Common use of Sick Leave Pool Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Pool. The purpose of the emergency sick leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school year after the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated sick leave and discretionary leave. Leave will be granted for catastrophic illness or injury of the employee only, on a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency sick leave pool will be funded by the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given to each employee on July 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave the employees receive will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an accumulation not to exceed 80 days for the pool. The maximum number of emergency sick leave pool days that may be accumulated during the school year is 20 days. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent to the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving the application to consider the request. The application may be sent to the building principal before the employee’s regular sick leave ends. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; however, the committee member representing the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick leave bank may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disability.

Sick Leave Pool. A. Each bargaining unit member may elect to be a member of the sick leave pool by authorizing the district to deduct up to two (2) times the number the hours regularly scheduled each from his/her total of accumulated sick days each year, said days to be donated to the Pool. The purpose of the emergency Sick Leave Pool is to provide a bargaining unit member who has previously elected to join the Sick Leave Pool by contributing hours to the Pool, additional sick leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under when the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school year after the teacher bargaining unit member has exhausted all regular expended his or her accumulated sick leave and discretionary leavedue to a serious personal illness or accident. For purposes of the Sick Leave will Pool section only, sick pool leave may be granted only for catastrophic requests based on a serious personal illness or injury accident of the employee onlyapplicant. In addition, on a first-comethe District shall make an initial contribution of 800 hours to such Sick Leave pool. B. The Superintendent of Schools and the President of the Association shall serve as Trustees of the Sick Leave Pool. A Sick Leave Pool Committee shall receive, first-ask basis. The emergency sick leave pool will be funded by the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given consider, and act upon application to each employee on July 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave the employees receive will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an accumulation not to exceed 80 days for borrow from the pool. The maximum number of emergency sick leave pool days that may be accumulated during the school year is 20 days. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent to the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee shall consist of only at least three (3) Association members, but no more than five (5) Association members. If there are not enough Association member who volunteer to serve on the Committee, or for some reason the Committee is not active, the President of the Association, and the First and Second Vice-Presidents of the Association will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving comprise of the application to consider the requestCommittee. The application Committee shall develop procedures to administer the Sick Leave Pool. Said procedures; including By-Laws, shall conform to the Agreement. Decisions of the Committee or the Trustees shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. C. Use of Sick Leave Pool hours may be sent to the building principal before in any amount, but not more than the employee’s regular sick leave endsregularly scheduled hours per day up to a total of twenty-six (26) weeks, and in no case in an amount that would carry past June 30th in the school year in which the borrowing took place. The Emergency Should a bargaining unit member require additional hours at the commencement of the following year, he/she may apply to the Committee. Application to borrow from the Sick Leave Pool will be made to the Committee. Applicants are required to submit an application for Sick Pool leave and a physician’s certificate to the Committee before the Committee will consist of six membersrender a decision on the application. One member The Committee will have (10) working days from each the date the Committee receives the application and physician’s certificate to render a decision in writing to the applying member. Once the Committee renders a decision in writing, the Trustees of the four schools Sick Leave Pool will have two (“Primary2) working days to authorize the leave. A bargaining unit member who is injured in a job related accident and/or non-job related accident which is compensated for by insurance, Intermediatewho is on unpaid leave, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal or who is entitled to disability retirement may not draw from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; however, the committee member representing the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick leave bank may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilitySick Leave Pool.

