Common use of Sick Leave Pool Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be final. B. A faculty member may participate in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basis. C. A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool after one year of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave used, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment period.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance Each officer shall accumulate 120 hours of sick leave, with pay, per calendar year. When the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued total number of sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs pool hours drops below 5,600, 8 hours of sick leave time with pay from each officer participating in excess the program shall become part of the sick leave pool, and any remaining hours shall continue to be credited to the individual officer. Officers having opted not to participate will not, under any circumstances, be allowed to enter the pool at any later date. Any Officer who voluntarily drops out of the pool may not, under any circumstances, be allowed to re-enter the pool. Notification to the Accounting Unit must be provided, in writing, by the Officer who drops out of the pool. The Accounting Unit shall include a copy of this report in the Officer's file, and must forward a copy to the Chief's Office for inclusion in the Officer's permanent "201" file. A copy must also be sent to the Association within thirty (30) calendar days of the date the Officer requests to drop out of the sick leave pool. No Officer shall be eligible to draw sick leave pool days until one (1) of his sick days is credited to the pool. Upon completion of the initial two-month period of employment after graduation from the Academy, each Officer shall have 12 hours of sick leave credited to the pool. In the event of separation from employment prior to completion of the probationary period, the City may adjust the pool for any sick leave hours not actually earned by the contributing probationary Officer. When an Officer retires or dies, any sick leave accumulated by the Officer that would have otherwise been forfeited shall be credited to the sick leave pool. The Chief of Police and the President of the Association shall each appoint an equal amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority officers to a committee in rank to administer the sick leave pool. The Committee shall then elect a chairman. The resulting vacancy will be filled by the opposite appointing officer from that receiving the chairmanship. Example: If the Chief of Police appointee is elected chairman, the Association President shall appoint for the created vacancy. The Chief of Police will select one Sergeant, one Detective and implement one Patrol Officer. The Association President will select one Detective and two Patrol Officers. In cases where an officer applies for sick leave pool benefits and holds a rank higher than sergeant, the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement Chief and the laws President of the State Association will each appoint one person of Floridarank equal to or higher than held by the requesting Officer. All committee members shall be appointed on or before October 1 of each year and shall serve one-year terms. Any vacancies occurring during the course of the term shall be filled within twenty-one (21) calendar days. No person shall be allowed to serve more than one (1) consecutive term. The decisions of Human Resources City shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless each committee member. The following requirements determine when a committee may consider when sick leave pool hours may be drawn. A decision by the committee shall be final. B. A faculty member A. Officers may participate be considered for sick leave pool hours after taking off 120 consecutive working hours of continuous non-job-related illness or injury. The 120 consecutive working hours used for eligibility shall be submitted as a leave request by the Officer from his own accumulated sick leave and will not be refundable by the Committee or otherwise. The Department shall reimburse the Officer, from the hours in the sick leave pool, for any type of leave hours used in excess of the 120 consecutive working hours, if reimbursement is approved by the Sick Leave Pool on Committee. B. No officer shall be permitted to use more than 1440 pool hours for a voluntary basissingle illness or injury. C. A faculty member shall Pool hours may not be eligible used for participation injuries or illnesses sustained in the Sick Leave Pool after one year line of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leaveduty. D. Each day The number of hours in the pool shall be solely for the benefit of officers with extended injuries or illnesses, and such hours shall not revert to the accumulated sick leave of individual officers. E. Pool time may only be used for disability, which is defined as a non-job-related injury or illness, which prevents an Officer from fully performing assigned duties in all major divisions of the Department. X. The Committee Chairman may at any time or at the request of the Chief of Police reconvene the Committee for further consideration should evidence come forward that would affect the outcome of a faculty member contributes Committee decision after a decision has been reached. The Committee by majority vote may extend, reduce, approve, cancel, or deny a pool usage, as the evidence requires. G. Officers desiring consideration for pool usage may be required to submit to medical examination by a City doctor and may be required to produce medical records, doctor's orders, and any other material necessary to render a decision by the committee. X. Upon any Officer being absent from duty 18-work weeks as a result of a single illness or injury, the Chief may require the Officer to submit to a medical examination to determine whether the officer is permanently disabled. When it is determined that an Officer is permanently disabled, the Chief shall be entitled to terminate or retire the officer, whichever is applicable, according to law existing. I. Officers applying to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution Committee for reimbursement of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution hours used in excess of 120 hours must do so within one year of return to duty, following the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave used, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment period.

