Common use of Sick Leave Bank Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from use the bank to cover for payment of prolonged, catastrophic, incapacitating personal illness, injury or quarantine of the teacher during the regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal days, which illness, injury, injury or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are is not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The Annual rates of contribution on the appropriate form will shall be authorized as determined by the teacher Association and continued from year certified to year until canceled in writing by the memberSuperintendent prior to July 1 of each year. Xxxx leave properly authorized to the bank for contribution will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, time and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from Teachers may join the Sick Leave Bank between July 1 to and October 311. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall will be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval within thirty (30) days of return to work. New teachers will be permitted to join the committeebank within thirty (30) days after employment begins. D. Annual rates Members of contribution the sick leave bank are eligible to access the bank on the first scheduled duty day. The approval committee, upon receipt of a request for days, shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified immediately forward to the Superintendent prior to July 1 Human Resources Division a copy of each year. E. said request. The Human Resources Division shall within five (5) days inform the committee in writing of any concerns or information that may have a bearing on the committee's decision. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in connection with any one fiscal year single occurrence of an illness or complications arising from such an occurrence will be equal to one (1) work year. If a member is still unable to return to work after exhaustion of all bank benefits, unpaid leave shall be made available in accordance with Article XXVIII. In lieu of said unpaid leave, the remaining number member, at his/her option, may apply for disability retirement benefits; however, in the event that a member who has been retired due to disability desires to return to active duty upon the expiration of duty days such disability retirement benefits, the Board agrees to assign the member to a teacher is scheduled to work. position in accordance with Article XXVIII, Section I. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers E. Members must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving applying for leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member X. Xx approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, request and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contractHuman Resources Division. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure procedures and shall give wide distribution to of said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors executive committee of the AssociationAssociation and the Superintendent. G. Upon receipt of the decision of the approval committee, the Human Resources Division shall verify that the request is within the limits of the bank balance, that the applicant's accumulated sick leave has been exhausted and that the applicant's illness is prolonged, catastrophic, incapacitating and personal. Approved procedures The decision of the approval committee shall be posted on approved by the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1Human Resources Division unless the decision of the approval committee is arbitrary or capricious. Upon issuance of such approval, the Human Resources Division shall forward the sick leave bank grant to the payroll office. H. The Payroll Department Any disputes arising from this Article shall verify be expedited through the grievance procedure provided herein, except that the American Arbitration Association's expedited labor arbitration rules shall govern the proceedings. I. If a member does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal bank days will be returned to the bank. J. Non-FCTA members shall be charged an administrative fee of $200 for each sick leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days grantedbank request processed.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted. I. If a teacher does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave bank days will be returned to the bank. J. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee. K. The Association shall provide the Superintendent with an annual sick Bank Report by August 31 of each year detailing the beginning balance of the sick bank, additions to the sick bank, deductions from the sick bank, and ending balance of the sick bank as of June 30 each year. HCEA and the Superintendent/Designee will provide each other quarterly sick bank reports on the days and hours granted and used for accounting and compliance purposes only.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a A voluntary sick leave bank. Contributors will bank shall be permitted established whereby a teacher who is absent from assigned duties due to apply personal illness of the teacher and who has utilized all sick leave and personal leave may petition a committee, as established herein, for sick leave days from the bank under the following conditions: 1. Except as provided herein below, the number of accumulated days in the bank shall not exceed one hundred ninety (190) days, provided, however, that even though such contribution by such veteran or newly hired teacher would cause an accumulation of days in excess of the maximum specified herein; 2. To become a current member of and participate in the bank a teacher must contribute one (1) sick leave day to cover regularly scheduled duty the bank not earlier than August 1st nor later than September 15th of each year, and such day contributed shall be non-returnable to the employee. a. In the event that the number of accumulated days for periods in the bank at the beginning of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which a school year is of sufficient number that a contribution of one (1) sick leave day by all teachers who are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New current members of the bank would cause the maximum number of days specified hereinabove to be exceeded, the current year’s contribution by all such current members shall be suspended. b. If the normal annual contribution is suspended as provided in Subsection 2(a) above and the bank is then depleted during the school year, the current year’s contribution shall be assessed at the time of such depletion. c. A veteran teacher who is not a current member of the bank may become a member by contributing one (1) sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationearlier than August 1 nor later than September 15 of any school year. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period d. A teacher who is newly hired in the school corporation shall be have fifteen (15) days from July 1 the date of initial duty assignment, or until September 15 of any school year, whichever is later, during which time such teacher may choose to October 31become an active member of the bank by contributing one (1) sick leave day. 3. Teachers returning may be granted days from an extended leave of absence the bank under the following conditions: a. The teacher must have utilized and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended exhausted said teacher’s own accumulated sick leave and personal leave; b. Written certification will be provided from the teacher’s physician substantiating the illness and certifying that the absence will continue during a period of at least ten (10) consecutive days following the utilization and exhaustion of all said paid leave benefits as provided herein; c. Written application must be made by or on behalf of the teacher no later than twelve (12) days after exhaustion of said paid leave benefits; d. The teacher must have been absent for at least four (4) consecutive duty days after exhaustion of said paid leave benefits; e. Upon resumption of employment after using days from the bank, said teacher shall be permitted to contribute repay the number of days owed to the bank upon approval (number of days borrowed minus number of days contributed) at the rate of two (2) sick leave days per year, even though such contribution would cause an accumulation of days in excess of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution maximum specified hereinabove, plus said teacher shall be a maximum of continue to contribute one (1) day per year as determined by provided hereinabove in Section 2. f. If a teacher leaves employment of the Association and certified school corporation, any days owed to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each yearbank shall be waived. E. The maximum number g. At the time the teacher becomes eligible to draw benefits from his/her long term disability insurance, eligibility for use of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher shall cease. h. A three (3) member sick leave bank committee shall be established to receive more than his annual salarywritten requests and allot days from the bank according to the provisions herein, under guidelines established by the committee. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but 1. The committee shall be composed of two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members persons appointed by the president of the Association, Federation and one member (1) person appointed by the superintendent, . 2. Days allotted by the committee to an individual employee shall have be available for use beginning with the responsibility fifth (5th) consecutive day of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial absence after exhaustion of the requestsemployee’s said paid leave benefits, and communicating its decision such allotment to a teacher by the committee shall not exceed a fixed maximum as is established by the committee. 3. The committee shall be limited to a total allotment of one hundred ninety (190) days per year. 4. The committee shall not grant days for childrearing in a situation where the teacher and is not actually temporarily disabled. 5. In case of a chronic or continuing illness of a teacher, the Superintendent/designeecommittee may request the Board to waive certain qualifying provisions of this sick leave bank. Upon ratification of Only the Board has authority to waive such provisions. 6. Any days granted by the committee to an amendment to individual teacher shall terminate effective the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part earliest date as hereinafter provided: a. The day after the last day of the contract. term of employment for the school year, or b. The Association shall develop its rules day after the last day of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval allotted number of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification days granted by the committee, Payroll shall credit or c. The first day of return to employment subsequent to the affected teacher with the number granting of days grantedby the committee.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty 1. The Board has set up a bank to cover leave taken above that of eleven (11) days by the individual. The number of days in Xxxxxx County are eligible the bank is 1000 days annually. Employees who wish to contribute to a use sick leave bankbank days shall complete a written request within five (5) contract days from the initial absence. Contributors In extraordinary circumstances, the building administrator may submit the written request for sick leave bank days on behalf of the employee. The decision on use of sick leave bank days shall be made by a committee consisting of the Superintendent/designee, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, AEA President and Vice President. The decision will be permitted communicated to apply for leave the employee within 5 contract days of receipt of the request. 2. Days from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal may be used under the following conditions: a. Physical illness, injury, or quarantine which condition of the individual licensed employee during the time the employee is hospitalized and/or under the care of a physician. A statement will be required from the physician recommending that the licensed employee be absent from work due to the condition of the employee’s health after a total of three days has been taken from the bank in a contract year. b. Critical illness, disability, or death in one’s immediate family. The illness or disability shall require the family member to be hospitalized and/or under the care of a physician. A physician’s written verification may be required. Immediate family shall be defined as spouse, children, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents, brother or sister. In the event of death, a maximum of 3 days may be used. 3. Eligibility for use of days from the bank is determined by the following conditions: a. All licensed employees are eligible for coverage under the following conditions. i. The individual teacher must have contributed a total of 15 days of unused leave to be eligible (vested) to be covered the next school year. In order to save days, the teacher must request to bank the days as opposed to redeeming them for the daily substitute rate at the end of the year. ii. The teacher is not eligible to be covered under the provisions of the leave bank until the beginning of the 3rd year and complying with (i) above. iii. Teachers who have donated days to the bank but are not only prolonged but vested may use their donated days for reasons as specified in 2A & 2B. Notification of intent to use donated days shall be made by the employee within 5 days of usage. Used donated days will be deducted from the amount needed to be vested. 4. Coverage will remain in effect until the employee is eligible for coverage under KPERS disability; if leave is being used as defined in 2(b) above, a maximum of 100 days may be used over a ten year period once the employee is vested, which will reset every ten years. The calculation of maximum days and first decennial period will commence in the 2018-19 school year. 5. Biological parents may use sick leave bank days in the event of a child’s birth. The distribution of the bank days will follow these guidelines: a. A maximum of six (6) calendar weeks for natural delivery and eight (8) calendar weeks for cesarean delivery may be used from the date of the child’s birth. b. If both of the biological parents are also catastrophic employed in licensed positions in the district and incapacitating both are vested in the sick leave bank, the leave days may be taken by either employee, or shared between the two, up to a family maximum of six weeks for natural deliveries and which are up to a family maximum of eight weeks for cesarean deliveries. An individual’s leave days must be exhausted before he or she may use bank days. It is not likely to permanently disable required that both parents have used all of their individual leave before one of them accesses the teacherleave bank provided the one accessing the bank has exhausted his or her individual leave days. 6. New members Employees may use sick leave bank days in the event of a child adoption. The distribution of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 schooldays will follow these guidelines: a. When adopting an infant (0-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation6 weeks old), on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of six (6) weeks from the date of the adopted child’s birth may be used. b. When adopting a child over six weeks of age, a maximum of ten (10) days from receipt of the child may be used. c. If both of the adoptive parents are employed in licensed positions in the district and both are vested in the sick leave bank, the leave days may be taken by either employee, or shared between the two, up to a family maximum of six weeks from date of birth of the infant and up to a family maximum of ten days for a child over six weeks of age. An individual’s leave days must be exhausted before he or she may use bank days. It is not required that both parents have used all of their individual leave before one (1) day per year as determined by of them accesses the Association and certified leave bank provided the one accessing the bank has exhausted his or her individual leave days. 7. Employees who resign or otherwise terminate prior to the Superintendent prior to July 1 completion of each year. E. The maximum number their contract are not eligible for use of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application Employees who resign or otherwise terminate at the completion of their contract are not eligible for use payment or other compensation for banked days. If an employee who is vested in the bank, or has contributed days toward vesting, is subsequently rehired by the district, the employee shall be returned to previously achieved status upon re-employment. 8. The board has the right to require a physician’s statement of the bank shall be made on Board’s choice and at the Board’s expense stating reasons why an employee is physically unable to work for days used from the bank. This is above that physician’s statement required form and submitted to the approval committeein section 2A & 2B above. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to The Board shall establish a sick leave Sick Leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. 1. The contribution on bank shall consist of voluntary teacher contributions. 2. Teacher contributions are to be made in September of each year during the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the memberlife of this contract. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as A list of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution Day donations is due to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationDirector of Human Resources prior to October 7. C. Enrollment Period - 3. The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum total number of sick days that can be granted Sick Days available for use in any one fiscal a school year will be the remaining number capped at 250. The Bank may accumulate days in excess of duty 250. Unused donated days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salaryroll over into subsequent school years. F. Teachers must use all accumulated 4. Applying teachers must: a. Exhaust their sick leave and all but leave. b. Have been absent for five (5) days without pay. c. Submit a written application to the Sick Leave Bank Committee of two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave representatives appointed by the Board and two (2) teachers appointed by the HEA. d. Obtain written approval from the bankSick Leave Bank Committee. 5. Application for use of The Board reserves the right to request the applying teacher to submit to a medical examination. 6. Sick leave bank shall be made on available only until a teacher is eligible for long term disability regardless of whether or not they have applied or been approved for LTD benefits. 