Sick Leave Pool. The purpose of 24.1 All full-time instructional employees shall be eligible for voluntary participation in the emergency sick leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school after one (1) year after the teacher employment in Bay County, provided such employee has exhausted all regular accumulated accrued a minimum of five (5) sick leave and discretionary leave. Leave will days. 24.2 Participating employees shall make equal contributions to the sick leave pool. A. One (1) day shall be granted for catastrophic illness or injury contributed in the first (lst) month of eligibility. B. An additional day shall be contributed each time the employee only, on a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency balance of days in the sick leave pool falls below twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of members in the sick leave pool. C. In the event a member does not have a day of sick leave to contribute to the pool, one (1) day will be funded by taken or contributed as soon as that day becomes available. 24.3 A participating employee who chooses to withdraw from participation in the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given to each employee on July 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave the employees receive will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an accumulation shall not be eligible to exceed 80 withdraw any sick leave days already contributed, and withdrawal from the pool will not be effective until one (1) pay period after the employee submits written notice to the Human Resources Department of his/her intent of withdrawal. 24.4 Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by a participating member must be used for the pool. The maximum number instructional employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident, or injury, excluding workers’ comp and pregnancy that keeps an employee temporarily off the job. A. Sick leave pool days are not intended to be used in place of emergency disability retirement. B. Sick leave pool members are not eligible for benefits for a pre-existing condition. X. Xxxx leave pool days shall not be used for an employee who is on unpaid leave of absence. 24.5 Participating employees shall be eligible to draw three (3) ten (10) day increments from the sick leave pool for any one (1) illness, injury, accident or complication thereof during one (1) school year. A. A maximum of thirty (30) sick leave days that per year may be accumulated during utilized. Exceptions may be considered at the discretion of the Sick Leave Pool Committee. B. A school year shall be defined as the fiscal year employed by the school year is 20 days. A written district. C. Employees may draw no more than sixty (60) sick leave days during his/her entire membership period. 24.6 Each application along with for ten (10) days shall be accompanied by a physician’s statement documenting statement, including the nature doctor’s description in lay terms of the catastrophic condition. A. Photo copies of the doctor’s statement will be accepted. B. A certificate from a second doctor attesting to the member’s illness or injury accident may be required. 24.7 A participating employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave from the pool until all of his/her sick leave has been depleted. A. Application for sick leave days must be sent made within twenty (20) working days after the sick leave is depleted. B. The employee will be eligible to draw from the pool only after the member has been absent for seven (7) continuous working days without pay. Sick leave days would become effective on the eighth (8) day of absence. C. Applications for extension must be submitted prior to the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar expiration of the sick leave pool days. 24.8 Participating employees withdrawing sick leave days after receiving the application shall not be required to consider the request. The application may be sent replace those days except as a regular contributing member to the building principal before the employee’s regular sick leave ends. pool. 24.9 The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six seven (7) members who are appointed annually. Five (5) of the members shall be appointed by the ABCE President. The Superintendent shall appoint the remaining members. (One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal person from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; however, the committee member representing the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members Human Resources Department will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a non-voting member of the committee). A. The committee leaves shall establish procedures for identifying and recording contributions to and withdrawals from the employment sick leave pool. The procedures shall be reviewed annually. B. Periodic notification of the USD 210 before status of the end pool shall be reported to members. C. Immediate notification shall be given if additional days are levied to replenish the pool. D. The committee shall review each request from the members to preclude abuse or misuse of the days in the sick leave pool and monitor the member’s responsibility in using his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency own personal sick leave bank may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilityleave.

Sick Leave Pool. The sick leave pool shall be established for all certificated/licensed personnel in the bargaining unit. The purpose of the emergency sick this pool shall be to provide a certificated/licensed staff member a leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school year after the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated sick leave and discretionary leave. Leave will be granted for catastrophic illness or injury injury. To be eligible, a certificated/licensed staff member must have exhausted all accumulated sick leave or other eligible leaves with pay. Available days in the Sick Leave Pool can be used multiple times for catastrophic illness not to exceed a cumulative total of one hundred (100) days per person. Application to draw days from this pool shall be made on the appropriate form to the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee through the Association President. Depending upon the extent of the employee onlyinjury/illness and prognosis for return to regular employment, on a first-comethe Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee may grant up to the maximum number of accumulated days currently in the pool, first-ask basisnot to exceed the 100 day limit per person. The emergency If sick leave pool time is approved and the medical issue qualifies the employee for temporary disability retirement through STRS, the employee will apply at the appropriate STRS timelines. After the first twenty (20) days of sick leave usage from the pool, the employee can apply for more days in segments of ten (10) days of sick leave at a time until all sick leave days in the pool are exhausted, not to exceed a cumulative total of one hundred (100) days. In special circumstances, the AWEA President may, by letter to the Superintendent, request that this requirement be funded waived. The Superintendent's decision shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. The maximum days to be carried in the pool shall be 185 days per school year, and each certificated/licensed staff member may donate up to two (2) days of sick leave from his/her individual sick leave accumulations each year to be added to this pool. The Superintendent shall be notified in writing by the Association of all such donations. The donation of days certified staff has over to the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given to each employee on July 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave the employees receive will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an shall not affect employee rights under Article 9 Sick Leave, Subsection B. Once the total accumulation in the pool drops below 100 days the Association President shall solicit additional days from certificated/licensed staff members in the District, provided they have not to exceed 80 days for the pool. The already donated their maximum number of emergency sick leave pool two (2) days that may be accumulated during each in the current school year is 20 days. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent to the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving the application to consider the request. The application may be sent to the building principal before the employee’s regular sick leave ends. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; however, the committee member representing the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick Any misuse of this leave bank provision may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilityresult in disciplinary action.

