application for or receipt of disability retirement benefits. C. Requests for use of Sick Leave Assistance Program will be considered on a case-by-case basis. A committee composed of two (2) Board appointed members and two (2) Association appointed members and chaired by a mutually agreeable fifth member, will make a determination based on the following criteria. 1. The total use of the teacher's family or for maternity leaveSick Leave Assistance Program shall not exceed the current school year. 52. The application for All requests will be subject to the responses of the staff who wish to make donations to an individual approved by the committee. 3. All donations of sick leave shall by staff members will remain confidential to the extent permitted by law and should be submitted to the business office which will forward copies District Treasurer on the proper form. (See form in Appendix) 4. Employees requesting consideration for the Sick Leave Assistance Program must complete the request on the proper form (See Appendix) and submit one copy to the sick leave assistance committee. Application for sick leave assistance shall be reviewed by the LEA Sick Leave Program Committee composed of three (3) members appointed by the LEA. The LEA Committee must have a written statement from the applicant's doctor stating the medical need and the date the certified teacher may return to work. The committee shall meet to consider the requested leave and inform all appropriate parties of its decision in writing. 6. The application should be prepared in quadruple --one copy for the building administrator, one copy for the LEA, one copy for the individual requesting sick leave assistance Superintendent and one copy to the business officeAssociation President. 75. The maximum number of days to be used from the assistance program by all members shall not exceed a total of one hundred sixty (160) days per year. Distribution of days shall be determined by the timeliness Activation of the application, by who applies first as determined by program shall require a majority vote of the LEA Committee committee and the receipt chair shall vote only in the event of a tie vote of the application committee. 6. Only one sick leave request may be submitted by the business managera bargaining unit member in any five (5) year period.

Sick Leave Assistance Program. 1. A Sick Leave Assistance Program (Program) shall be established which contains days contributed by a certified teacher of District #41-4 5 represented by the LEA T.E.A. All certified teachers working more than twenty (20) hours per week and who contribute to the assistance program shall be Program are eligible to request additional sick leaveparticipate. 2. To be eligible to participate in the programProgram, contributions participants must comply with the following additional requirements: a. All new or first year employees (who have never contributed before) that are eligible to use the Sick Leave Assistance Bank must contribute a minimum of one (1) day but no more than three days in order to five (5) be eligible for the bank. All other employees not currently participating may contribute a minimum of one but no more than three sick days must be givento become eligible for the bank. a. b. A personnel participant must have exhausted all paid leave before receiving leave assistance. c. A sick leave assistance contribution form will be filled out at the beginning of each year to indicate the number of days you are contributing that year (including 0) and returned to the business manager by September 1010th of each year by each new employee (see 2a) or by all other staff when a contribution is necessary (see 2e below). Employees may voluntarily contribute up to three days to the bank on years that they otherwise would not be required to do so. b. New certified d. Certified teachers in the system represented by must contribute during the LEA may join within c. If needed enrollment period which is the LEA may request more first 30 calendar days of teacher’s employment in each school year in order to be eligible to participate in the program. e. If at the end of the school year the total number of contributed days in the bank falls below five hundred (500) days, the following school year will be a contribution year and any participant who wishes to restore any or all of those usedremain eligible for the sick bank must contribute at least one but not more than three days. 3. In This bank is for the event protection of individual participating teachers during a prolonged illness of any certified serious health condition. The teacher who exhausts his/her may use the sick leavebank for a family member defined as: • Spouse, the certified and parents thereof; • Children, included adopted children, and spouses thereof; • Parents; • Brother and sister thereof; The eligible teacher may request days from the bank not to exceed forty (40) days in one (1) school year. Unused days granted under the sick leave assistance program in a given year shall revert back to the sick leave assistance programProgram. 4. The Sick After exhausting available leave under the Parental Leave Assistance Program shall not Policy, sick leave assistance may be used to care for members of the teacher's family or for maternity leaveleave resulting from complications of pregnancy if a doctor certifies the staff member is to remain off work due to a serious health condition. A caesarean section is not eligible for sick leave assistance unless complications arise. 5. The application for sick leave shall assistance will be submitted to the business office office, which will forward copies review the application to ensure that it meets the criteria for the Sick Leave Assistance Bank. If the application is deemed to not meet the criteria, the Superintendent will notify the applicant and the TEA President (or other TEA leadership) as to the reason(s) that the application was not accepted or is incomplete. If an application is not accepted or is incomplete, the individual may resubmit a request for consideration within thirty (30) calendar days if pertinent additional information is provided for administration to consider. An eligible application will be forwarded to the sick leave assistance committee. Application for sick leave assistance shall be reviewed by the LEA The Sick Leave Program Committee shall be composed of three (3) members appointed by the LEAT.E.A., and one administrator appointed by the Superintendent. The LEA committee shall review applications for sick leave assistance. The Committee must have a written statement from the applicant's ’s doctor stating the medical need and the date the certified teacher may return to work. The committee shall meet to consider the requested leave and inform all appropriate parties of its decision in writing. 6. The application should be prepared in quadruple --one copy for the building administrator, one copy for the LEA, one copy for the individual requesting sick leave assistance and one copy to the business office. 7. The maximum number of days to be used from the assistance program by all members shall not exceed a total of one hundred sixty (160) 200 days per year. Distribution of days shall be determined by the timeliness of the application, by who applies first as determined by the LEA Committee and the receipt of the application by the business manager. 7. The term serious health condition has the same meaning as used in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) except in #4 above (complications of pregnancy). That definition includes such conditions as cancer, heart attacks, strokes, severe injuries, or Alzheimer’s Disease. The term serious health condition is not intended to cover short-term conditions for which treatment and recovery are very brief. The common cold, influenza, earaches, upset stomach, headaches (other than migraines), routine dental or orthodontia problems, etc., are not serious health conditions unless complications arise. For example, for most individuals who contracted H1N1, this influenza did not rise to the level of a serious health condition. The agency may require medical certification of a serious health condition. The minimum number of hours that may be granted is twenty-four (24).