7. Ten (10) Sick Leave Bank days may be provided to eligible members (those who have exhausted their own Sick Leave) for immediate family members in situations which are verified by medical documentation to be life-threatening. Examples of life threatening situations would include but are not limited to cancer, serious heart or brain conditions. Conditions that would not be considered life threatening would include childhood illnesses such as measles, mumps, chicken pox, or broken bones. Immediate family is defined as spouse, children, parent, and members of the required form immediate household with whom one has an association equivalent to family ties. The requesting teacher will submit medical documentation of the immediate family member’s condition and submitted need for care to the Sick Bank Committee and must obtain approval committeeas outlined above. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee8. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures All contributions shall be posted on deducted from the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1donors’ accumulated Sick Leave. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty A bank of sick leave may be established at the discretion of the teachers with separate accounts for each bargaining unit/school in Xxxxxx County accordance with the terms and conditions set below: 7.3.6-1 The Sick Leave Bank (SLB) shall exist for the purpose of providing paid sick leave for participating teachers who have used all their own accumulated sick leave and are struck by serious illness, disability, or accident that prevents them from working. In extreme cases of hardship as determined by the Superintendent, he may grant SLB withdrawals for use in the case of a family member’s illness. 7.3.6-2 The SLB will be available to all members of the bargaining unit who contribute to it. 7.3.6-3 A teacher new to his district shall be eligible to contribute two sick days from his accumulation. Any sick days remaining in the bank at the end of the year shall remain in the bank. A teacher, during subsequent year(s), may voluntarily contribute additional days to a maximum of two days per teacher per year. Any teacher who has had the opportunity to contribute to the bank, but has not, or does not, shall be ineligible to receive SLB benefits. If the SLB is depleted during the contract year, teachers may voluntarily contribute days to re-establish the SLB. The Association shall provide the Superintendent with a detailed annual reconciliation of the SLB’s balance as of October 1 each year for the prior twelve months. The reconciliation will indicate the names of all participants, number of days deposited and withdrawn by each participant, and beginning and ending balances. 7.3.6-4 Any eligible teacher who has exhausted his sick leave bank. Contributors may make written application for withdrawal from said SLB, which will be permitted to apply administered by the Emergency Leave Committee of the Association. A teacher who is or may be disabled must make a timely application for leave from coverage under the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods Long Term Disability (LTD) plan. The Association will send a copy of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher’s application for leave, as well as information regarding the number of sick leave bank days awarded to the teacher, to the Superintendent at the time its decision is made. New members of The parties agree that no teacher determined to be eligible for coverage under the LTD Plan may receive more donated days from the sick leave bank may not access than are necessary to meet the bank until a 60 school60-day waiting elimination period has been metfor eligibility in the LTD plan. The Association and the Superintendent agree to maintain open communications regarding the administration of the sick bank. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized 7.3.6-5 Under no circumstances may a teacher who is retiring or otherwise leaving employment in a school covered by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick this Agreement donate his accrued unused sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if SLB. All donations are subject to the member effects cancellationconditions described in 7.27-3 above. C. Enrollment Period - 7.3.6-6 The annual enrollment period local school board shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and establish a new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval for LNSU Special Education teachers with a donation of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bankper employee for each licensed special education employee who has made contributions. Application for use of Subsequent deposits to the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, employee and one member appointed governed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.provisions of

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members The purpose of the sick leave bank is to provide potential additional sick time for members who, because of serious prolonged illness or unexpected necessary medical care have (or will as a result of their medical condition) exhausted their accumulated sick leave. The intent of the sick leave bank is not for use of common colds, flu, or elective surgery. Similarly, sick leave bank days will not be used for maternity leave, barring extenuating medical complications. The bank will be administered by a committee composed of two representatives from Management and two representatives designated by MSEA. A majority vote of the committee shall be required for any days to be granted. The committee shall report to the School Board, the Association and the employees annually, indicating the use of the sick leave bank. The committee may not access submit recommendations for modification to the operation of the sick leave bank to the School Board and the Association. If the recommendations are ratified by the Board and the Association, the recommendations shall be implemented. In order to participate in the sick bank one must be covered by a collective bargaining agreement or be a confidential employee. Participation is voluntary; however, one must initially donate eight (8) hours of sick leave to the bank to join. Open enrollment is from September 1st to October 1st of each year. New hires can join the bank within 30 days of becoming eligible to earn sick time. Employees will continue to donate on a rotating basis, alphabetically, until the bank is built up to a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. minimum of three hundred and twenty (320) hours. After donating the minimum of eight (8) hours an employee can pass and the rotation will continue until the bank reaches the minimum of three hundred and twenty (320) hours. Employees at any time may donate excess sick time hours over one thousand forty (1,040) that would normally otherwise lapse. Employees who are retiring from the MECDHH/GBSD may donate sick time over seven hundred and twenty (720) hours, which is the maximum amount that can be credited towards School service for retirement purposes. Any employees resigning from MECDHH/GBSD may donate their unused sick time to the bank. The contribution maximum accrual for the bank will be four hundred and eighty (480) hours. However, the bank can exceed the maximum accrual in order to accommodate each qualified employee that wants to be a member of the sick leave bank. If the bank stays at the maximum there will be no need to replenish the bank. If it drops below the minimum it will need to be replenished. It will be replenished in the same manner in which it was established starting with the next person on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued alphabetical list. Minimum withdrawal per participant from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of is twenty-four (24) hours annually. The maximum withdrawal per participant from the effective cancellation datebank is one hundred and sixty (160) hours annually. Sick leave properly authorized bank hours may be used for contribution the necessary medical care of a member of the employee’s immediate family which requires the attention or presence of the employee. Immediate family for the purposes of the sick leave bank shall mean spouse, partner, child, parents, or other dependents living in the employee’s home for whom he/she is the primary caregiver. A part-time employee may participate in the bank and make a pro rata donation of sick leave hours to the bank and, if a request is granted, shall receive pro rata benefits. If the sick leave bank does not reach the minimum hours required the bank will cease to exist for that school year. A person withdrawing from membership from the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationable to withdraw their contributions. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a A Sick Leave Bank shall be established for the purposes of aiding the Xxxxxxxxxxx School District #7-1 Employee who has exhausted their accumulated sick leave bankthrough extended absence due to prolonged illness or a catastrophic accident. Contributors The bank will contain unused sick days, which are voluntarily contributed by participating Members. A person will not be permitted able to apply for leave withdraw days from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the until their own sick leave bank may not access is depleted. To enroll in the bank until a 60 schoolprogram each Xxxxxxxxxxx School District #7-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employee may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior program to July 1 of become eligible. The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment will be by September 15th for each school year or within fifteen (15) days following employment. The contribution form must be completed each year. E. The maximum number , including zero (0) if so intended, and returned to the Business Office. When contributions to the bank have accumulated to a total of sick two hundred fifty (250) or more days, except for new participants, no more days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from added until the bank cause a teacher is depleted to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all one hundred fifty (150) days, at which time those Members having accumulated sick leave shall contribute one additional day each year. A person withdrawing from membership in the bank will not be able to withdraw contributed days. Unused days in the bank shall be carried over to the next year. Record keeping will be undertaken by the Business Office and all but two (2) the employee groups shall have the right to periodically examine the records during normal business hours. In the event of prolonged illness, a participating member who has exhausted his or her sick leave may request days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application A maximum of sixty (60) days can be drawn from the bank for life threatening illness of the individual employee. A maximum of thirty (30) days can be withdrawn from the bank for a catastrophic illness or injury of the individual employee. In the first semester of employment, a staff member may withdraw a maximum of 10 days from the sick leave bank. Pregnancies will only apply to the time the mother is physically disabled and unable to work. Requests will be served on a firstcome, first served basis. All requests for use of the bank shall must be made on the required form and submitted in writing to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committeeBusiness Office and must be supported by a written statement from the participant’s personal physician. The Business Office will forward the request to the committee for a decision. The Committee will be composed of two (2) Staff Members (Selected by CEA), comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Associationa Board Member, and one member appointed by the Superintendent of Schools or his designee. The Committee will review applications for the sick leave request and with a majority of that Committee either granting or rejecting each request. The Committee shall meet to consider the request and inform all appropriate parties of its decision in writing (0ne (1) copy to the applicant, superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsCEA, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1Business Office) within five (5) school days. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty 1. The Board shall establish a Sick Leave Bank in Xxxxxx County which full-time teachers are eligible to contribute participate on a voluntary basis. 2. The intent of this plan is to a provide extended sick leave bankto those participants who incur a catastrophic illness or disability which necessitates prolonged continuous absence from work. Contributors The Bank shall be used only for the catastrophic personal illness of the participant, or his/her spouse or children, and not for illness, disability or death of any other person. 3. A full-time teacher may enroll in the Bank by signing an authorization form agreeing to contribute one (1) day of his/her sick leave to the Bank at the beginning of each year. When the total number of days in the Bank equals twice the number of participants, no yearly contribution will be permitted required until such time that the Bank is depleted to apply for leave the number of days equal to the number of participants. 4. A teacher who has contributed shall be able to utilize days from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty Bank after all his/her own accrued sick leave days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also have been depleted and the teacher has presented satisfactory documentation from his/her doctor verifying the catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members prolonged nature of the sick leave bank may not access illness/disability which makes it impossible for the bank until teacher to perform his/her assigned duties; provided that the Board retains the right to have the teacher examined by a 60 school-day waiting period has been metdoctor selected by the Board at the Board’s expense if there is any question raised by the doctor’s statement submitted by the employee. B. 5. The contribution on the appropriate form maximum number of days allowed for any single catastrophic prolonged illness shall be sixty (60) days. A participant will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as Bank again until the participant has returned to work for at least the equivalent of one full trimester. In no event shall a participant be allowed more than sixty (60) days in any one school year or one hundred twenty (120) days in any five (5) consecutive year period. 6. Participants utilizing sick leave days from the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank Bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationrequired to replace those days. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall 7. A teacher withdrawing from the Bank or the bargaining unit for whatever reasons will not be from July 1 allowed to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to withdraw the bank upon approval of the committeecontributed days. D. Annual rates 8. At the time of contribution shall be retirement, a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by participant in the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave Sick Leave Bank may withdraw from the bank cause a teacher up to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days grantedthat the participant has contributed to the bank and not used (i.e., the number of days contributed minus the number of Sick Leave Bank days used) if needed to maximize the amount of additional service credit for TRS purposes and subject to TRS regulations for Bank withdrawals. 9. A two (2)-member committee appointed by the PREA shall serve as an Advisory Board to the Administration with respect to the Sick Leave Bank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members The purpose of the sick leave bank is to provide potential additional sick time for members who, because of serious prolonged illness or unexpected necessary medical care have (or will as a result of their medical condition) exhausted their accumulated sick leave. The intent of the sick leave bank is not for use of common colds, flu, or elective surgery. Similarly, sick leave bank days will not be used for maternity leave, barring extenuating medical complications. The bank will be administered by a committee composed of two representatives from Management and two representatives designated by MSEA. A majority vote of the committee shall be required for any days to be granted. The committee shall report to the School Board, the Association and the employees annually, indicating the use of the sick leave bank. The committee may not access submit recommendations for modification to the operation of the sick leave bank to the School Board and the Association. If the recommendations are ratified by the Board and the Association, the recommendations shall be implemented. In order to participate in the sick bank one must be covered by a collective bargaining agreement or be a confidential employee. Participation is voluntary; however, one must initially donate seven (7) hours of sick leave to the bank to join. Open enrollment is from September 1st to October 1st of each year. New hires can join the bank within 30 days of becoming eligible to earn sick time. Employees will continue to donate on a rotating basis, alphabetically, until the bank is built up to a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. minimum of three hundred and twenty (320) hours. After donating the minimum of seven (7) hours an employee can pass and the rotation will continue until the bank reaches the minimum of three hundred and twenty (320) hours. Employees at any time may donate excess sick time hours over one thousand forty (1,040) that would normally otherwise lapse. Employees who are retiring from the MECDHH/GBSD may donate sick time over seven hundred and twenty hours, which is the maximum amount that can be credited towards School service for retirement purposes. Any employees resigning from MECDHH/GBSD may donate their unused sick time to the bank. The contribution maximum accrual for the bank will be four hundred and eighty (480) hours. However, the bank can exceed the maximum accrual in order to accommodate each qualified employee that wants to be a member of the sick leave bank. If the bank stays at the maximum there will be no need to replenish the bank. If it drops below the minimum it will need to be replenished. It will be replenished in the same manner in which it was established starting with the next person on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued alphabetical list. Minimum withdrawal per participant from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of is twenty one (21) hours annually. The maximum withdrawal per participant from the effective cancellation datebank is one hundred and - forty (140) hours annually. Sick leave properly authorized bank hours may be used for contribution the necessary medical care of a member of the employee’s immediate family which requires the attention or presence of the employee. Immediate family for the purposes of the sick leave bank shall mean spouse, partner, child, parents, or other dependents living in the employee’s home for whom he/she is the primary caregiver. A part-time employee may participate in the bank and make a pro rata donation of sick leave hours to the bank and, if a request is granted, shall receive pro rata benefits. If the sick leave bank does not reach the minimum hours required the bank will cease to exist for that school year. A person withdrawing from membership from the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationable to withdraw their contributions. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers 23-1 The Board will cooperate in the continuance of a Sick Leave Bank on active duty in Xxxxxx County are a voluntary basis. All teachers shall be eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metparticipate. B. The contribution on 23-2 Teachers enrolling in the appropriate form Bank will automatically donate one day of their cumulative leave to the Bank each September 1, to be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled covered with bank insurance for that school year. Cancellation of a teacher’s bank insurance must be received in writing by the memberSeptember 15 of each school year. Cancellation, on the proper form, may A teacher will be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as given written notification of the effective cancellation date. Sick donation(s) of cumulative leave properly authorized for contribution day(s) to the bank Sick Leave Bank. 23-3 Additions will be made to the Bank at the beginning of each school year as provided for in Article 23-2 above. 23-4 A teacher withdrawing from membership in the Bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationable to withdraw any days, which such teacher has previously contributed. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period 23-5 Any teacher applying for Sick Leave Bank benefits must have used at least 25 consecutive leave days (with any combination of cumulative leave days and/or leave without pay days qualifying) prior to making application. (See also Section 23-11.) 23-6 Any remainder of the teacher’s accumulated cumulative leave days will be the teacher’s new balance. 23-7 A maximum of 60 days each school year can be drawn by a teacher from the Bank in addition to the teacher’s own accumulated days, if any. 23-8 A teacher who withdraws cumulative leave days from the Bank will not be required to replace such days except as a regular contributing member to the Bank. 23-9 Cumulative leave days can only be withdrawn from the Bank for an individual teacher’s illness. 23-10 Request for use of Bank days must be accompanied by a letter from the attending physician certifying that the teacher is unable to fulfill the teacher’s contractual obligations and explaining the medical reasons therefore. 23-11 Any variances from this Article shall be from July 1 to October 31by the Sick Leave Bank Committee. Teachers returning from an extended leave The Committee shall consist of absence and new three teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined appointed by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave three persons from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members Administrative Staff appointed by the president Superintendent. 23-12 Each teacher enrolling in the Bank will donate one day of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision such teacher’s own cumulative leave to the teacher Bank each September 1 until the Bank has accumulated 1,500 days; and thereafter, no more days will be added until the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment Bank is depleted to 1,000 days except for days to be donated by new members which may be added to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1Bank at any time. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All members of the bargaining unit on active duty in Xxxxxx Wicomico County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of incapacitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metquarantine. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from July made between September 1 to and October 311. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or of employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. Members shall be permitted to apply for leave from the bank after January 1, 2000. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher member is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers Members must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A fourthree-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsrequest, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Human Resources Department shall verify approve these bank grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave and personal leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. I. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee. J. If a member does not exceed use all of the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by days granted from the committeebank, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with unused sick leave days will be returned to the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New 13-6-1 Employees covered by this agreement may become members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of Bank by voluntarily contributing one (1) sick leave day per year as determined by for the Association establishment and certified operation of the Bank. This Bank is to the Superintendent prior to July 1 assist employees and their immediate family, who have long term debilitating illnesses or disabilities with recovery time of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all fifteen (15) days which cause them to be unable to fulfill their job responsibilities with the District and who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) personal leave. Sick Leave Bank days of accumulated shall not be used for elective surgery, personal leave before receiving leave business, extended family illness or maternity leave. Any employee who has been diagnosed with a debilitating or catastrophic injury or illness pre-existent to employment shall not draw from the bank. Bank within the first year of employment. a. Only individuals who have contributed to the Bank are eligible for benefits. b. Application for use of benefits from the bank Sick leave Bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised Sick Leave Bank Committee. The committee shall be made of three two members appointed by the president of the Association, Association President and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial Superintendent. The decision of the requests, and communicating its decision committee shall be forwarded to the teacher Board for approval, except when the days needed will occur before the next Board meeting. In such cases, the Superintendent may grant up to thirty (30) days upon the committee’s recommendation. c. At the beginning of each school year there will be an open enrollment period during August 1st to September 30th and again January 1st to January 31st. Eligible staff must notify the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification District in writing of an amendment their desire to participate in the Bank. d. Membership in the Bank shall continue automatically from year to year unless notice of withdrawal is given in writing to the HCEA bylaws, this provision District during the enrollment period. Withdrawal will become part not result in reinstatement of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution time contributed to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1Bank. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with e. When the number of days grantedin the Bank falls below forty (40), the committee will inform the Bank membership that a special assessment of one (1) sick leave day per member will be made to replenish the days available. f. The maximum number of days which may be granted from the Bank at any one time shall be thirty (30) days. Additional days may be granted only after additional application and review. The maximum number of days which any one person can be granted from the Bank during the period of employment with the Lyon County School District is one hundred twenty days (120) days. g. One sick leave day may be transferred from any certified employee to the sick leave account of any other certified employee who has been deemed eligible for assistance by the Sick Leave Bank Committee. The maximum cumulative number of days, which any one person can be granted by other employees is sixty (60) days. This can occur only after the person has exhausted the one hundred twenty (120) day maximum benefit outlined in 13-6-1-f. h. A statement of participation in the Sick Leave Bank will be included in the yearly sick leave accounting update given by the District to each participating employee. i. An employee who has used the Sick Leave Bank shall reimburse the Bank when his/her accumulated sick leave exceeds one hundred (100) days. Upon leaving the District, an employee shall reimburse the Bank the remaining balance of days granted from the Bank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members The purpose of the sick leave bank is to provide potential additional sick time for members who, because of serious prolonged illness or unexpected necessary medical care have (or will as a result of their medical condition) exhausted their accumulated sick leave. The intent of the sick leave bank is not for use of common colds, flu, or elective surgery. Similarly, sick leave bank days will not be used for maternity leave, barring extenuating medical complications. The bank will be administered by a committee composed of two representatives from Management and two representatives designated by MSEA. A majority vote of the committee shall be required for any days to be granted. The committee shall report to the School Board, the Association and the employees annually, indicating the use of the sick leave bank. The committee may not access submit recommendations for modification to the operation of the sick leave bank to the School Board and the Association. If the recommendations are ratified by the Board and the Association, the recommendations shall be implemented. In order to participate in the sick bank one must be covered by a collective bargaining agreement or be a confidential employee. Participation is voluntary; however, one must initially donate eight (8) hours of sick leave to the bank to join. Open enrollment is from September 1st to October 1st of each year. New hires can join the bank within 30 days of becoming eligible to earn sick time. Employees will continue to donate on a rotating basis, alphabetically, until the bank is built up to a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. minimum of three hundred and twenty (320) hours. After donating the minimum of eight (8) hours an employee can pass and the rotation will continue until the bank reaches the minimum of three hundred and twenty (320) hours. Employees at any time may donate excess sick time hours over one thousand forty (1,040) that would normally otherwise lapse. Employees who are retiring from the MECDHH/GBSD may donate sick time over seven hundred and twenty hours, which is the maximum amount that can be credited towards School service for retirement purposes. Any employees resigning from MECDHH/GBSD may donate their unused sick time to the bank. The contribution maximum accrual for the bank will be four hundred and eighty (480) hours. However, the bank can exceed the maximum accrual in order to accommodate each qualified employee that wants to be a member of the sick leave bank. If the bank stays at the maximum there will be no need to replenish the bank. If it drops below the minimum it will need to be replenished. It will be replenished in the same manner in which it was established starting with the next person on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued alphabetical list. Minimum withdrawal per participant from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of is twenty-four (24) hours annually. The maximum withdrawal per participant from the effective cancellation datebank is one hundred and sixty (160) hours annually. Sick leave properly authorized bank hours may be used for contribution the necessary medical care of a member of the employee’s immediate family which requires the attention or presence of the employee. Immediate family for the purposes of the sick leave bank shall mean spouse, partner, child, parents, or other dependents living in the employee’s home for whom he/she is the primary caregiver. A part-time employee may participate in the bank and make a pro rata donation of sick leave hours to the bank and, if a request is granted, shall receive pro rata benefits. If the sick leave bank does not reach the minimum hours required the bank will cease to exist for that school year. A person withdrawing from membership from the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationable to withdraw their contributions. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are The COMMITTEE agrees to maintain a Sick Leave Bank. To be eligible, professional status teachers must contribute one day of accumulated sick leave annually. Under normal circumstances, only professional status teacher who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank shall be eligible to contribute draw from the Bank. Non-professional status teachers who have contributed may appeal to the superintendent on a sick leave bankcase by case basis. Contributors The superintendent’s decision is final and non-grievable. In the event that 600 days would be exceeded, then the one day contribution will be permitted to apply exempt for leave from all but the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which new members. Only individuals who are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely members must notify the Superintendent no later than November 15th if they plan to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metparticipate. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will Bank shall be authorized administered by a Committee of five (5) representatives (two (2) appointed by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing COMMITTEE, two (2) appointed by the member. Cancellation, on ASSOCIATION and a neutral person to be agreed to by the proper form, may be elected at any time, COMMITTEE and the member shall not be eligible ASSOCIATION) to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be serve a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined term. This Committee shall consider the eligibility of teachers to draw from the Bank. The decisions of the Sick Leave Bank Committee are final and binding and not subject to the grievance procedure. C. The following criteria shall be used by the Association Sick Leave Bank Committee in determining the eligibility of a teacher to draw from the Bank and certified determining the amount of leave: 1. A teacher must have used up all of his/her accumulated leave; 2. Teachers must submit competent and timely evidence that a request is necessary to benefit teachers who suffer uncommon, life-threatening or serious and lengthy illness; 3. A teacher’s prior utilization of sick leave. D. Upon compliance with Section C above, the Superintendent prior to July 1 Sick Leave Bank Committee may issue a grant of days from the Sick Leave Bank of no more than one hundred (100) days total but in increments of no more than 35 days. After a grant of or use of 100 days from the sick leave bank, a teacher may not draw from the bank again until five years have passed from the end of the first 100 days granted. A teacher may not draw on the bank more than twice (that is, two periods of 100 days, each yearfive years apart.) E. The maximum Sick Leave Bank shall have a minimum of 200 days in reserve. If the number of day falls below 200, then Section A shall be reapplied. However, the total number of sick leave bank days that can in reserve shall not exceed 600 unless it is the result of adding days contributed by new members. In the event the 600 maximum would be granted exceeded, then the one day contribution in any one fiscal year Section A will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salarysuspended for all but new members. F. Teachers must use all accumulated A teacher, upon returning to work after having exhausted his/her total entitlement from the Sick Leave Bank and who has no sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank available, shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of credited with an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that additional ten (10) sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granteddays.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of rate contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined after examination of the 3 year usage trend data by the Association and certified Association. This information will be forwarded to the Superintendent Superintendent/Designee for approval prior to July October 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All members of the bargaining unit on active duty in Xxxxxx Wicomico County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of incapacitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metquarantine. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick Xxxx leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from July made between September 1 to and October 311. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or of employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. Members shall be permitted to apply for leave from the bank after January 1, 2000. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher member is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers Members must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A fourthree-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsrequest, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Human Resources Department shall verify approve these bank grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave and personal leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. I. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee. J. If a member does not exceed use all of the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by days granted from the committeebank, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with unused sick leave days will be returned to the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. ‌ A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick Xxxx leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of rate contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined after examination of the 3-year usage trend data by the Association and certified Association. This information will be forwarded to the Superintendent Superintendent/Designee for approval prior to July October 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee.. For a definition of “accumulated”, please see Article 1.B. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted. I. If a teacher does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave bank days will be returned to the bank. J. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee. K. The Association shall provide the Superintendent with an annual sick Bank Report by August 31 of each year detailing the beginning balance of the sick bank, additions to the sick bank, deductions from the sick bank, and ending balance of the sick bank as of June 30 each year. HCEA and the Superintendent/Designee will provide each other quarterly sick bank reports on the days and hours granted and used for accounting and compliance purposes only.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All members of the bargaining unit on active duty in Xxxxxx Wicomico County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of incapacitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metquarantine. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from July made between September 1 to and October 311. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or of employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum up to three sick leave days for the first year of participation and one (1) sick-leave day per each year thereafter as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. Members shall be permitted to apply for leave from the bank after January 1, 2000. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number a maximum of duty twenty days a teacher is scheduled to work(20). In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers Members must use all accumulated sick leave leave, personal leave, and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal annual leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A fourthree-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president President of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsrequest, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification The committee will consist of an amendment to at least one representative from the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of Executive team and named by the contractSuperintendent. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Human Resources Department shall verify approve these bank grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave, personal leave, and annual leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. I. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the fiscal year and must be renewed through the approval committee. J. If a member does not exceed use all of the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by days granted from the committeebank, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with unused sick leave days will be returned to the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All unit members on active duty in Xxxxxx County are shall be eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which Eligible employees who are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the WCTA and who wish to be enrolled in the sick leave bank may not access will be charged an annual fee and will be charged this fee per each request to defray the costs of administration. Contributors shall be permitted to use the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The for payment for incapacitating personal illness of the unit member during the regularly scheduled duty days. Annual maximum rates of contribution on the appropriate form will shall be authorized determined by the teacher Association and continued from year certified to year until canceled in writing by the memberSuperintendent prior to July 1st of each year. Xxxx leave properly authorized to the bank for contribution will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the cancellation date. Failure to submit the annual Sick Leave Bank Administration Fee for non-WCTA members by October 1st will result in automatic cancellation of membership in the Sick Leave Bank. Membership may also be cancelled by submitting to the WCTA office the proper Sick Leave Bank cancellation form at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to made between August 1st and October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers 1st, except for members returning from extended sick leave shall who will be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval within thirty (30) days of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall returning to work and for new unit members who will be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified permitted to contribute to the Superintendent prior to July 1 bank within thirty (30) days of each year. E. initial employment. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one (1) fiscal year will be the remaining number of fifty (50) duty days a teacher is scheduled to workdays. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers . Members must use all accumulated sick leave, personal leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal annual leave before receiving using leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. . A four-five (5) member approval committee, comprised of committee with three (3) members appointed by the president President of the Association, Association and one member two (2) members appointed by the superintendent, Board shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contractHuman Resources Department. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures Bank grants which have been processed in accordance with the Sick Leave Bank Guidelines shall be posted on approved by the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Human Resources Department for payment to the member and forwarded to the Payroll Department shall verify that Department. Bank grants will not automatically be carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee each school year. If a member does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed bank days will be returned to the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All unit members on active duty in Xxxxxx County are shall be eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which Eligible employees who are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the WCTA and who wish to be enrolled in the sick leave bank may not access will be charged an annual fee and will be charged this fee per each request to defray the costs of administration. Contributors shall be permitted to use the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The for payment for incapacitating personal illness of the unit member during the regularly scheduled duty days. Annual maximum rates of contribution on the appropriate form will shall be authorized determined by the teacher Association and continued from year certified to year until canceled in writing by the memberSuperintendent prior to July 1st of each year. Xxxx leave properly authorized to the bank for contribution will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the cancellation date. Failure to submit the annual Sick Leave Bank Administration Fee for non-WCTA members by October 1st will result in automatic cancellation of membership in the Sick Leave Bank. Membership may also be cancelled by submitting to the WCTA office the proper Sick Leave Bank cancellation form at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to made between August 1st and October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers 1st, except for members returning from extended sick leave shall who will be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval within thirty (30) days of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall returning to work and for new unit members who will be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified permitted to contribute to the Superintendent prior to July 1 bank within thirty (30) days of each year. E. initial employment. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one (1) fiscal year will be the remaining number of fifty (50) duty days a teacher is scheduled to workdays. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his the unit member’s annual salary. F. Teachers . Members must use all accumulated sick leave, personal leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal annual leave before receiving using leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. . A four-five (5) member approval committee, comprised of committee with three (3) members appointed by the president President of the Association, Association and one member two (2) members appointed by the superintendent, Board shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contractHuman Resources Department. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures Bank grants which have been processed in accordance with the Sick Leave Bank Guidelines shall be posted on approved by the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Human Resources Department for payment to the member and forwarded to the Payroll Department shall verify that Department. Bank grants will not automatically be carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee each school year. If a member does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed bank days will be returned to the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All members of the bargaining unit on active duty in Xxxxxx Wicomico County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of incapacitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metquarantine. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick Xxxx leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from July made between September 1 to and October 311. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or of employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. Members shall be permitted to apply for leave from the bank after January 1, 2000. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher member is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers Members must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A fourX. X three-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsrequest, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Human Resources Department shall verify approve these bank grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave and personal leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. I. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee. X. If a member does not exceed use all of the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by days granted from the committeebank, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with unused sick leave days will be returned to the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members The purpose of the sick leave bank is to provide potential additional sick time for members who, because of serious prolonged illness or unexpected necessary medical care have (or will as a result of their medical condition) exhausted their accumulated sick leave. The intent of the sick leave bank is not for use of common colds, flu, or elective surgery. Similarly, sick leave bank days will not be used for maternity leave, barring extenuating medical complications. The bank will be administered by a committee composed of two representatives from Management and two representatives designated by MSEA. A majority vote of the committee shall be required for any days to be granted. The committee shall report to the School Board, the Association and the employees annually, indicating the use of the sick leave bank. The committee may not access submit recommendations for modification to the operation of the sick leave bank to the School Board and the Association. If the recommendations are ratified by the Board and the Association, the recommendations shall be implemented. In order to participate in the sick bank one must be covered by a collective bargaining agreement or be a confidential employee. Participation is voluntary; however, one must initially donate seven (7) hours of sick leave to the bank to join. Open enrollment is from September 1st to October 1st of each year. New hires can join the bank within 30 days of becoming eligible to earn sick time. Employees will continue to donate on a rotating basis, alphabetically, until the bank is built up to a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. minimum of three hundred and twenty (320) hours. After donating the minimum of seven (7) hours an employee can pass and the rotation will continue until the bank reaches the minimum of three hundred and twenty (320) hours. Employees at any time may donate excess sick time hours over one thousand forty (1,040) that would normally otherwise lapse. Employees who are retiring from the MECDHH/GBSD may donate sick time over seven hundred and twenty hours, which is the maximum amount that can be credited towards School service for retirement purposes. Any employees resigning from MECDHH/GBSD may donate their unused sick time to the bank. The contribution maximum accrual for the bank will be four hundred and eighty (480) hours. However, the bank can exceed the maximum accrual in order to accommodate each qualified employee that wants to be a member of the sick leave bank. If the bank stays at the maximum there will be no need to replenish the bank. If it drops below the minimum it will need to be replenished. It will be replenished in the same manner in which it was established starting with the next person on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued alphabetical list. Minimum withdrawal per participant from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of is twenty-one (21) hours annually. The maximum withdrawal per participant from the effective cancellation datebank is one hundred and - forty (140) hours annually. Sick leave properly authorized bank hours may be used for contribution the necessary medical care of a member of the employee’s immediate family which requires the attention or presence of the employee. Immediate family for the purposes of the sick leave bank shall mean spouse, partner, child, parents, or other dependents living in the employee’s home for whom he/she is the primary caregiver. A part-time employee may participate in the bank and make a pro rata donation of sick leave hours to the bank and, if a request is granted, shall receive pro rata benefits. If the sick leave bank does not reach the minimum hours required the bank will cease to exist for that school year. A person withdrawing from membership from the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationable to withdraw their contributions. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All members of the bargaining unit on active duty in Xxxxxx Wicomico County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of incapacitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metquarantine. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from July made between September 1 to and October 311. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or of employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. Members shall be permitted to apply for leave from the bank after January 1, 2000. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher member is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers Members must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-three member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsrequest, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Human Resources Department shall verify approve these bank grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave and personal leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. I. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee. J. If a member does not exceed use all of the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by days granted from the committeebank, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with unused sick leave days will be returned to the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County Effective with the 1992-1993 school year, a Sick Leave Bank shall exists as follows: The purpose of the Sick Leave Bank is to provide paid days for serious personal illness or family illness to contributors to the Bank who have exhausted their accumulated sick days and who are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bankexperiencing prolonged personal or family illness. Contributors Allotments will be permitted limited to apply participating employees for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods use only in cases of personal illness, injuryinjury or nonelective surgery occurring under unusual, severe or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized emergency conditions as determined by the teacher and continued Sick Leave Bank Committee (SBC). Members may enroll in the Sick Leave Bank annually during the month of November of each school year. Upon enrollment, a Member shall contribute one (1) of his/her accumulated sick days to the Sick Leave Bank. Days contributed to the Sick Leave Bank are non-returnable. Enrollment in the Sick Leave Bank shall be continuous from year to year until canceled in writing a Member withdraws. Withdrawals are accepted only during the enrollment period and only upon written notice by the member. Cancellation, on Member to the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible SBC of his/her intent to use the bank as of the effective cancellation datewithdraw. 1. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not Leave Bank Committee shall be returned if the member effects cancellationcomposed as follows: a. The Superintendent or his designee. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members b. Three Members appointed by the president CCTA President. The SBC shall review and approve or deny all applications to the Sick Leave Bank. The SBC shall also determine the necessity for additional contributions to the Bank and shall notify Bank Members of the Associationneed for said contributions. The SBC shall be responsible for reporting data concerning the Sick Leave Bank to the Treasurer. Decisions of the SBC are final. The SBC shall review the operation of the Sick Leave Bank annually, and one member appointed by the superintendentshall make recommendations, shall have the responsibility of receiving requestsif necessary, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial for modifications of the requests, and communicating its decision plan to the teacher negotiating teams of the ASSOCIATION and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1BOARD. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All members of the bargaining unit on active duty in Xxxxxx Wicomico County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of incapacitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metquarantine. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick Xxxx leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from July made between September 1 to and October 311. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or of employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum up to three sick leave days for the first year of participation and one (1) sick-leave day per each year thereafter as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be a maximum of twenty days (20). A member may only access the remaining number sick leave bank up to a total of duty forty (40) days while a teacher is scheduled to workUnit II employee. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers The purpose of the Sick Leave Bank is to provide a means of obtaining additional sick leave days to avoid loss of compensation due to a catastrophic illness or injury of the employee sick leave bank member that requires intermittent or continuous absence from work. Catastrophic injury, terminal diagnosis or illness is defined as a life-threatening condition or combination of conditions affecting the mental or physical health of the employee, and includes, but is not limited to, the following: lengthy hospitalizations, necessary surgery requiring a lengthy recovery, an ongoing treatment regimen requiring frequent time off work, or complicated pregnancy requiring bed rest or hospitalization. The catastrophic illness or injury must use require the services of a health provider. This benefit is available to eligible, voluntarily participating faculty and staff who have legitimately exhausted all of their accumulated sick and vacation leave. G. The sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from bank committee may review the bank. Application for use of previously exhausted leave leading up to the request and deny the request. The decision of the committee is final. H. The Human Resources Department shall approve these bank shall grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave, personal leave, and annual leave is exhausted and forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. I. Bank grants will not be made on automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30, or the required form last duty day of the fiscal year and submitted to must be renewed through the approval committee. G. A four-J. If a member approval committeedoes not use all the days granted from the bank, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision unused sick leave days will be returned to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1bank. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers A . All teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bankbank . Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from use the bank to cover for payment of prolonged, catastrophic, incapacitating, personal illness, injury or quarantine of the teacher during the regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal days, which illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are is not likely to permanently disable the teacherteacher . B . New members Annual rates of contribution shall be as determined by the sick Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year . Sick leave bank may not access properly authorized to the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The for contribution on will not be returned if the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the membermember effects cancellation . Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, time and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationdate . C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period C . Contributions shall be from made between July 1 to and October 311 . Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall will be permitted to contribute to the bank within thirty (30) days of return to work . New teachers will be permitted to contribute to the bank within thirty (30) days after employment . D . The bank can be used on the first scheduled duty day for the member who contributed . The approval committee, upon approval receipt of a request for days, shall immediately forward to the human resources office a copy of said request . The human resources office shall within five (5) days inform the committee in writing of any concerns or information that may have a bearing on the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. ’s decision . The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in connection with any one fiscal year single occurrence of an illness or complications arising from such an occurrence will be equal to one (1) work year . If a member is still unable to return to work after exhaustion of all bank benefits, unpaid leave shall be made available in accordance with Article XXVI, Paragraph I . In lieu of said unpaid leave, the remaining number member, at his/her option, may apply for disability retirement benefits; however, in the event that a member who has been retired due to disability desires to return to active duty upon the expiration of duty days such disability retirement benefits, the Board agrees to assign the member to a teacher is scheduled to workposition in accordance with Article XXVI, Paragraph K . In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his annual salary.the annual F. Teachers E . Members must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving applying for leave from the bankbank . Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committeecommittee . G. A four-member F . An approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsrequest, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contracthuman resources office . The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure procedures and shall give wide distribution to of said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors executive committee of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on Association and the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1superintendent . H. The Payroll Department G . Upon receipt of the decision of the approval committee, the human resources office shall verify that the request is within the limits of the bank balance, that the applicant’s accumulated sick leave is exhausted has been exhausted, and that accrued the applicant’s illness is prolonged, catastrophic, incapacitating and personal . The decision of the approval committee shall be approved by the Human Resources Office unless the decision of the approval committee is arbitrary or capricious . Upon issuance of such approval, the human resources office shall forward the sick leave bank grant to the division of payroll . H . Any disputes arising from this article shall be expedited through the grievance procedure provided herein, except that the American Arbitration Association’s expedited labor arbitration rules shall govern the proceedings . I . If a member does not exceed use all of the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by days granted from the committeebank, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with unused sick leave bank days will be returned to the number of days grantedbank .

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from made between July 1 to and October 311. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A fourthree-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted. I. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee and the Office of Human Resources each school year. J. If a teacher does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave bank days will be returned to the bank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All members of the bargaining unit on active duty in Xxxxxx Wicomico County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of incapacitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metquarantine. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from July made between September 1 to and October 311. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or of employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum up to three sick leave days for the first year of participation and one (1) sick-leave day per each year thereafter as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. Members shall be permitted to apply for leave from the bank after January 1, 2000. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number a maximum of duty twenty days a teacher is scheduled to work(20). In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers Members must use all accumulated sick leave leave, personal leave, and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal annual leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank requires a letter of request from the applicant, a physician’s formal letter demonstrating the need for time to be provided by the Sick Leave Bank and leave approval by the appropriate supervisor. The application package shall be made on the required form and submitted sent to the approval APSAS President who will direct it to the sick leave bank review committee. G. A fourthree-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president President of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsrequest, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification The committee will consist of an amendment to at least one representative from the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of Executive team and named by the contractSuperintendent. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Human Resources Department shall verify approve these bank grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave, personal leave, and annual leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. I. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the fiscal year and must be renewed through the approval committee. J. If a member does not exceed use all the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by days granted from the committeebank, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with unused sick leave days will be returned to the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible The District and the Association shall administer a Sick Leave Bank to contribute to be used when a unit member has incurred a prolonged illness or injury and whose sick leave accumulation has been exhausted. A committee consisting of two (2) administrators (the Superintendent and the School Business Manager) and two (2) teachers (appointed by the Association) shall review all sick bank requests. The granting of requests shall be contingent upon the approval of at least three (3) of the committee members. After receiving a request for sick bank utilization and all necessary supporting documentation requested by the Sick Bank Committee, the committee shall have ten (10) calendar days to act upon the request. The decision of the committee will be final and binding upon all parties and shall not be subject to the grievance procedure in Article 16. The Sick Bank Committee shall be empowered to establish procedures and reasonable criteria for the purpose of administering the leave benefits of this provision. These procedures and criteria shall be set forth in writing and submitted to the Superintendent of Schools and the Association President for their mutual approval prior to any implementation. a) Membership in the Sick Leave Bank is voluntary on the part of the unit member; however, a unit member shall be given only two (2) opportunities to join the bank. Contributors These shall occur on the first two (2) Septembers following the initiation of the sick bank or the person’s hire. The exact date will be agreed upon by the District and the Association. An individual who withdraws membership will not be permitted to apply for leave from rejoin at any time in the future. b) A unit member who elects to join the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may must contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal from his/her sick leave before receiving leave from accumulation each school year until the bank. Application for use of maximum is reached as stated in (c). c) Contributions will be made to the bank shall be made on an annual basis until the required form and submitted to maximum reaches four hundred (400) days in the approval committeebank plus any new hires’ initial contribution. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised d) The number of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and days granted in any one member appointed by the superintendent, (1) year shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-total accumulation in the bank. e) A maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days may be drawn by any one (1) unit member from the bank for any incident of illness or reoccurrence of the same. A maximum o f sixty (60) days will be granted at any one time, with a review of the situation to take place, if necessary, prior to the granting of additional days for that illness or injury. A member of the Bank shall be required to return to active employment for a period of not less than thirty (30) working days before becoming eligible to utilize sick leave bank benefits again unless the succeeding absence is due to a continuation or reoccurrence o f a previously covered illness in which case the remainder of one’s one hundred eighty (180) day maximum. Upon notification allotment may be used. f) Member must have used all of their accumulated sick days before drawing from the sick day bank. g) The first thirty (30) working days of illness or disability will not be covered by the committeeBank, Payroll shall credit but must be covered by the affected teacher employee’s own accumulated sick leave or absence without pay. h) All requests for days from the bank must be in writing and addressed to the President o f the Lyndonville Teachers’ Association with a copy being sent to the number of days grantedSuperintendent o f Schools. i.) Medical reports may be requested by the District and/or the Association.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible In order to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days bank, a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but donate two (2) days of accumulated personal sick leave before receiving leave from to the bank. B. The bank will be open for donations between the opening of school and September 30. A teacher hired after the official opening of school in September will have a period of thirty (30) days after the date of his/her employment to join the bank. Application Forms for donating to the bank will be supplied to the teachers by the District Office. C. The bank will contain only the number of days donated, but at no time can accept more than two times the number of people covered under the recognition clause of this contract. X. Xx be eligible to use the bank, a person must have exhausted their accumulated sick days, and have a prolonged certified illness of twenty-five (25) days or greater, and must apply to use the bank in writing to the Superintendent. This application which must specify the number of sick days requested will be reviewed by a committee consisting of the bank shall be made on Chief School Officer and the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committeeAssociation President, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one a member appointed by the superintendentChief School Officer and another member of the Association appointed by the Association President. Upon review of the application, shall have the committee will determine whether or not a member is eligible and how many bank days may be used. In the event the allocated sick days are used up, the teacher may reapply to the committee for additional sick days. If the additional days are granted by the committee there will be no interruption of sick day benefits. E. Once in the bank, a member cannot withdraw except in writing to the Superintendent, and the days contributed would be forfeited. If a member leaves the district, the sick days contribution to the bank goes with the member. F. Twice a year, in September and February, the bank will be replenished from a list of new members and then an alphabetical listing of members already in the bank at the rate of one per day until the limit of the bank is reached. G. The accounting and administration of the bank other than stated above, is the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contractDistrict. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure indemnify and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval protect the District against liability and claim which arise by reason of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1District's compliance with this Article. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are Any full-time Employee shall be eligible to contribute participate voluntarily in a “Sick Leave Bank.” Employees who desire to participate in the Sick Leave Bank shall submit written notice of intent to participate on a provided form. Said notice shall be given to the Sick Leave Bank Committee, who will administer the provisions of the Sick Leave Bank, prior to October 1 of each year. Any Employee on extended sick leave bankduring the annual enrollment period is ineligible to join the Sick Leave Bank. Contributors will be permitted Days awarded to apply for leave an Employee from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, Sick Bank shall not count toward District seniority credit or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metsalary schedule advancement. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled Each participating Employee must contribute a minimum of three (3) days upon initial enrollment. Additionally, in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as case of depletion of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to Leave Bank below the bank will not be returned if 45% level (i.e., computed from the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual total enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from in the Bank multiplied by three (3) days) during the school year, an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum automatic deduction of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on from participants in the required form and Bank with prior consent of the Sick Leave Bank Committee. No Employee who has submitted a notice of intent to retire will have a sick day automatically deducted. C. A participant may cancel membership by so indicating in writing directed to the approval committeeattention of the chairperson of the Sick Bank Committee. Cancellation of membership, regardless of reason, shall mean forfeiture of any claim to contributed days and benefits of membership. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed D. Authorized withdrawals by participating Employees from the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, Sick Leave Bank shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules be made only upon approval of the Board majority of Directors members of the AssociationSick Leave Bank Committee. Approved procedures The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall be posted on made up of the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.four