Sick Leave Pool. The sick leave pool shall be established for all classified staff in the bargaining unit. The purpose of the emergency sick this pool shall be to provide a classified staff member a leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school year after the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated sick leave and discretionary leave. Leave will be granted for catastrophic illness or injury injury. To be eligible, a classified staff member must have exhausted all accumulated sick leave or other eligible leaves with pay, must have been three (3) years of service in the employee onlyXxxxxxx Xxxxx Local School District, on a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency and have donated to the sick leave pool will to be funded by eligible to use the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given pool. Available days in the Sick Leave Pool can be used for catastrophic illness not to each employee on July 1 exceed a cumulative total of each year. All forty (40) days over for one request of use of the 80-day accumulated sick leave pool. Application to draw days from this pool shall be made on the employees receive will be put into an emergency appropriate form to the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee through the Association President. Depending upon the extent of the injury/illness and prognosis for return to regular employment, the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee may grant up to the maximum number of accumulated days currently in the pool, not to exceed the 40 day limit per person. If sick leave pool with an accumulation time is approved and the medical issue qualifies the employee for temporary disability retirement through SERS, the employee will apply at the appropriate SERS timelines. After the first twenty (20) days of sick leave usage from the pool, the employee can apply for more days in segments of ten (10) days of sick leave at a time until all sick leave days in the pool are exhausted, not to exceed 80 a cumulative total of forty (40) days. In special circumstances, the OAPSE President may, by letter to the Superintendent, request that this requirement be waived. The Superintendent's decision shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. The maximum days for to be carried in the pool shall be 185 days per school year, and each classified staff member may donate up to two (2) days of sick leave from his/her individual sick leave accumulations each year to be added to this pool. The Superintendent shall be notified in writing by the Association of all such donations. Once the total accumulation in the pool drops below 100 days the Association President shall solicit additional days from certificated/licensed staff members in the District, provided they have not already donated their maximum number of emergency sick leave pool two (2) days that may be accumulated during each in the current school year is 20 days. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent to the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving the application to consider the request. The application may be sent to the building principal before the employee’s regular sick leave ends. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; however, the committee member representing the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick Any misuse of this leave bank provision may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilityresult in disciplinary action.

Sick Leave Pool. The purpose Methuen School Committee and the Program Assistants’ Association (Unit C) agree to maintain a Sick Leave Pool for the members of the emergency bargaining unit, which will be administered by the Association according to the following guidelines: (a) Each Program Assistant must become a member of the Sick Leave Pool for Program Assistants. (b) If the number of days in the Program Assistant sick leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school year after the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated sick leave and discretionary leave. Leave will be granted for catastrophic illness or injury more than 30% of the employee onlynumber of members in the Unit, on Program Assistants will not have to donate a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency sick leave pool will be funded by the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given to each employee on July 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave the employees receive will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an accumulation not to exceed 80 days for the pool. The maximum If the number of emergency sick leave pool days that may be accumulated during drops below 30%, Program Assistants will donate one day on the first day of school year is 20 days. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent to the building principal. in September. (c) The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet be established yearly by the Unit C Chairperson(s) and will consist of at least 4 (four) members of Unit C. Selection of committee members will be completed and names will be submitted to the Superintendent within 10 calendar the first full week of school. Decisions requiring use of the sick leave pool will rest solely with the Sick Leave Pool Committee. (d) The following procedures and criteria will be used to determine eligibility for benefits and the number of days after receiving to be granted: 1. The employee has exhausted his/her sick leave. 2. The employee has completed two (2) or more years of service in the Methuen Public Schools. 3. The employee, or in the event of incapacity, his/her representative, must obtain a Sick Leave Pool application to consider the requestform from a Sick Leave Pool Committee member. The application must be accompanied by an original, dated letter/note from a state certified medical doctor or nurse practitioner. This documentation must include the nature of the illness (diagnosis), a statement indicating that the member is unable to work in any capacity, as well as the anticipated date of return to work. 4. The Sick Leave Pool Committee may not award more than ten (10) sick days upon the initial application if substantiated by all the required documentation outlined on the MEA Sick Leave Pool application. Application must be made for additional benefits which may be sent awarded in increments of 30 days up to a total of 90 days. It is understood that it is not automatic that an employee will be covered for the building principal before entire illness and there is no guarantee that paychecks will not be interrupted. Leave taken pursuant to this Article will be deducted from the employee’s regular statutory leave entitlement under the Family and Medical Leave Act, if any. 5. The sex or marital status of the employee will have no basis in the decision to allow or deny sick leave endsbank benefits. 