Sick Leave Pool. The Administration and the UFF/BC agree to the formation of a sick leave pool effective January 1,1990. The following procedures shall apply to the use of the sick leave pool. A. Membership 1. Participation in the pool shall be voluntary at all times. 2. In accordance with order to join the following provisionspool, a faculty Faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave must have been employed for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall at least one academic year and have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be final. B. A faculty member may participate in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basis. C. A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool after one year of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) 8 days of unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes to 3. All participants in the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member pool shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) donate 2 days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave pool and have their personal sick leave accrual reduced by the same amount. 4. If the sick leave pool becomes depleted, all participating Faculty members shall contribute an additional 1-day of sick leave and have their personal sick leave accrual reduced by that amount. The pool shall be considered depleted when the total number of credits in the pool is 30 days or fewer. The pool shall not be replenished more than 2 times in any 12-month period. B. Utilization of Pool 1. No additional Use of sick leave pool credits is limited to the Faculty member's personal illness, accident, or injury. 2. Faculty members must have been absent from scheduled duty days for a minimum of 20 duty days, and must have exhausted all accrued sick and vacation leave before being eligible to apply for sick leave pool credits. 3. A Faculty member may apply for a maximum of 20 days credit at any one time. A maximum of 40 days may be granted in any 12-month period to an individual Faculty member. 4. Participating Faculty members may resign from the pool at any time. Upon resignation from the pool or from the College, all contributions to the pool and rights to receive leave credits from the pool shall be forfeited. 5. Alleged abuse of the pool shall be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the Faculty member shall repay all of the sick leave credits wrongfully drawn from the pool. Such abuse could also lead to appropriate disciplinary action against the Faculty member. 6. Applications to join the sick leave pool and application for the use of sick leave pool credits shall be made to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave PoolCommittee. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants The Committee shall be assessed formed in accordance with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) daysPolicy 6Hx2-3. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave used, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment period.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued A. A sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources pool shall be finalestablished for use by participating full-time employees. B. A faculty member may participate Participation in the Sick Leave Pool sick leave pool shall be voluntary on a voluntary basisthe part of each full-time employee. C. A faculty member All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment with by the College, Okaloosa County School Board provided the faculty member said employee has accrued accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused accrued sick leave. D. Each day of Any sick leave that a faculty member contributes pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days donating employee as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize E. Any sick leave time drawn from the Sick Leave Pool, a pool by the participating faculty member employee must use be used for the sick leave for a employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. I. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels his membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave he has contributed to the pool. G. A participating faculty member employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from Sick Leave Pool after the pool until all of his accrued sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20 day increments, from the pool within a twelve month period and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used only for approved absences of five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness continuous workdays or injurymore. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave usedsuch days, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) abovea regular contributing member. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member state shall not be eligible to withdraw any have sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the futurepool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. M. After using three (3) draws J. Abuse of any amount up to the maximum use of 25 days per drawthe sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the faculty member will have employee may be required to reapply to repay any or all of the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) yearemployee’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) credits drawn from the sick leave days to pool at the Sick Leave Pool during employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the enrollment period.1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be final. B. A faculty member may participate in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basis. C. A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool after one year of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave used, except for a replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment period.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with The Committee and the Association agree to a Unit A Sick Leave Pool under the following provisions, guidelines: 1. Each member of the bargaining unit shall be a faculty member may elect to pool of the Sick Leave Pool. First year teachers who have utilized more than five of their accrued sick leave for disbursement days will not be eligible to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement receive days from the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members during their first year of employment. 