Sick Leave Bank. The following shall be effective upon the date the parties ratify this Agreement: A. Teachers on active duty Any teacher covered under the terms of this Agreement who meets the eligibility requirements shall be permitted to elect to participate in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted Such teachers who desire to apply for participate in the sick leave from bank shall submit written notice of intent to so participate on a form provided by the Administration. Any new teacher employed by the District shall provide written notice of intent to participate prior to October 1st of each year on a form provided by the Administration. B. The Board shall start the bank with seventy-five (75) sick days. Each teacher electing to cover regularly scheduled duty participate in the bank shall contribute one (1) of his/her sick days for periods regardless of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacherbalance of days in the bank. New members In case of depletion of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellationbelow two hundred (200) sick days, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum automatic deduction of one (1) day per year as determined by shall be made from participants in the Association and certified bank. It is agreed between the parties that days which may have been donated to the Superintendent prior to July 1 bank above 200 on or before November 30, 2017 shall remain in the bank until used. Thereafter, the new 200 day formula for purposes of each yearrequiring further donations shall apply. E. The maximum number C. A participant may cancel membership by so indicating in writing directed to the attention of the chairperson of the sick leave bank committee. Cancellation of membership, regardless of reason, shall mean forfeiture of any claim to contributed days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number and benefits of duty days a teacher is scheduled to workmembership. In no case will the granting of leave from Other than pregnancy-related leave, the bank cause is not applicable to any teacher on a teacher to receive more than his annual salaryBoard approved leave of absence. F. Teachers must use all D. The intent of the bank is to provide additional financial protection to those teachers who incur a period of prolonged illness or hospitalization, as verified in writing by a physician. The bank is not applicable to any teacher utilizing days for illness in their family. It remains the intent of both parties to strive to retain good attendance in the District. It is not the purpose of this bank to provide additional days to teachers who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave and all but are applying for days because of common colds or some other temporary, commonplace illness. E. Authorized withdrawals by participating teachers from the sick leave bank shall be granted to any participating teacher who provides a doctor's certificate of illness (certifying inability to work and that the situation is a prolonged illness or hospitalization) and the participating teacher applying for such withdrawal has, in fact, depleted his or her accumulated sick leave and has been absent without salary for two (2) school days for probationary teachers and five (5) school days for all other teachers. Each withdrawal shall be not less than five (5) school days or more than twenty (20) school days each year. The sick leave bank committee may consider additional requests in the event of accumulated personal a catastrophic illness. F. Two (2) members of the Association as appointed by the President and two (2) individuals appointed by the Superintendent will act as a sick leave before bank committee in all matters that concern the policies and decisions of the sick leave bank. The sick leave bank committee shall write its own regulations of operation covering procedures to review all requests and make such regulations available to all members of the bank, Administration, and Board. G. Any member who is receiving leave benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System, is absent for illness or injury due to a work related accident (which is compensable under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act), may not avail himself/herself of any benefits of the bank. Application for use Teachers who are on Board approved leaves of the bank absence shall be made on ineligible to withdraw from the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1sick leave bank. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that In the event there was a grievance concerning an interpretation or an alleged violation of this Section, it would be filed directly with the Superintendent. If the interpretation dispute involves the decision by the sick leave is exhausted bank committee to approve or not to approve withdrawals from the bank or the committee's own regulations of operation covering procedures, the member filing the grievance would be entitled to resubmit his request and that accrued personal leave reargue his request with the Committee once, but the grievance procedure would not be used as the vehicle to resolve the dispute. If the interpretation dispute does not exceed involve either of the 2two points mentioned above, then the grievance will proceed according to the steps in the Grievance Procedure. It is further understood by both parties that the non-day maximumgrievability allowed in this Section does not set a precedent for future negotiations. I. The Association agrees to indemnify and hold the District, Board of Education, its employees and/or agents harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits or other forms of liability that shall arise out of or by reason of action taken as a result of any litigation or administrative agency proceeding which might arise as a result of this Section. Upon notification In the event such an action is filed against the District, Board of Education, its employees and/or agents, the Association shall be informed in a timely manner. The designated attorney shall keep the District's counsel informed as to the developments in the case. It is expressly understood that this safe, harmless provision will not apply to any claim, demand, suit, or other form of liability which may arise as a result of any type of verified negligence by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days grantedBoard.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty A sick leave bank will be established and is expressly intended to be used by any teacher who is incapable of performing his/her duties due to accident or serious illness after he/she has used his/her personally accumulated sick leave. Applications for use of these days will be made to the XX-XX Executive Committee which will approve or disapprove the application and inform the District of its decision. Membership will be open to all teachers at the beginning of each school year until October 1 or within 30 days of their contract thereafter. All teachers who wish to participate will be assessed one day of sick leave. All assessed days will be accumulated from year to year in Xxxxxx County are eligible a bank where they will be available to contribute participants who have used all their designated sick leave days. When all the days in the bank have been exhausted, all participants will be reassessed one day. The sick leave bank shall not be used when a teacher qualifies for disability income insurance. When a teacher uses all available leave to care for a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from spouse or dependent child and it is determined that the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal spouse or child is experiencing a catastrophic illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely the teacher may apply to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank for up to ten (10) days per year to be used for catastrophic care. Catastrophic illness is defined a terminally ill or life threatening. A teacher may not access withdraw from the sick leave bank until at the beginning of any school year. In case of withdrawal, a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. teacher’s contribution of days to the sick leave bank stays in the bank. The contribution on exclusive Representative hereby warrants and covenants that it will defend, indemnify and save the appropriate form will be authorized District harmless from any and all actions, suits, claims, damages, judgments and execution or other forms of liability, liquidated or unliquidated, which any person may have or claim to have, now or in the future, arising out of the administration of the teacher protection bank as specified by the exclusive Representative as provided herein. Any teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member protection bank challenge shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution subject to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationgrievance procedure. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers 1. The Board of Education shall establish a Sick Leave Bank on active duty in Xxxxxx County are a voluntary basis. Any teacher is eligible to contribute participate in this bank. 2. The Board of Education shall administer the Sick Leave Bank and will notify all newly eligible teachers of their option to join the Sick Leave Bank. On or before September 1 of each school year, the Administration shall provide the Association President/Co- Presidents with a sick leave banklist of all teachers not yet enrolled in the Bank. Contributors will be permitted The Administration shall report to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illnessAssociation President/Co-Presidents on October 15, injuryJanuary 15 and April 15, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members usage of the sick leave bank may not access Sick Leave Bank. The report will identify the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metnames of the employees using the Bank and the number of days used unless prohibited by law. B. The contribution on 3. Each teacher first enrolling in the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member Bank shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of donate one (1) day per of his/her sick leave to the Bank no later than October 1 in the year that they join. Each continuing teacher shall donate one (1) day of his/her sick leave to the Bank if the balance in the Bank is 270 days or less on October 1. No contribution shall be required of current members if the balance of the Bank is over 270 days on October 1. The Board shall donate an equal amount of days each year as determined are voluntarily contributed by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July teachers as of October 1. On or before November 1 of each year, the Association shall receive written verification as to the specific number of days in the Bank. E. 4. The maximum number intent of the Sick Leave Bank is to provide additional financial protection and the continuation of benefits outlined in the Economic Fringe Benefits Section of this collective bargaining agreement for those teachers who incur a period of prolonged serious illness, which requires a continuous absence from work. The Bank shall not be applicable to any teacher while on any unpaid leave of absence. 5. The Bank shall not be applicable to surgical or other medical procedures that may be safely deferred until a vacation or recess period. 6. A teacher who has contributed to the Bank may apply to withdraw days from the Bank when all the following circumstances have been met: a. The teacher must fulfill an elimination period of 30 workdays per qualifying event. This means a person has to have been out at least 30 consecutive sick days. The teacher must also incur 5 unpaid workdays to access the Sick Leave Bank. The unpaid days may occur during the elimination period. b. Within the same school year, subsequent elimination periods will not be required to be fulfilled if for the same initial qualifying event as substantiated by a physician’s statement. c. His/her own accumulated and accrued sick leave has been totally depleted. If additional sick days that can be granted are earned due to a break such as summer vacation, the teacher must again deplete these days before continuing in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salaryBank. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for d. Prior to first use of the bank shall be made on Bank, the required form and submitted district will obtain a physician's statement verifying the prolonged serious illness, which makes it impossible for the teacher to perform his/her assigned duties in the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by same capacity as employed at the president time of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision qualifying event (i.e. a full-time teacher cleared to the teacher and the Superintendent/designeework half-time). Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.Each twenty

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All members of the bargaining unit on active duty in Xxxxxx Wicomico County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of incapacitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metquarantine. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick Xxxx leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from July made between September 1 to and October 311. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or of employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum up to three sick leave days for the first year of participation and one (1) sick-leave day per each year thereafter as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. Members shall be permitted to apply for leave from the bank after January 1, 2000. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number a maximum of duty twenty days a teacher is scheduled to work(20). In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers Members must use all accumulated sick leave leave, personal leave, and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal annual leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank requires a letter of request from the applicant, a physician’s formal letter demonstrating the need for time to be provided by the Sick Leave Bank and leave approval by the appropriate supervisor. The application package shall be made on the required form and submitted sent to the approval APSAS President who will direct it to the sick leave bank review committee. G. A fourthree-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president President of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsrequest, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification The committee will consist of an amendment to at least one representative from the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of Executive team and named by the contractSuperintendent. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Human Resources Department shall verify approve these bank grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave, personal leave, and annual leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. I. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the fiscal year and must be renewed through the approval committee. J. If a member does not exceed use all the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by days granted from the committeebank, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with unused sick leave days will be returned to the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible In order to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave provide insurance from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods loss of personal illness, pay because of longer-term illness or injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Leave Bank shall be from July 1 to October 31established. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave The Sick Leave Bank shall be permitted used to contribute pay the salary up to sixty (60) days beyond the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be days eligible for full-time school employees up to a maximum of one hundred eighty-five (185) days. At the beginning of each year of the contract, if the balance is below one hundred (100) days, each teacher shall donate one day to the Bank. No days shall be withdrawn from the Sick Leave Bank for use for any purpose other than prolonged illness or injury of the member of the unit. Days may not be withdrawn to permit an individual to stay at home to care for a member of the family. Days may be withdrawn for purposes of maternity only in extreme instances if unforeseen and serious medical complications arise. The Sick Leave Bank shall be administered by a Sick Leave Bank Committee consisting of five members. Two members shall be designated by the Administration to serve at its discretion, and three members shall be members of the unit and shall be designated by the Association. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall determine the eligibility for the use of the Bank and the amount of leave to be granted and has discretionary authority to review and grant individual requests according to the provisions of this contract. The following criteria shall be used by the Sick Leave Bank Committee in administering the Bank and determining eligibility and amount of leave: (1) day per year as determined by Adequate medical evidence of serious illness or injury (2) Prior utilization of all eligible sick leave (3) Requests for days from the Association and certified to Sick Bank must be submitted within 10 school days of the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled employee's return to work. In no case All returned teachers shall be notified as to their number of accumulated days of sick leave on or before September 30. The Administration will be responsible for an accounting of the granting of leave additions and disbursements to and from the bank cause a teacher Bank and shall provide timely access to receive more than his such accounts and an annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted report to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually HTA no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. ‌ A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx Howard County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick Xxxx leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of rate contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined after examination of the 3-year usage trend data by the Association and certified Association. This information will be forwarded to the Superintendent Superintendent/Designee for approval prior to July October 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee.. For a definition of “accumulated”, please see Article 1.B. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted. I. If a teacher does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave bank days will be returned to the bank. J. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee. K. The Association shall provide the Superintendent with an annual sick Bank Report by August 31 of each year detailing the beginning balance of the sick bank, additions to the sick bank, deductions from the sick bank, and ending balance of the sick bank as of June 30 each year. HCEA and the Superintendent/Designee will provide each other quarterly sick bank reports on the days and hours granted and used for accounting and compliance purposes only.