6. In the event of death, no sick leave granted by this committee will be paid to the employee’s estate, nor shall sick leave be paid to an employee who has been terminated, or resigned from his/her position. 7. Sick leave days drawn from the bank will be actual workdays in which school was in session excluding weekends, holidays, school closing and vacation periods. 8. All policies and procedures should be kept by all Unit C members as a reference. The Emergency policies and procedures will be strictly adhered to in all respects. (e) Actions taken by the Sick Leave Pool Committee on sick leave pool requests will be forwarded to the Superintendent for his/her approval. (f) No decision of the Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions of six membersthis Agreement. One member from each Any appeal will be limited to an appeal to the Sick Pool Committee itself. (g) The existence of the four schools (“Primarysick leave pool is a privilege rather than a convenience; therefore, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal days will be granted from the building pool only in cases of serious injury or illness verified by a physician’s certificate which demonstrates genuine disability and includes clarification of what the applicant. All members will meet patient can do, in relation to determine ach request; howeverassigned duties. (h) Upon return from extended sick leave during which benefits were received through the Sick Leave Pool, the committee member representing recipient shall be entitled to commence a new accumulation of individual sick leave on the same building basis as other employees. (i) Unused sick leave days of a Program Assistant who retires and/or resigns will be added to the applicant sick leave pool. (j) Decisions relating to the granting of sick days from the pool will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period affect the District’s right to make determinations regarding any employee relations matter, including the determination regarding the appropriateness of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member any employee’s use of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick leave bank may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilitytime.

Sick Leave Pool. The purpose 8.8.1 During a window period beginning October 1 and ending October 31, employees will be entitled to make a contribution to the sick leave pool. A minimum of three (3) days must be donated by any employee electing to participate as either a donor or recipient. A donation of one (1) day of sick leave will produce one (1) day in the emergency sick leave pool, available for use by eligible employees. Once an employee contributes days to the pool, those days are no longer available for use by the contributing employee. In order to be eligible to make a contribution, an employee must have at least ten (10) accumulated sick days to her/his credit. 8.8.2 A sick leave pool is to furnish additional sick days committee, composed of two employees appointed by the President of the Association and two administrators appointed by the Superintendent, will be responsible for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during administration of the school year after the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated sick leave and discretionary leave. Leave will be granted for catastrophic illness or injury of the employee only, on a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency sick leave pool will be funded by the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given to each employee on July 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave the employees receive will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an accumulation not to exceed 80 days for the pool. The maximum number of emergency An employee who applies to be considered for sick leave pool days that may be accumulated during must have exhausted all paid leave before receiving days from the school year is 20 dayspool. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent to the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving the application to consider the request. The application may be sent to the building principal before the employee’s regular Before approving sick leave ends. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; howeverpool eligibility, the committee member representing will examine past use of sick leave by the same building as employee. A majority vote of the applicant will not votecommittee is required in order for an employee to be deemed eligible. The building principal and superintendent committee's determination as to employee eligibility to receive sick pool days will vote be final. 8.8.3 An employee who has contributed to the pool may apply for sick pool days for reason of personal catastrophic illness/injury or catastrophic illness in all casesthe immediate family. For purposes of the sick pool, the term "immediate family" will be defined in accordance with provisions of Article 8 (8.2. 4.1). Once an employee is determined eligible for receipt of sick pool days, the committee may approve withdrawals in units of up to thirty (30) days, with the employee eligible to reapply for receipt of additional days. The committee's decision on approving or denying the application again will be deemed final. 8.8.4 Members of the bargaining unit are eligible to join the sick bank. In addition, administrators employed by the District are also eligible to join the sick bank. 8.8.5 If the committee members believes that the sick pool is or will serve be depleted, the committee may, regardless of the contribution window set forth above, reopen the pool for contributions. Such reopening for contributions will be for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even thirty (30) calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick leave bank may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilitydays.