2. The Sick Leave Pool shall be funded as follows: a. Unused days in accordance with the provisions Sick Leave Pool at the end of Article 13 of this Agreement and one school year shall be carried forward to the laws Sick Leave Pool at the beginning of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be final. B. A faculty member may participate next school year, including those unused days in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basisJune 30, 1988. C. A faculty member b. After applying the eighteen (18) sick leave days of annual accrual to each teacher's individual account at the beginning of school in September, days left over at the end of the year beyond the maximum accumulation allowed, under Section C above, shall be eligible for participation in added to the Sick Leave Pool after one year of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to days in the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution c. At the end of four (4) each school year, unused sick leave days of accrued sick leave teachers who retire and/or resign, up to a maximum number of days equal to the number of members in the bargaining unit, shall be added to the days in the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. . d. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with depleted below 30% of the same number of days as is necessary to replenish members in the bargaining unit, the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred Committee (200Section 3a below) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of may assess each teacher one (1) day from her/his personal accumulation and the Sick Leave Pool during Committee shall so notify the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution Superintendent promptly in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the writing. 3. The Sick Leave Pool. Pool shall be administered as follows: a. A faculty member is not eligible teacher whose sick leave accumulation has been exhausted may apply to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave PoolCommittee, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used such Committee consisting of five (5) members of the Association appointed by its President. Such teacher may receive a maximum of ten (10) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injuryper school year when the need arises. This time may be extended if two-thirds the Association’s Executive Board so votes. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of b. Each request for sick leave days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from that has been approved by the Sick Leave Pool Committee and each request for an extension that has been approved by the Association’s Executive Board shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave used, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed forwarded forthwith to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible Superintendent for his/her approval. The Superintendent shall act reasonably and promptly on the matter. The Superintendent shall consider the following criteria when evaluating whether to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the future.grant a request: M. After using three (3a) draws Adequate medical evidence of any amount up to the maximum extended illness/accident (b) Prior utilization of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued all earned sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment period.leave

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be final. B. A faculty member may participate in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basis. C. A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool after one year of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s 's accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days.hundred G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave.sixty H. To X. Xx utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. X. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave used, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, Pool nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment period.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be final. B. A faculty member may participate in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basis. C. A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool after one year of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s 's accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- 4) day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave used, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s 's continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment period.four

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance All employees shall be entitled to ten non-accumulative, non-bank sick leave days each contract year to be exhausted before accessing bank days. This sick leave shall cover absences for the employee’s own illness, illness in the employee’s immediate family (defined below), or persons who make their home with the following provisions, a faculty member employee. This non-accumulative leave may elect to pool accrued also be used as bereavement leave for members of the employee's immediate family. Once the 10 days of non-accumulative sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources been used, then each eligible employee shall be final. B. A faculty member may participate in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basis. C. A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool after one year of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes permitted to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is use needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave Poolsick leave bank established by the Board of Education, a participating faculty member must as follows: Beginning with the first year, an employee may use up to ten days from the sick leave bank for a personal illnesseach year of his/her employment of USD 214, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member including the current year of employment; but in no event, shall the accumulative entitlement in the sick leave exceed "eighty" days for each said employee. Accrued sick leave is available at the beginning of the contract year. Sick leave is renewable each year for certified staff regardless of prior usage. The sick leave bank shall contain 500 days at the start of each school year. Once 500 days have been used from the sick leave bank, by all employees, in any school year, no further leave shall be eligible to use granted from the sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued bank. Days in the sick leave bank are not applicable to family illness and vacation shall cover absences for the illness of the employee only. Further use of sick leave days shall terminate at the time a physician states the employee is able to return to work. In the event of the death of an eligible employee, the unused portion of the employee's sick leave shall be paid as a death benefit to the employee's estate, or to his next-of-kin, as follows: Whenever the employee's estate is being probated, the death benefit shall be paid to his duly appointed executor or administrator. Whenever the employee's estate is not being probated, and sufficient