Sick Leave Bank. ‌ A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of rate contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined after examination of the 3-year usage trend data by the Association and certified Association. This information will be forwarded to the Superintendent Superintendent/Designee for approval prior to July October 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee.. For a definition of “accumulated”, please see Article 1.B. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted. I. If a teacher does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave bank days will be returned to the bank. J. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee. K. The Association shall provide the Superintendent with an annual sick Bank Report by August 31 of each year detailing the beginning balance of the sick bank, additions to the sick bank, deductions from the sick bank, and ending balance of the sick bank as of June 30 each year. HCEA and the Superintendent/Designee will provide each other quarterly sick bank reports on the days and hours granted and used for accounting and compliance purposes only.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All members of the bargaining unit on active duty in Xxxxxx Wicomico County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of incapacitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metquarantine. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick Xxxx leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from July made between September 1 to and October 311. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or of employment. Teachers Members returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum up to three sick leave days for the first year of participation and one (1) sick-leave day per each year thereafter as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. Members shall be permitted to apply for leave from the bank after January 1, 2000. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number a maximum of duty twenty days a teacher is scheduled to work(20). In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers Members must use all accumulated sick leave leave, personal leave, and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal annual leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank requires a letter of request from the applicant, a physician’s formal letter demonstrating the need for time to be provided by the Sick Leave Bank and leave approval by the appropriate supervisor. The application package shall be made on the required form and submitted sent to the approval APSAS President who will direct it to the sick leave bank review committee. G. A fourX. X three-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president President of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsrequest, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification The committee will consist of an amendment to at least one representative from the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of Executive team and named by the contractSuperintendent. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Human Resources Department shall verify approve these bank grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave, personal leave, and annual leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. I. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the fiscal year and must be renewed through the approval committee. X. If a member does not exceed use all the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by days granted from the committeebank, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with unused sick leave days will be returned to the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a A Sick Leave Bank shall be established for the purposes of aiding the Xxxxxxxxxxx School District #7-1 Employee who has exhausted their accumulated sick leave bankthrough extended absence due to prolonged illness or a catastrophic accident. Contributors The bank will contain unused sick days, which are voluntarily contributed by participating Members. A person will not be permitted able to apply for leave withdraw days from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the until their own sick leave bank may not access is depleted. To enroll in the bank until a 60 schoolprogram each Xxxxxxxxxxx School District #7-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers employee may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior program to July 1 of become eligible. The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment will be by September 15th for each school year or within fifteen (15) days following employment. The contribution form must be completed each year. E. The maximum number , including zero (0) if so intended, and returned to the Business Office. When contributions to the bank have accumulated to a total of sick two hundred fifty (250) or more days, except for new participants, no more days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from added until the bank cause a teacher is depleted to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all one hundred fifty (150) days, at which time those Members having accumulated sick leave shall contribute one additional day each year. A person withdrawing from membership in the bank will not be able to withdraw contributed days. Unused days in the bank shall be carried over to the next year. Record keeping will be undertaken by the Business Office and all but two (2) the employee groups shall have the right to periodically examine the records during normal business hours. In the event of prolonged illness, a participating member who has exhausted his or her sick leave may request days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application A maximum of sixty (60) days can be drawn from the bank for life threatening illness of the individual employee. A maximum of thirty (30) days can be withdrawn from the bank for a catastrophic illness or injury of the individual employee. In the first semester of employment, a staff member may withdraw a maximum of 10 days from the sick leave bank. Pregnancies will only apply to the time the mother is physically disabled and unable to work. Requests will be served on a first-come, first served basis. All requests for use of the bank shall must be made on the required form and submitted in writing to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committeeBusiness Office and must be supported by a written statement from the participant’s personal physician. The Business Office will forward the request to the committee for a decision. The Committee will be composed of two (2) Staff Members (Selected by CEA), comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Associationa Board Member, and one member appointed by the Superintendent of Schools or his designee. The Committee will review applications for the sick leave request and with a majority of that Committee either granting or rejecting each request. The Committee shall meet to consider the request and inform all appropriate parties of its decision in writing (0ne (1) copy to the applicant, superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requestsCEA, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1Business Office) within five (5) school days. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are The COMMITTEE agrees to maintain a Sick Leave Bank. To be eligible, professional status teachers must contribute one day of accumulated sick leave annually. Under normal circumstances, only professional status teacher who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank shall be eligible to contribute draw from the Bank. Non-professional status teachers who have contributed may appeal to the superintendent on a sick leave bankcase by case basis. Contributors The superintendent’s decision is final and non-grievable. In the event that 600 days would be exceeded, then the one day contribution will be permitted to apply exempt for leave from all but the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which new members. Only individuals who are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely members must notify the Superintendent no later than November 15th if they plan to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metparticipate. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will Bank shall be authorized administered by a Committee of five (5) representatives (two (2) appointed by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing COMMITTEE, two (2) appointed by the member. Cancellation, on ASSOCIATION and a neutral person to be agreed to by the proper form, may be elected at any time, COMMITTEE and the member shall not be eligible ASSOCIATION) to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be serve a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined term. This Committee shall consider the eligibility of teachers to draw from the Bank. The decisions of the Sick Leave Bank Committee are final and binding and not subject to the grievance procedure. C. The following criteria shall be used by the Association Sick Leave Bank Committee in determining the eligibility of a teacher to draw from the Bank and certified determining the amount of leave: 1. A teacher must have used up all of his/her accumulated leave; 2. Teachers must submit competent and timely evidence that a request is necessary to benefit teachers who suffer uncommon, life-threatening or serious and lengthy illness; 3. A teacher’s prior utilization of sick leave. D. Upon compliance with Section C above, the Superintendent prior to July 1 Sick Leave Bank Committee may issue a grant of each yeardays from the Sick Leave Bank of no more than one hundred (100) days total but in increments of no more than 35 days. E. The maximum Sick Leave Bank shall have a minimum of 200 days in reserve. If the number of day falls below 200, then Section A shall be reapplied. However, the total number of sick leave bank days that can in reserve shall not exceed 600 unless it is the result of adding days contributed by new members. In the event the 600 maximum would be granted exceeded, then the one day contribution in any one fiscal year Section A will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salarysuspended for all but new members. F. Teachers must use all accumulated A teacher, upon returning to work after having exhausted his/her total entitlement from the Sick Leave Bank and who has no sick leave and all but two available, shall be credited with an additional ten (210) days of accumulated personal sick leave before receiving leave from days. Differentials shall be applied annually to the bank. Application following positions: School Psychologist 10% Head Nurse 10% The work year for use department heads will be 190 days. A. A longevity payment will be granted annually based on the completion of the bank shall following years of service: This stipend will be made pro-rated on the required form and submitted to the approval committeea ten month basis. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County 1. The Sick Leave Bank (“SLB”) has been established for the direct benefit of the employees. The bank of sick days is generated by a voluntary contribution of one sick leave day per year. Once a Professional Employee has contributed a total of three sick leave days then he or she is vested and is not required to contribute additional days unless the bank were to be reduced to nothing. 2. Participating Professional Employees who are vested or who have contributed to the SLB for the SY during which the request is made and who have exhausted their chargeable sick leave are eligible to contribute borrow days from the SLB. 3. Participating Professional Employees may borrow from the SLB: a. to cover absences due to personal illness; b. to cover absences due to illness of or injury to a member of his or her immediate family (spouse, dependent child, parent or sibling); c. to cover absences due to the birth or adoption of a child; or d. to cover absences due to a catastrophic emergency, such as a fire or flood. 4. A maximum of fifteen (15) days may be borrowed, except as follows: any Professional Employee who qualifies for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) for the birth or adoption of a child may borrow up to 10 days from the Sick Leave Bank for the purpose of parental bonding. 5. If the Professional Employee qualifies for FMLA leave, all days borrowed from the SLB must be used concurrently with his or her FMLA leave. 6. Request for days from the SLB must be submitted in writing through the building administrator to the Sick Leave Bank Oversight Committee. The request must consist of sufficient documentation to substantiate the claim. All information will be in confidence and only disclosed on a need to know basis to those involved in the process. 7. Requests will be accepted before expenditure of all sick leave bank. Contributors in cases such as surgery when the Professional Employee knows the approximate number of days he or she will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are short. Requests will also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members be accepted as soon as possible after expiration of the Professional Employee’s sick leave. Requests submitted in excess of 30 calendar days after exhaustion of sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellationprocessed. C. Enrollment Period - 8. The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute building administrator will provide a recommendation to the bank upon approval Sick Leave Bank Oversight Committee, which will consist of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of seven persons: one (1) day per year as determined central office administrator, one (1) building level administrator (to be picked by central office administration), one (1) Professional Employee representative (who is participating in the Association SLB) from each building, and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 Human Resources Administrator. All will sit in each committee meeting, but the Professional Employee representative from the building of each yearthe requester will not vote. The building level administrator and central office representative will vote in all cases. The decision of the Sick Leave Bank Oversight Committee will be final. E. The maximum number of sick 9. Those Professional Employees borrowing leave days that can be granted in any one fiscal year from the SLB will be required to repay the remaining number days borrowed at a minimum rate of duty three (3) days a teacher is scheduled per SY until the balance has been reduced to workzero (0). In no case accordance with the Professional Employee’s authorization at the time the days were borrowed, if his or her employment with the District ends for any reason, his or her final paycheck will the granting be deducted in an amount equal to his or her daily rate of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two pay (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use as of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised last date of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval his or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with her employment) times the number of leave days grantednot repaid (as of the last date of his or her employment).