Sick Leave Pool. The purpose Sick Leave Pool (SLP) shall be instituted July 1, 2007. 1. The SLP will be administered on a fiscal-year basis (July 1 to June 30). NTCFA employees will add days to the pool. 2. Human Resources personnel will administer the solicitation of the emergency sick leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school year after the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated sick leave and discretionary leave. Leave will be granted for catastrophic illness or injury of the employee only, on a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency sick leave pool will be funded by the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given to each employee on July May 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave the employees receive will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an accumulation not to exceed 80 days for the pool. 3. The maximum number of emergency sick leave days in the pool days that may shall be accumulated during the school year is 20 limited to 130 days. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic Each NTCFA employee can donate up to five days per year. 4. When an employee is absent from work due to personal illness or injury and he/she meets the necessary requirements, days from the SLP shall be granted to him/her. Medical certification of the personal illness or injury is required. The intent of the SLP is to minimize or eliminate the loss of earnings until an employee qualifies for long-term disability benefits or he/she uses a maximum of 65 SLP days per fiscal year, whichever is sooner. 5. Days from the SLP are not available for situations covered by Worker's Compensation. 6. Days from the SLP are not available for Family and Medical Leave Act situations, other than personal illness or personal injury. 7. An employee granted days from the SLP, does not have to reimburse the SLP or the District for the days utilized. 8. Before an employee can be granted days from the SLP, he/she must exhaust his/her personal accumulated sick leave. To ascertain this, an employee's leave record will be sent reviewed on the date that his/her personal accumulated sick leave is exhausted. 9. To be granted days from the SLP, an employee must have been absent for at least the preceding ten working days. However, if an employee is granted days from the SLP, returns to work, and is in need of additional days from the SLP, the above "buffer" shall be changed to five workdays. 10. In the event that the SLP balance becomes depleted to the building principalpoint where 25 days or less remain, Human Resources will notify the SLP Committee within a reasonable time period. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving In the application to consider event the request. The application may be sent to the building principal before the employee’s regular sick leave ends. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; however, the committee member representing the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 pool is depleted before the end of his/her termthe fiscal year, NTCFA can solicit days sooner than May 1. 11. Employees interested in using the committee will appoint SLP should submit a new committee member form written request to the affected buildingBenefit Specialist for Human Resources. The committee members Benefit Specialist and NTCFA President will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick leave bank may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilityreview the request for approval.

Sick Leave Pool. A. A Sick Leave Pool for employees covered by the Local 129 Bargaining Unit shall be established from voluntary donations of sick leave days. B. Each year, during the month of October, each Bargaining Unit member may donate up to eight (8) days to the Sick Leave Pool by using the Sick Leave Donation Form (Form K) and sending this form to the OAPSE 129 President. In the event the Sick Leave Pool balance falls below 120 days, an additional window of opportunity to donate to the Sick Leave Pool will be made available. Members are strongly discouraged from donating to the Sick Leave Pool if they have fewer than 30 sick leave days accumulated. C. Once an employee donates sick leave and the leave is forwarded to the Board through the Union President (using the sick leave donation Form J), the sick leave donation is irrevocable. The purpose sick leave donation will remain in the Sick Leave Pool indefinitely, until such time as it is needed by a qualifying Bargaining Unit member. D. An employee may use the Sick Leave Pool if s/he has met all the following criteria: 1. The employee has applied for SERS disability retirement or private disability insurance benefits whichever is applicable, within thirty (30) calendar days from the start of use of the emergency sick leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreementbenefit. This leave can only requirement to apply for SERS disability retirement or private disability insurance may be used during waived at the school year after discretion of the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated superintendent/designee. The Board will provide assistance to the employee in preparing the disability retirement application when requested. 2. All of his/her sick leave accumulation has been exhausted. (An employee does not have to use future sick leave.) 3. His/her absence is due to an illness, or ongoing illness or accident that will disable the individual from performing normal job duties and discretionary leavethat such condition is anticipated to continue at least fifty (50) working days from the date of application. Written medical verification of the above is required by a licensed medical doctor. 4. The employee has completed the Application to use Sick Leave Pool (Form J). 5. An administrator from the Human Resources Department and the Bargaining Unit President will jointly review each application and will make a recommendation to the Superintendent of Schools who will make the final decision as to the eligibility of the applicant. E. In the case of an employee qualifying for Sick Leave Pool days because of personal illness or injury, said days shall be granted for catastrophic illness in ten (10) day increments until the employee clearly needs no more or injury goes on SERS disability retirement. When an employee is medically able to return to work after use of the employee only, on a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency sick leave pool will pool, she/he shall provide the Board with a statement from her/his health care provider that the employee is able to resume the job functions for her/his position. F. Unused days shall be funded by returned to the Sick Leave Pool. Upon mutual agreement of the Board and OAPSE 129, if there is a small amount of donated days certified staff has over in the 80-day maximum Sick Leave Pool, a time period in addition to the yearly October donation time period can be established in order to ask bargaining unit members to donate sick leave this is given days to each employee on July 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave the employees receive will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an accumulation not to exceed 80 days for the pool. Sick Leave Pool. G. The maximum number of emergency sick leave pool Sick Leave Pool days that may be accumulated during the school year claimed by any one employee is 20 days. A written application along with one hundred twenty (120) days for each separate and distinct catastrophic illness, accident, or long-term illness as certified by a physician’s statement documenting the nature doctor of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent employee. H. The exempt employees have volunteered to participate in the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving with the application to consider understanding that the request. The application may be sent Union shall extend the same courtesy to the building principal before exempt employees in utilizing the employee’s regular sick leave endspool. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; howeverIn so doing, the committee member representing Board and Union expressly acknowledge and agree that this voluntary agreement in no way implies or recognizes that the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If exempt employees are a member of the committee leaves bargaining unit or have any rights under the employment of agreement. I. When an employee is approved for SERS disability retirement or for private disability insurance benefits during the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency one hundred and twenty (120) day sick leave bank may not be used to cover employees who are receiving paypool period, salary protection paymentss/he must immediately utilize such benefits, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilitysick leave pool benefits shall cease.

