Common use of Sick Leave/Disability Leave Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave/Disability Leave. 1. On the first day of school, of each school year, each teacher will be allowed ten (10) sick leave or disability leave days. These will be used to cover absence due to teacher's illness or disability, or illness or disability in the teacher's own family, and may be taken in quarter hour increments. Six and three quarter hours would constitute one school day. The Board reserves the right to request a statement from the teacher's physician verifying the period of illness or disability. A maximum of ninety (90) days can be transferred from one year to the next. 2. In the event these ten (10) days cause the maximum of ninety (90) days to be exceeded, and provided the excess above ninety (90) is not used during the school year, a teacher will be paid at the rate of twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for any days above the maximum. 3. In addition to the above, the Board establishes a sick leave/disability leave bank. The Board will contribute fifteen (15) days annually to the bank, and if any of the days are unused, said days may be allowed to accumulate to a maximum of ninety (90) days. Teachers can choose to join the sick /disability bank through the donation of one day of sick leave. Additional single days would be requested from members of the bank at anytime during the year that the total days remaining drops below 15 days. Days become the property of the sick leave bank committee to distribute. Sick leave bank members can decline to continue as part of the bank anytime additional days are requested to replenish the minimum days for the bank. 4. Annually, a building principal will be appointed by the Board and two teachers will be selected by the Association. These three people will serve as a committee whose primary responsibility will be to approve or disapprove requests from the teaching staff for additional sick leave/disability leave days. 5. Requests for the additional sick leave/disability leave days will not be considered until the requesting teacher has exhausted all of the sick leave/disability leave and personal leave days he/she has available. 6. After four or more years of service in USD 350, a teacher with accumulated sick leave/ disability leave will be paid twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for any unused sick leave/disability leave upon their retirement or resignation. Other than specifically provided for in this Agreement, the District will not pay for unused sick leave/disability leave benefits when an employee leaves the employ of the District.

Sick Leave/Disability Leave. 1. On the first day of school, of each school year, each teacher will be allowed ten (10) sick leave or disability leave days. These will be used to cover absence due to teacher's illness or disability, or illness or disability in the teacher's own family, and may be taken in quarter hour increments. Six and three quarter hours would constitute one school day. The Board reserves the right to request a statement from the teacher's physician verifying the period of illness or disability. A maximum of ninety (90) days can be transferred from one year to the next. 2. In the event these ten (10) days cause the maximum of ninety (90) days to be exceeded, and provided the excess above ninety (90) is not used during the school year, a teacher will be paid at the rate of twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for any days above the maximum. 3. In addition to the above, the Board establishes a sick leave/disability leave bank. The Board will contribute fifteen (15) days annually to the bank, and if any of the days are unused, said days may be allowed to accumulate to a maximum of ninety (90) days. Teachers can choose to join the sick /disability bank through the donation of one day of sick leave. Additional single days would be requested from members of the bank at anytime any time during the year that the total days remaining drops below 15 days. Days become the property of the sick leave bank committee to distribute. Sick leave bank members can decline to continue as part of the bank anytime additional days are requested to replenish the minimum days for the bank. 4. Annually, a building principal will be appointed by the Board and two teachers will be selected by the Association. These three people will serve as a committee whose primary responsibility will be to approve or disapprove requests from the teaching staff for additional sick leave/disability leave days. 5. Requests for the additional sick leave/disability leave days will not be considered until the requesting teacher has exhausted all of the sick leave/disability leave and personal leave days he/she has available. 6. After four or more years of service in USD 350, a teacher with accumulated sick leave/ disability leave will be paid twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for any unused sick leave/disability leave upon their retirement or resignation. Other than specifically provided for in this Agreement, the District will not pay for unused sick leave/disability leave benefits when an employee leaves the employ of the District.

Sick Leave/Disability Leave. 1. On the first day of school, of each school year, each teacher will be allowed ten eight (10) 8) sick leave or disability leave days. These will be used to cover absence due to teacher's illness or disability, or illness or disability in the teacher's own family, and may be taken in quarter hour increments. Six and three quarter hours would constitute one school day. The Board reserves the right to request a statement from the teacher's physician verifying the period of illness or disability. A maximum of ninety (90) days can be transferred from one year to the next. 2. In the event these ten (10) that accrued sick days cause the maximum of ninety (90) days to be exceeded, and provided the excess above ninety (90) is not used during the school year, a teacher will be paid at the rate of twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for any days above the maximum. 3. In addition to the above, the Board establishes a sick leave/disability leave bank. The Board will contribute fifteen (15) days annually to the bank, and if any of the days are unused, said days may be allowed to accumulate to a maximum of ninety (90) days. Teachers can choose to join the sick /disability bank through the donation of one day of sick leave. If the bank is at the maximum level, teachers will not be required to donate a day to join. Additional single days would be requested from members of the bank at anytime any time during the year that the total days remaining drops below 15 days. Days become the property of the sick leave bank committee to distribute. Maternity/paternity leave is not a qualifying use of the sick leave bank. Sick leave bank members can decline to continue as part of the bank anytime additional days are requested to replenish the minimum days for the bank. 4. Annually, a building principal will be appointed by the Board and two teachers will be selected by the Association. These three people will serve as a committee whose primary responsibility will be to approve or disapprove requests from the teaching staff for additional sick leave/disability leave days. 5. Requests for the additional sick leave/disability leave days will not be considered until the requesting teacher has exhausted all of the sick leave/disability leave and personal leave days he/she has available. 6. After four or more years of service in USD 350, a teacher with accumulated sick leave/ disability leave will be paid twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for any unused sick leave/disability leave upon their retirement or resignation. Other than specifically provided for in this Agreement, the District will not pay for unused sick leave/disability leave benefits when an employee leaves the employ of the District.