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are The COMMITTEE agrees to maintain a Sick Leave Bank. To be eligible, professional status teachers must contribute one day of accumulated sick leave annually. Under normal circumstances, only professional status teacher who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank shall be eligible to contribute draw from the Bank. Non-professional status teachers who have contributed may appeal to the superintendent on a sick leave bankcase by case basis. Contributors The superintendent’s decision is final and non-grievable. In the event that 600 days would be exceeded, then the one day contribution will be permitted to apply exempt for leave from all but the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which new members. Only individuals who are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely members must notify the Superintendent no later than November 15th if they plan to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been metparticipate. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will Bank shall be authorized administered by a Committee of five (5) representatives (two (2) appointed by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing COMMITTEE, two (2) appointed by the member. Cancellation, on ASSOCIATION and a neutral person to be agreed to by the proper form, may be elected at any time, COMMITTEE and the member shall not be eligible ASSOCIATION) to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be serve a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined term. This Committee shall consider the eligibility of teachers to draw from the Bank. The decisions of the Sick Leave Bank Committee are final and binding and not subject to the grievance procedure. C. The following criteria shall be used by the Association Sick Leave Bank Committee in determining the eligibility of a teacher to draw from the Bank and certified determining the amount of leave: 1. A teacher must have used up all of his/her accumulated leave; 2. Teachers must submit competent and timely evidence that a request is necessary to benefit teachers who suffer uncommon, life-threatening or serious and lengthy illness; 3. A teacher’s prior utilization of sick leave. D. Upon compliance with Section C above, the Superintendent prior to July 1 Sick Leave Bank Committee may issue a grant of each yeardays from the Sick Leave Bank of no more than one hundred (100) days total but in increments of no more than 35 days. E. The maximum Sick Leave Bank shall have a minimum of 200 days in reserve. If the number of day falls below 200, then Section A shall be reapplied. However, the total number of sick leave bank days that can in reserve shall not exceed 600 unless it is the result of adding days contributed by new members. In the event the 600 maximum would be granted exceeded, then the one day contribution in any one fiscal year Section A will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salarysuspended for all but new members. F. Teachers must use all accumulated A teacher, upon returning to work after having exhausted his/her total entitlement from the Sick Leave Bank and who has no sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank available, shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committeecredited with an additional ten (10) sick leave days. G. A. A fourlongevity payment will be granted annually in the following year of service: In year 14 $500 In year 20 $1,000 In year 25 $1,500 This stipend will be pro-member approval committee, comprised rated on a ten month basis. (See also Article XXVII.C regarding longevity after completion of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1a super-longevity payment under that Article. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.)

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period Contributions shall be from made between July 1 to and October 311. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A fourthree-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted. I. If a teacher does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave bank days will be returned to the bank. J. Bank grants will not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The contribution on the appropriate form will be authorized by the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick Xxxx leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates of rate contribution shall be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined after examination of the 3 year usage trend data by the Association and certified Association. This information will be forwarded to the Superintendent Superintendent/Designee for approval prior to July October 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A X. X four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days granted.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All unit members on active duty in Xxxxxx County are shall be eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which Eligible employees who are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the WCTA and who wish to be enrolled in the sick leave bank may not access will be charged an annual fee and will be charged this fee per each request to defray the costs of administration. Contributors shall be permitted to use the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The for payment for incapacitating personal illness of the unit member during the regularly scheduled duty days. Annual maximum rates of contribution on the appropriate form will shall be authorized determined by the teacher Association and continued from year certified to year until canceled in writing by the memberSuperintendent prior to July 1st of each year. Sick leave properly authorized to the bank for contribution will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the cancellation date. Failure to submit the annual Sick Leave Bank Administration Fee for non-WCTA members by October 1st will result in automatic cancellation of membership in the Sick Leave Bank. Membership may also be cancelled by submitting to the WCTA office the proper Sick Leave Bank cancellation form at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to made between August 1st and October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers 1st, except for members returning from extended sick leave shall who will be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval within thirty (30) days of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall returning to work and for new unit members who will be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified permitted to contribute to the Superintendent prior to July 1 bank within thirty (30) days of each year. E. initial employment. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one one (1) fiscal year will be the remaining number of fifty (50) duty days a teacher is scheduled to workdays. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/ her annual salary. F. Teachers . Members must use all accumulated sick leave, personal leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal annual leave before receiving using leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. . A four-five (5) member approval committee, comprised of committee with three (3) members appointed by the president President of the Association, Association and one member two (2) members appointed by the superintendent, Board shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contractHuman Resources Department. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures Bank grants which have been processed in accordance with the Sick Leave Bank Guidelines shall be posted on approved by the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Human Resources Department for payment to the member and forwarded to the Payroll Department shall verify that Department. Bank grants will not automatically be carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee each school year. If a member does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed bank days will be returned to the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All unit members on active duty in Xxxxxx County are shall be eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which Eligible employees who are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the WCTA and who wish to be enrolled in the sick leave bank may not access will be charged an annual fee and will be charged this fee per each request to defray the costs of administration. Contributors shall be permitted to use the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. The for payment for incapacitating personal illness of the unit member during the regularly scheduled duty days. Annual maximum rates of contribution on the appropriate form will shall be authorized determined by the teacher Association and continued from year certified to year until canceled in writing by the memberSuperintendent prior to July 1st of each year. Sick leave properly authorized to the bank for contribution will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the cancellation date. Failure to submit the annual Sick Leave Bank Administration Fee for non-WCTA members by October 1st will result in automatic cancellation of membership in the Sick Leave Bank. Membership may also be cancelled by submitting to the WCTA office the proper Sick Leave Bank cancellation form at any time, and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to made between August 1st and October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers 1st, except for members returning from extended sick leave shall who will be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval within thirty (30) days of the committee. D. Annual rates of contribution shall returning to work and for new unit members who will be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified permitted to contribute to the Superintendent prior to July 1 bank within thirty (30) days of each year. E. initial employment. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted in any one one (1) fiscal year will be the remaining number of fifty (50) duty days a teacher is scheduled to workdays. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than his his/her annual salary. F. Teachers . Members must use all accumulated sick leave, personal leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal annual leave before receiving using leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. . A four-five (5) member approval committee, comprised of committee with three (3) members appointed by the president President of the Association, Association and one member two (2) members appointed by the superintendent, Board shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contractHuman Resources Department. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures Bank grants which have been processed in accordance with the Sick Leave Bank Guidelines shall be posted on approved by the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Human Resources Department for payment to the member and forwarded to the Payroll Department shall verify that Department. Bank grants will not automatically be carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants will end as of the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval committee each school year. If a member does not use all of the days granted from the bank, the unused sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed bank days will be returned to the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days grantedbank.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers All Unit IV members on active duty in Xxxxxx Xxxx Arundel County are eligible to contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will shall be permitted to apply for leave from use of the bank for salary payment to cover periods of incapacitating personal illness of the employee during the regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illnessdays, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the after regular sick leave bank may not access the bank until a 60 school-day waiting period has been met. B. exhausted. The contribution on the appropriate form will shall be authorized by the teacher member and continued from year to year until canceled cancelled in writing by the member. Cancellation, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, time and the member shall not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will shall not be returned if the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period . Contributions shall be from made between July 1 to October 31and September 30. Teachers Members returning from an extended leave of absence absence, reassigned employees and new teachers employees may contribute within thirty (30) calendar 30 school days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committee. D. Annual rates The annual rate of contribution shall may be a maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by and must be in whole day increments. Members shall be permitted to apply for leave from the Association and certified to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick days that can be granted leave bank, in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will shall the granting of o f leave from the bank cause a teacher member to receive more than her/his annual salary. F. Teachers . Members must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving applying for leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. . A fourthree-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendentSAAAAC, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher member and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification Director of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contractPersonnel. The Association committee shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval o f the Executive Officers of SAAAAC and the Board Superintendent's Council. The Director of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures Personnel shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify approve these bank grants as being for incapacitating illness and that sick leave is exhausted exhausted, and that accrued personal leave forward payment authorization to the Payroll Department. Bank grants shall not be automatically carried over from one fiscal year to another. All bank grants shall end as of June 30 or the last duty day of the school year and must be renewed through the approval com m ittee and the Director of Personnel each fiscal year. If a member does not exceed use all o f the 2-day maximumdays granted from the bank, the unused sick leave bank days shall be returned to the bank. Upon notification by Any unused sick leave days remaining in the committee, Payroll bank on June 30 shall credit be carried into the affected teacher with the number of days grantednext fiscal year.

Sick Leave Bank. A. Teachers on active duty in Xxxxxx County are eligible injury cause a member to exhaus B. Within 15 days following the execution of this Agreement, or annually, between the dates of August 15 and August 31, inclusively, each member of the bargaining unit may contribute between 1 and up to 12 of th leave days to a common bank. Newly hired members of the bargaining unit may contribute to a sick leave bank. Contributors will be permitted to apply for leave from the bank to cover regularly scheduled duty days for periods of personal illness, injury, or quarantine which are not only prolonged but are also catastrophic and incapacitating and which are not likely to permanently disable the teacher. New members of the sick leave bank may not access within 3 days after the first day of actual service with the District. Such contributions are irrevocable. Only members of the bargaining unit who have contributed days to the bank may apply for days from the bank. The value of the day donated will be equal to the FTE of the employee donating the day both upon contribution and upon withdrawal pursuant to this Article. Should the sick leave bank become exhausted, additional days will not be added until a 60 school-day waiting the new annual window period has been metin August. All days left in the bank at the end of the year shall be carried over to the next year. B. C. Upon depleting personal sick leave and after obtaining a Licensed Independent Practitioner LIP (MD, DO, NP, PA) for a period of more than 10 workdays, a member may request days from the bank. The contribution on request shall be granted if (1) the appropriate form will be authorized by contributing member to the teacher and continued from year to year until canceled in writing by the member. Cancellationsick leave bank; and, on the proper form, may be elected at any time, and (3) the member shall has experienced an illness or disability that has certified, in writing, the illness or disability. Notwithstanding, sick leave bank members will not be eligible to use the bank as of the effective cancellation date. Sick leave properly authorized for contribution to the bank will not be returned if withdraw the member effects cancellation. C. Enrollment Period - The annual enrollment period shall be from July 1 to October 31. Teachers returning from an extended leave of absence and new teachers may contribute within thirty (30) calendar days upon reassignment or employment. Teachers returning from extended sick leave shall be permitted to contribute to the bank upon approval of the committeeis receiving long-term disability payments. D. Annual rates of contribution shall be a A member who meets the requirements described in C., above, and who used less than the maximum of one (1) day per year as determined by the Association and certified 25 days while absent due to the Superintendent prior to July 1 of each year. E. The maximum number of sick such illness or disability may request additional days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of duty days a teacher is scheduled to work. In no case will the granting of leave from the bank cause a teacher up to receive more than his annual salary. F. Teachers must use all accumulated sick leave and all but two (2) days of accumulated personal leave before receiving leave from the bank. Application for use of the bank shall be made on the required form and submitted to the approval committee. G. A four-member approval committee, comprised of three members appointed by the president of the Association, and one member appointed by the superintendent, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, recommending approval or denial of the requests, and communicating its decision to the teacher and the Superintendent/designee. Upon ratification of an amendment to the HCEA bylaws, this provision will become part of the contract. The Association shall develop its rules of procedure and shall give wide distribution to said rules upon approval of the Board of Directors of the Association. Approved procedures shall be posted on the HCPSS website annually no later than October 1. H. The Payroll Department shall verify that sick leave is exhausted and that accrued personal leave does not exceed the 2-day maximum. Upon notification by the committee, Payroll shall credit the affected teacher with the number of days grantedof the maximum of 25 days not used in connection with such absence. The requested additional days shall be granted if the days are used to receive health care for the illness or disability which caused such absence. E. Requests for withdrawals from the sick leave bank shall be directed to the Director of Human Resources, with the necessary documentation attached thereto. The first 10 days of the illness or injury will be charged to the bank until the member returns to work or has used a maximum of 25 days from the bank. F. The District will keep accurate records of sick leave accumulated by the bank and of sick leave used by members of the bank. The District will notify the Association on an annual basis of the accumulated days and the number of days charged to the bank for that last year.