Sick Leave Pool. The sick leave pool shall be for all classified staff in the bargaining unit. The purpose of the emergency sick this pool shall be to provide a classified staff bargaining unit member a leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school year after the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated sick leave and discretionary leave. Leave will be granted for catastrophic illness or injury injury. To be eligible, a classified staff bargaining unit member must have exhausted all accumulated sick leave or other eligible leaves with pay, must have been three (3) years of service in the employee onlyXxxxxxx Xxxxx Local School District, on a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency and have donated to the sick leave pool will to be funded by eligible to use the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given pool. Available days in the Sick Leave Pool can be used for catastrophic illness not to each employee on July 1 exceed a cumulative total of each year. All one hundred (100) days over for one request of use of the 80-day accumulated sick leave pool. Application to draw days from this pool shall be made in writing to the employees receive will be put into an emergency Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee through the Association President. Depending upon the extent of the injury/illness and prognosis for return to regular employment, the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee may grant up to the maximum number of accumulated days currently in the pool, not to exceed the 40 day limit per person. If sick leave pool with an accumulation time is approved and the medical issue qualifies the employee for disability retirement through SERS, the employee will apply at the appropriate SERS timelines. After the first twenty (20) days of sick leave usage from the pool, the employee can apply for more days in segments of ten (10) days of sick leave at a time until all sick leave days in the pool are exhausted, not to exceed 80 a cumulative total of one hundred (100) days. In special circumstances, the OAPSE President may, by letter to the Superintendent, request that this requirement be waived. The Superintendent's decision shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. The maximum days for to be carried in the pool shall be 185 days per school year, and each classified staff member may donate up to two (2) days of sick leave from his/her individual sick leave accumulations each year to be added to this pool. The Superintendent shall be notified in writing by the Association of all such donations. Once the total accumulation in the pool drops below 100 days the Association President shall solicit additional days from classified staff members in the District, provided they have not already donated their maximum number of emergency sick leave pool two (2) days that may be accumulated during each in the current school year is 20 days. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent to the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving the application to consider the request. The application may be sent to the building principal before the employee’s regular sick leave ends. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; however, the committee member representing the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick Any misuse of this leave bank provision may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilityresult in disciplinary action.