evidence is presented to the satisfaction of the Board as to the persons comprising his/her next-of-kin and heirs-at-law, and sufficient evidence is presented to the satisfaction of the Board that all claims and debts against his/her estate have been depleted paid and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resourcessatisfied, the maximum number Board may pay said death benefit to his/her heir-at-law. All personnel using sick leave, upon the request of days that the Grant County Teachers' Association, Board of Education, or administration, must produce verification of illness from a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool doctor before such sick leave shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses granted with pay. The sick leave from pay shall be computed on the Sick Leave Pool basis of a contract school term of 190 days. The death benefit pay shall also be computed on the basis of a contract school term of 190 days. Said death benefit may be paid only as a death benefit or as a life insurance benefit, and shall not be required considered as sick leave, or salary, or a bonus. Notwithstanding anything herein above contained to re-contribute the sick leave usedcontrary, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Poolevent of the death of a certified employee, the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed minimum death benefit payable to the Sick Leave Poolemployee's estate or to his/her next-of-kin, nor as aforesaid, shall be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool sum of $2,500, but no death benefit will be paid in the future. M. After using three (3) draws event of any amount up to suicide of the employee. Addendum: certified staff may donate a maximum of 25 two (2) days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) year from their 10 non-accumulative sick leave days to a colleague. The employee receiving the Sick Leave Pool during donated days must have used all their available leave(all non-accumulative sick leave days, all sick leave bank days, and all personal business days) before they can receive donated days. The Central Office will notify the enrollment periodbuilding administrator when the situation occurs. This addendum will sunset at the end of the 2012 - 2013 school year unless GCTA and USD 214 agree to continue it. Definition: Immediate family - Husband, wife, son, daughter, mother, father, grandparents, grandchildren, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, xxxxx, nephew, and in-laws of the previous list where appropriate, step-child, and step- parent. The Superintendent will make final determination of other questionable requests.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect A Sick Leave Bank will be established to pool accrued provide paid sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of absences that exceed the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Floridaleave days accumulated by an active employee. The decisions of Human Resources following MBU shall be final. B. A faculty member may eligible to participate in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basis.Bank: C. A faculty member shall be eligible for participation 1. For the 2024-2025 school year, any MBU who is in their third year or beyond may voluntarily donate one (1) accumulated, unused sick day to the Sick Leave Pool after one Bank during the first nine weeks of the school year. 2. Bargaining unit members in their first or second year of employment with the Collegedistrict will be eligible to utilize the sick leave bank even though they are not yet required to donate a day. 3. Any member of the bargaining unit who is in his/her third year of employment, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve may voluntarily donate one (121) days of accumulated, unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from Bank during the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balancefirst nine weeks of his or her third year. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution 4. For MBU who are in unpaid status during his/her year of eligibility to donate to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Bank, he/she may donate within the first nine (9) weeks after returning to paid status. Bargaining unit members who seek to join or continue to participate in the Sick Leave Bank will be required to donate one (1) additional accumulated unused sick day each calendar year that ends in a zero (0). Each participating faculty MBU who chooses to donate shall notify the Board Treasurer by utilizing the employee “available forms” in the District’s online portal. The Treasurer is then authorized to reduce by one day that employee’s accumulated unused sick leave total. A member shall make an initial must have contributed to the sick leave bank every year a contribution is required to be able to utilize this benefit. Exceptions can be made through collaboration of four the Superintendent and BOSS President. If MBU is absent due to: (41) catastrophic personal illness/injury, or (2) catastrophic illness/injury in the immediate family who are members of the same home, or (3) a situation where the BOSS President and the Superintendent agree that the employee is the primary health care giver of any immediate family member or person who stands in legal standing as such, who is suffering from a catastrophic personal illness/injury, and the member has exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave and personal days, the member could request to draw up to thirty (30) days per school year from the Sick Leave Bank. No classified staff member will be entitled to more than sixty (60) days of accrued leave from the sick leave bank during their employment with BBHCSD unless the sick leave bank committee allows an exception by a majority vote of 75% or higher. Maternity Leave is not a valid reason to utilize the sick leave bank unless medical issues covered by this Section arise from a recent birth. All Sick Leave Bank days awarded to a requesting member must be approved by the Sick Leave Bank Committee, which consists of two Administrators, two Union Members appointed by the BOSS president, the Superintendent and the BOSS President. The decision will be final and binding and will not be grieveable, and is not based on past decisions and/or will not become a precedent for future requests. Approval for a classified staff member’s request to utilize the sick leave bank must be by a majority vote. A 3-3 tie will be considered a yes vote, and the member will be granted access to the sick leave bank. When the Sick Leave Bank is reduced to 30 days or less due to utilization by members, a new cycle of donating one (1) accumulated, unused sick day to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to Bank Committee may be approved by the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Poolsick leave bank committee. If the number majority of days of accrued the sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced bank Committee votes to twenty-five (25) ask for additional donated days, all participants shall the new cycle request for donated days will be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary enacted. The Treasurer will send out a staff notification via email that in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll remain as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment periodBank, which shall occur during the first sixty classified employees have thirty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (430) days to submit a donation of no more than two days using form through the same extent all other District’s online portal. This paragraph only applies to bargaining unit members who are contributing currently participating due to previously donating a day during the regular donation cycle. All members must contribute one (1) day in the “new cycle” in order to replenish be able to utilize this benefit. If the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join has less than 30 days accumulated at the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave beginning of the school year and has previously donated a day in BBHCSD, then that member will be exempt from donating into the Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall “new cycle,” but will still be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave used, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Pool, Bank if they contribute in the faculty member shall not be eligible next open enrollment window. The Treasurer will notify the Superintendent and BOSS President when they must issue a request for MDONBUs to withdraw any sick leave days contributed submit an additional day to remain active in the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the futureBank. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment period.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued A. A sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources pool shall be finalestablished for use by participating full-time employees. B. A faculty member may participate Participation in the Sick Leave Pool sick leave pool shall be voluntary on a voluntary basisthe part of each full-time employee. C. A faculty member All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment with by the College, Okaloosa County School Board provided the faculty member said employee has accrued accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused accrued sick leave. D. Each day of Any sick leave that a faculty member contributes pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days donating employee as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize E. Any sick leave time drawn from the Sick Leave Pool, a pool by the participating faculty member employee must use be used for the sick leave for a employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. I. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. A participating faculty member employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued the pool until all of the employee’s sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, from the pool within a twelve- month period and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used only for approved absences of five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness continuous workdays or injurymore. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave usedsuch days, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) abovea regular contributing member. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member state shall not be eligible to withdraw any have sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the futurepool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. M. After using three (3) draws J. Abuse of any amount up to the maximum use of 25 days per drawthe sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the faculty member will have employee may be required to reapply to repay any or all of the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) yearemployee’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) credits drawn from the sick leave days to pool at the Sick Leave Pool during employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the enrollment period1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick leave pool policy.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with 10.1 The Committee and the following provisions, Association agree to establish a faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty the members in accordance with of the provisions of Article 13 bargaining unit which shall be administered by the Superintendent, or his/her designee, according to the following guidelines: A. Each secretary may voluntarily become a member of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be finalSick Leave Pool for Secretaries. B. A faculty member may participate As requirement of membership in the Sick Leave Pool each participating member shall voluntarily donate one day per year from their own sick leave entitlement to the pool which shall be effective on the first day of school of a voluntary basisschool year. After five (5) years of membership in the pool, members will no longer need to donate annually unless the pool of available days drop below 100. C. A faculty member An individual shall be eligible for participation not lose membership in the Sick Leave Pool after one year pool should that participating member be out for an extended period of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leavetime. D. Each day of sick leave that pool member may receive a faculty member contributes Sick Leave Pool benefit of up to a maximum of ten days in a school year. All requests for access to the Sick Leave Pool must be approved by the Association’s Officers before submitting the Sick Leave Pool request form to the Business Administrator. The Business Administrator will be deducted from submit the contributing faculty member’s accrued Sick Leave Request to the Superintendent for approval, both the Superintendent and the Association Officers must approve the sick leave balancerequest. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution The existence of the Sick Leave Pool is a privilege rather than a convenience, therefore, days will be granted from the Pool only in cases of serious injury or illness verified by a physician’s certificate which demonstrates a genuine disability and includes clarification of what the patient can do or cannot do in relation to assigned duties. F. The use of the Sick Leave Pool is limited to one hundred eighty-two days maximum per illness, and limited to employees who have been employed five years or more in the Methuen Public Schools. Employees who have been employed less than one year, are not eligible for days from the Sick Leave Pool. Employees who have been employed more than one, but less than five years, will be entitled to only fifty days from the Sick Leave Pool. F. G. Each party agrees to allow the emergency granting of ten (10) days from the sick leave pool if approved the chair/co-chairs and the Superintendent in order to not interrupt paychecks for an individual. Once the member has submitted all the proper documentation, the member can apply for more sick leave pool days should the member show a need. H. All participating faculty members shall sign an affidavit indicating their desire to join the pool. Continued membership from year to year shall be automatically assumed as long as the participating member is employed as a member of the bargaining unit. A participating member shall make sign an initial contribution affidavit indicating their termination of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave membership in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall if the individual will be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll continuing as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days bargaining unit but desires not to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave used, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate continue voluntary participation in the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the . I. Procedures: a. Obtain a Sick Leave Pool, nor Pool Request Form from the personnel office (Business Administrator). Fill out this form providing all information requested and attach physician’s certificate which explains: (1) the nature of the illness and (2) the expected number of days requested to be eligible to draw from out of work. b. Return the Sick Leave Pool Request Form and the physician’s certificate to the personnel office (Business Administrator) with a copy to the Methuen Educational Secretaries Association. A second medical certificate may be requested form a physician approved by the Methuen Public Schools. c. A doctor’s certificate may be required upon return from an absence of three or more days. The employee must notify his/her Supervisor on or before the first day of the absence informing the Supervisor as closely as possible when the employee expects to return to work. The employee is expected to keep his/her Supervisor informed during his/her absence as to the expected duration of such absence. If deemed to be in the futurebest interest of the Superintendent or his/her designee, a physical examination of the employee may be required, such examination to be administered by a Committee selected physician and without charge to the employee. M. After using three (3) draws d. An employee shall not suffer any loss of sick leave accumulation during any amount up period of absence from work due to any injury arising out of and in the maximum course of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have performance of assigned duties for a minimum period of one (1) year’s continued employment with calendar year from the College, twelve (12) accrued date of said injury. It is understood that while there shall be no loss of sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick accumulation during said period, there shall be no additional accumulation of said leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment said period.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued A. A sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources pool shall be finalestablished for use by participating full-time employees. B. A faculty member may participate Participation in the Sick Leave Pool sick leave pool shall be voluntary on a voluntary basisthe part of each full-time employee. C. A faculty member All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment with by the College, Okaloosa County School Board provided the faculty member said employee has accrued accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused accrued sick leave. D. Each day of Any sick leave that a faculty member contributes pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days donating employee as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize E. Any sick leave time drawn from the Sick Leave Pool, a pool by the participating faculty member employee must use be used for the sick leave for a employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. I. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. A participating faculty member employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued the pool until all of the employee’s sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, from the pool within a twelve-month period and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used only for approved absences of five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness continuous workdays or injurymore. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool pool shall not be required to re-contribute the sick leave usedsuch days, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) abovea regular contributing member. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member state shall not be eligible to withdraw any have sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in pool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 J. Abuse of the futureuse of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued K. A sick leave days pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and contribute four (4) shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment periodpool policy.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with The Committee and the Association agree to a Unit A Sick Leave Pool under the following provisions, a faculty guidelines: 1. Each member may elect to pool accrued sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount bargaining unit shall be a member of his accrued sick leavethe Sick Leave Pool. 2. The Sick Leave Pool shall be funded as follows: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement a. Unused days in the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with at the provisions end of Article 13 of this Agreement and one school year shall be carried forward to the laws Sick Leave Pool at the beginning of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be final. B. A faculty member may participate next school year, including those unused days in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basisJune 30, 1988. C. A faculty member b. After applying the eighteen (18) sick leave days of annual accrual to each teacher's individual account at the beginning of school in September, days left over at the end of the year beyond the maximum accumulation allowed, under Section C above, shall be eligible for participation in added to the Sick Leave Pool after one year of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to days in the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution c. At the end of four (4) each school year, unused sick leave days of accrued sick leave teachers who retire and/or resign, up to a maximum number of days equal to the number of members in the bargaining unit, shall be added to the days in the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. . d. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with depleted below 30% of the same number of days as is necessary to replenish members in the bargaining unit, the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred Committee (200Section 3a below) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of may assess each teacher one (1) day from her/his personal accumulation and the Sick Leave Pool during Committee shall so notify the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution Superintendent promptly in excess of the four (4) days to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the writing. 3. The Sick Leave Pool. Pool shall be administered as follows: a. A faculty member is not eligible teacher whose sick leave accumulation has been exhausted may apply to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave PoolCommittee, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used such Committee consisting of five (5) members of the Association appointed by its President. Such teacher may receive a maximum of ten (10) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injuryper school year when the need arises. This time may be extended if two-thirds the Association's Executive Board so votes. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of b. Each request for sick leave days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from that has been approved by the Sick Leave Pool Committee and each request for extension that has been approved by the Association's Executive Board shall not be required forwarded forthwith to re-contribute the sick leave used, except Superintendent for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) abovehis approval. The Superintendent shall act reasonably and promptly on the matter. L. If c. In the event the Superintendent does not approve a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the Sick Leave Poolrequest under "b" above, the faculty member shall not request will be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three sent promptly (3within two (2) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1workdays) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during Appeals Board, consisting of two (2) administrators from the enrollment periodCentral Office (non-Unit B) designated by the Committee and two (2) Unit A members designated by the Association with each party able to designate an alternate. Decisions of the Board shall be by majority vote of those present, with at least three (3) members present in order to conduct business.

Sick Leave Pool. In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member 1. Each teacher may elect to pool accrued sick leave for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be final. B. A faculty member may participate in the Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary basis. C. A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the Sick Leave Pool after one year of employment with the College, provided the faculty member has accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days of unused sick leave. D. Each day of sick leave that a faculty member contributes to the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during by authorizing the annual enrollment periodDistrict to deduct up to two (2) days sick leave per year from his or her total of accumulated sick days, which shall occur during said days to be donated to the first sixty (60) calendar days Pool. The purpose of the Fall Term each yearSick Leave Pool is to provide a teacher, additional sick leave when the teacher has expended his or her accumulated sick leave due to a serious personal or family illness or accident. 2. The Superintendent of Schools and the President of the Association shall serve as Trustees of the Sick Leave Pool and shall receive, consider, and act upon applications to borrow from the Pool. The Trustees shall make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days develop procedures to the same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish administer the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is Said procedures, including By-Laws, shall conform to this Agreement. Decisions of the Trustees shall not eligible be subject to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leavegrievance procedure. H. To utilize sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool3. Use of Pool days may be in any amount, a participating faculty member must use the sick leave for a personal illness, accident or injury. I. A participating faculty member shall be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five but not more than twenty (520) days times the years of personal leave without pay for service in the District, and in no case, in an amount that would carry past the end of the school year in which the borrowing took place. Should a personal illness teacher require additional days at the commencement of the following year, he or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member she may draw apply. Application to borrow from the Sick Leave Pool will be made to the Trustees. A teacher who is injured in a non-job related accident which is compensated for by insurance, who is on unpaid leave, or who is entitled to disability retirement may not participate in the sick leave pool. If an approval of application is not achieved by the sick pool trustees, or an applicant is dissatisfied with the decision of the Sick Leave Bank Trustees, an appeal can be made by the applicant to a review board composed of two members appointed by the Superintendent, two members appointed by the President of the Teachers’ Association and one member acceptable to both the Superintendent and the STA president. The decision of the review Board shall be three increments of up to twentyfinal, binding and non-five (25) days eachgrievable. K. Except as provided 4. When the total number of days accumulated in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the Sick Leave Pool exceeds one thousand two hundred (1,200), yearly deductions from teachers shall not be required to re-contribute discontinued until the sick leave used, except for replenishment as described in paragraph (G) above. L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate total number of days in the Sick Leave Pool, pool falls below five hundred (500). New employees and/or new enrollees who wish to join must contribute required days as per seven (7) regardless of time limits on total accumulated days 5. New teachers may elect to join the faculty member shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave days and contribute four (4) sick leave days to the Sick Leave Pool during the enrollment periodthirty (30) day time period following their initial start date in the District.