TEMPORARY DISABILITY LEAVES OF ABSENCE. A teacher who is absent because of disability or incapacity shall be deemed temporarily disabled in accordance with the following: Employed in District Temporary Disability 0 thru 1 year up to 60 consecutive school days. 2 thru 4 years up to 90 consecutive school days, or for 90 out of 120 school days, from the same illness or incapacity. 5 or more years up through the balance of the school year from the same illness or incapacity. If a temporarily disabled teacher does not have sufficient accumulated sick leave days or unpaid leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to cover the duration of his/her absence, the Board shall grant the teacher an unpaid leave of absence for the period of temporary disability, but not to exceed the number of days shown above as calculated from the onset of the disability. The Board may grant any teacher who is deemed permanently disabled (i.e., absent for more consecutive school days than allowed above) and whose accumulated sick leave has been exhausted an extended unpaid leave of absence in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable to all unpaid leaves as set forth in Section 8.9 of this Agreement. Pregnancy shall be treated as any other disability or incapacity for purposes of this provision. Nothing in this provision is intended to restrict the right of any teacher to a reasonable accommodation for absence as afforded under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