Sick Leave Pool. The purpose Forms K & L A. A Sick Leave Pool for employees covered by Local 134 Bargaining Unit shall be established from voluntary donations of sick leave days from employees on a case by case basis as needed. B. No employee may donate more than eight (8) days of sick leave to any employee requesting use of the emergency Sick Leave Pool. These days may be donated one at a time. C. Donated sick leave shall be added to the accumulated sick leave of the absent employee and deducted from the donating employee. D. Once an employee donates sick leave, the leave is forwarded to the Board through the Union President (using the sick leave donation form, appendix/Form L) sick leave donation is irrevocable. E. An employee may use the Sick Leave Pool if s/he has met all the following criteria: 1. The employee has applied for SERS disability retirement or private disability insurance benefits whichever is applicable, within thirty (30) calendar days from the start of use of the sick leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreementbenefit. This leave can only requirement to apply for SERS disability retirement or private disability insurance may be used during waived at the school year after discretion of the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated superintendent/designee. The Board will provide assistance to the employee in preparing the disability retirement application when requested. 2. All of his/her sick leave accumulation has been exhausted. (An employee does not have to use future sick leave.) 3. His/her absence is due to an illness, or ongoing illness or accident that will disable the individual from performing normal job duties and discretionary leavethat such condition is anticipated to continue at least sixty (60) working days from the date of application. Written medical verification of the above is required by a licensed medical doctor. 4. The employee has completed the Application to use Sick Leave Pool (Appendix/Form K). 5. An administrator from the Operations Department and the Bargaining Unit President will jointly review each application and will make a recommendation to the Superintendent of Schools who will make the final decision as to the eligibility of the applicant. F. When the decision has been made that an employee can use Sick Leave Pool, a request to the employees for sick leave donation will be granted for catastrophic illness or injury made as soon as possible; however, the confidentiality of the employee only, on a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency requesting use of the sick leave pool cannot be guaranteed. Donation forms shall be forwarded to the Bargaining Unit President who will then forward days to the Board as needed. G. In the case of an employee qualifying for Sick Leave Pool days because of personal illness or injury, if approved, then said thirty (30) day increments shall be funded by granted until the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given to each employee clearly needs no more and goes on July 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave the employees receive will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an accumulation not to exceed 80 days for the pool. SERS disability retirement. H. The maximum number of emergency sick leave pool Sick Leave Pool days that may be accumulated during the school year claimed by any one employee is 20 days. A written application along with one hundred twenty (120) days for each separate and distinct catastrophic illness, accident, or long-term illness as certified by a physician’s statement documenting the nature doctor of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent employee. (Form O) . I. The exempt employees have volunteered to participate in the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving with the application to consider understanding that the request. The application may be sent Union shall extend the same courtesy to the building principal before exempt employees in utilizing the employee’s regular sick leave endspool. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; howeverIn so doing, the committee member representing Board and Union expressly acknowledge and agree that this voluntary agreement in no way implies or recognizes that the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If exempt employees are a member of the committee leaves bargaining unit or have any rights under the employment agreement. J. When an employee is approved for SERS disability retirement or for private disability insurance benefits during the one hundred and twenty (120) day sick leave pool period, s/he must immediately utilize such benefits, and sick leave pool benefits shall cease. 1. The Board shall reimburse said employee the difference between the gross disability payment and the gross salary payment for the remainder of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected buildingone hundred and twenty (120) day sick leave pool period. 2. The committee members will be in place Board shall reimburse said employee the cost of life insurance coverage under the waiver of premium provision for the waiting period required by September 1 of each yearthe insurance provider if the employee does not receive reimbursement from another source. The emergency waiver of premium period will continue in accordance with the terms of the life insurance plan document (certificate booklet). 3. The Board shall reimburse said employee the cost of COBRA continuation of insurance benefits, up to the Board paid monthly premium amounts for the remainder of the one hundred and twenty (120) day sick leave bank pool period for employees and/or dependents covered at the time of application for sick leave pool usage. K. Employees may not be used return to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible work according to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilitythe policies set forth by SERS.

Sick Leave Pool. The sick leave pool shall be established for all classified staff in the bargaining unit. The purpose of the emergency sick this pool shall be to provide a classified staff member a leave pool is to furnish additional sick days for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school year after the teacher has exhausted all regular accumulated sick leave and discretionary leave. Leave will be granted for catastrophic illness or injury injury. To be eligible, a classified staff member must have exhausted all accumulated sick leave or other eligible leaves with pay, must have been three (3) years of service in the employee onlyXxxxxxx Xxxxx Local School District, on a first-come, first-ask basis. The emergency and have donated to the sick leave pool will to be funded by eligible to use the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum sick leave this is given pool. Available days in the Sick Leave Pool can be used for catastrophic illness not to each employee on July 1 exceed a cumulative total of each year. All forty (40) days over for one request of use of the 80-day accumulated sick leave pool. Application to draw days from this pool shall be made on the employees receive will be put into an emergency appropriate form to the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee through the Association President. Depending upon the extent of the injury/illness and prognosis for return to regular employment, the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee may grant up to the maximum number of accumulated days currently in the pool, not to exceed the 40 day limit per person. If sick leave pool with an accumulation time is approved and the medical issue qualifies the employee for disability retirement through SERS, the employee will apply at the appropriate SERS timelines. After the first twenty (20) days of sick leave usage from the pool, the employee can apply for more days in segments of ten (10) days of sick leave at a time until all sick leave days in the pool are exhausted, not to exceed 80 a cumulative total of forty (40) days. In special circumstances, the OAPSE President may, by letter to the Superintendent, request that this requirement be waived. The Superintendent's decision shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. The maximum days for to be carried in the pool shall be 185 days per school year, and each classified staff member may donate up to two (2) days of sick leave from his/her individual sick leave accumulations each year to be added to this pool. The Superintendent shall be notified in writing by the Association of all such donations. Once the total accumulation in the pool drops below 100 days the Association President shall solicit additional days from classified staff members in the District, provided they have not already donated their maximum number of emergency sick leave pool two (2) days that may be accumulated during each in the current school year is 20 days. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent to the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving the application to consider the request. The application may be sent to the building principal before the employee’s regular sick leave ends. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; however, the committee member representing the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick Any misuse of this leave bank provision may not be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilityresult in disciplinary action.