Sick Leave Assistance Program. 1. A Sick Leave Assistance Program (Program) shall be established which contains days contributed by a certified teacher of District #41-4 5 represented by the LEA T.E.A. All certified teachers working more than twenty (20) hours per week and who contribute to the assistance program shall be Program are eligible to request additional sick leaveparticipate. 2. To be eligible to participate in the programProgram, contributions of participants must comply with the following additional requirements: a. All new or first year employees (who have never contributed before) that are eligible to use the Sick Leave Assistance Bank must contribute one day in order to be eligible for the bank. All other employees must contribute one sick day per year into the bank as per 2e. b. A participant must have used at least ten (1) to five (510) days must be givenof paid and/or unpaid leave during the school year before receiving leave assistance. a. c. A personnel sick leave assistance contribution form will be filled out at the beginning of each year to indicate the number of days you are contributing that year (including 0) and returned to the business manager by September 1010th of each year by each new employee (see 2a) or by all other staff when a contribution is necessary (see 2e below). Employees may voluntarily contribute one or more days to the bank on years that they otherwise would not be required to do so. b. New certified d. Certified teachers in the system represented by must contribute during the LEA may join within c. If needed enrollment period which is the LEA may request more first 30 days of teachers employment in each school year in order to be eligible to participate in the program. e. If at the end of the school year the total number of contributed days in the bank falls below five hundred (500) days, the following school year will be a contribution year and any participant who wishes to restore any or all of those usedremain eligible for the sick bank must contribute at least one day. 3. In This bank is for the event protection of individual participating teachers during a serious health condition. The teacher may use the sick bank for a family member defined as:  Spouse, and parents thereof;  Children, included adopted children, and spouses thereof;  Parents;  Brother and sister thereof;  Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a prolonged illness of any certified teacher who exhausts his/her sick leave, the certified family relationship. The eligible teacher may request days from the bank not to exceed forty (40) days in one (1) school year. Unused days granted under the sick leave assistance program in a given year shall revert back to the sick leave assistance programProgram. 4. The Sick After exhausting available leave under the Parental Leave Assistance Program shall not Policy, sick leave assistance may be used to care for members of the teacher's family or for maternity leaveleave resulting from complications of pregnancy (i.e. caesarian section) if a doctor certifies the staff member is to remain off work due to a serious health condition. 5. The application for sick leave shall assistance will be submitted to the business office office, which will forward copies review the application to ensure that it meets the criteria for the Sick Leave Assistance Bank. If the application is deemed to not meet the criteria, the Superintendent will notify the applicant and the TEA President (or other TEA leadership) as to the reason(s) that the application was not accepted or is incomplete. If an application is not accepted or is incomplete, the individual may resubmit a request for consideration within thirty (30) days if pertinent additional information is provided for administration to consider. An eligible application will be forwarded to the sick leave assistance committee. Application for sick leave assistance shall be reviewed by the LEA The Sick Leave Program Committee shall be composed of three (3) members appointed by the LEAT.E.A., and one administrator appointed by the Superintendent. The LEA committee shall review applications for sick leave assistance. The Committee must have a written statement from the applicant's ’s doctor stating the medical need and the date the certified teacher may return to work. The committee shall meet to consider the requested leave and inform all appropriate parties of its decision in writing. 6. The application should be prepared in quadruple --one – one copy for the building administrator, one copy for the LEAT.E.A., one copy for the individual requesting sick leave assistance and one copy to the business office. 7. The maximum number of days to be used from the assistance program by all members shall not exceed a total of one hundred sixty (160) 200 days per year. Distribution of days shall be determined by the timeliness of the application, by who applies first as determined by the LEA Committee and the receipt of the application by the business manager. 8. The term serious health condition has the same meaning as used in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) except in #4 above (complications of pregnancy). That definition includes such conditions as cancer, heart attacks, strokes, severe injuries, or Alzheimer’s Disease. The term serious health condition is not intended to cover short-term conditions for which treatment and recovery are very brief. The common cold, influenza, earaches, upset stomach, headaches (other than migraines), routine dental or orthodontia problems, etc., are not serious health conditions unless complications arise. For example, for most individuals who contracted H1N1, this influenza did not rise to the level of a serious health condition. The agency may require medical certification of a serious health condition. The minimum number of hours that may be granted is twenty-four (24).