Sick Leave Pool. The purpose a. If a teacher is currently incapacitated for thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or more due to an accident, catastrophic illness, or long-term illness [defined as an illness where it is anticipated that the teacher will be absent at least ten (10) additional working days] of the emergency teacher, his/her spouse or minor child, and has exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave, the teacher may apply to use the sick leave pool is (Attachment 3) and another teacher may donate up to furnish additional sick five (5) days for certified staff under the negotiated agreement. This leave can only be used during the school year after the teacher has exhausted all regular (Attachment 4) of his/her accumulated sick leave and discretionary leaveto the absent teacher. Leave will The requirement of thirty (30) consecutive days absence may be granted for catastrophic illness or injury waived in extraordinary circumstances at the discretion of the employee only, Superintendent. b. No teacher may receive more than an aggregate of thirty (30) donated sick leave days in any one school year. This thirty (30) day limit may be waived in extraordinary circumstances at the discretion of the Superintendent. c. Donation of sick days shall be initiated by a teacher on a first-comeform found as Attachment 4, first-ask basis. The emergency no later than the pay period within which the sick leave pool will be funded by of the days certified staff has over the 80-day maximum absent teacher is exhausted. d. Donated sick leave this is given shall be added to each employee on July 1 of each year. All days over the 80-day accumulated sick leave of the employees receive absent teacher and deducted from the donating teacher (Attachment 5). e. Donated sick leave shall not be considered as sick leave used for purposes of merit incentive for attendance payments. f. Upon request for sick days donation, the Superintendent/designee shall discuss with the B.E. A. President the eligibility of the claim. A teacher who meets the criteria set forth in paragraph (a) above, but who has been approved for other paid benefits such as workers compensation benefits or STRS retirement (disability or regular), will generally not be eligible to use the Sick Leave Pool. Exceptions may be made if the use of the Sick Leave Pool will enable the teacher to complete 120 work days for purposes of STRS benefits or in the event of a unique and extreme financial hardship. g. The Superintendent may require a doctor’s certificate verifying eligibility. The decision to grant use of the Sick Leave Pool is made by the Superintendent. If the Superintendent and B.E.A. President are not in agreement as to whether use of the Sick Leave Pool shall be granted, either the Superintendent or B.E. A. President may decide that the specific situation will be put into an emergency sick leave pool with an accumulation not to exceed 80 days for decided by the poolSick Leave Pool Committee. The maximum number of emergency sick leave pool days that may be accumulated during the school year is 20 days. A written application along with a physician’s statement documenting the nature of the catastrophic illness or injury must be sent to the building principal. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool Committee will meet within 10 calendar days after receiving is comprised of two (2) administrators appointed by the application to consider Superintendent, two (2) teachers appointed by the requestB.E. A. President, and one (1) Board member appointed by the Board. The application may be sent to the building principal before the employee’s regular sick leave ends. The Emergency Sick Leave Pool decision of this Committee will consist of six members. One member from each of the four schools (“Primary, Intermediate, Middle, is made by majority vote and High School”) the Superintendent and the building principal from the building of the applicant. All members will meet to determine ach request; however, the committee member representing the same building as the applicant will not vote. The building principal and superintendent will vote in all cases. The committee members will serve for a period of two years. The Primary and Middle School members will be elected on even calendar years and the Intermediate and the High School members will be elected on odd calendar years. If a member of the committee leaves the employment of the USD 210 before the end of his/her term, the committee will appoint a new committee member form the affected building. The committee members will be in place by September 1 of each year. The emergency sick leave bank may cannot be used to cover employees who are receiving pay, salary protection payments, and disability insurance payments or are eligible to receive compensation from workers’ compensation or KPERS disabilityappealed.