Temporary Illness or Disability Leave. (1) A teacher who is unable to teach because of personal illness or disability and who has exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave shall be granted a leave of absence without pay or benefits for such illness or disability, up to one (1) calendar year. Said leave may be renewed for an additional year upon request of a teacher and the consent of the Board. Any employee who can reasonably anticipate the need for a temporary disability leave, because of illness or injury, shall notify the superintendent of the need for said leave not later than two (2) weeks prior to the anticipated beginning of the leave of absence. (2) In the event the employee desires to return to work prior to the expiration of the leave, said employee shall submit in writing: (a) a notice of intent to return to work to the superintendent at least two (2) weeks prior to the expected date of return, and (b) a certificate from a medical doctor attesting to the fact that the employee's physical condition is such that said employee is able to resume regular duties without restriction or limitation. (3) A teacher may be involuntarily placed on a sick leave of absence, with pay to the extent of the teacher's accumulated sick leave credits, provided there is good and sufficient reason to suspect that the physical or mental health of said teacher is causing said teacher not to satisfactorily perform his/her teaching responsibilities. In such instance, the Board shall schedule and pay for all appropriate examinations by a licensed physician of the Board's choice. If it is the opinion of the examining physician that there was no good and sufficient reason to suspect that the physical or mental health of said teacher justified placing said teacher on involuntary sick leave of absence, said teacher shall be returned to work and shall suffer no loss of wages or other benefits. In the event the teacher disagrees with the doctor's conclusions, he/she may employ the services of a licensed physician for confirmation purposes. In the event the two (2) doctors disagree, between them they shall mutually select a third doctor whose conclusions shall be final and binding upon the parties and whose fees shall be shared equally between the Board and the Union. (4) In the event the employee fails to return to work upon the expiration of said leave, it shall be conclusively presumed the employee voluntarily quit and the employee shall forfeit any further rights he/she may have under this Agreement or individual contract. (5) Employees who desire to continue their health insurance while on said leave may do so at their own expense, at the expiration of their FMLA benefits, subject to the terms and conditions of the insurance carrier. (6) A request for leave under this provision for reasons of personal illness or disability shall be accompanied by a statement from the teacher's physician confirming said illness or disability. (7) The general notice requirements as applied to this section shall be waived by the superintendent when said notice requirements could not be reasonably met.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Temporary Illness or Disability Leave. (1) A teacher who is unable to teach because of personal illness or disability and who has exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave shall be granted a leave of absence without pay or benefits for such illness or disability, up to one (1) calendar year. Said leave may be renewed for an additional year upon request of a teacher and the consent of the Board. Any employee who can reasonably anticipate the need for a temporary disability leave, because of illness or injury, shall notify the superintendent of the need for said leave not later than two (2) weeks prior to the anticipated beginning of the leave of absence.
(2) In the event the employee desires to return to work prior to the expiration of the leave, said employee shall submit in writing: (a) a notice of intent to return to work to the superintendent at least two (2) weeks prior to the expected date of return, and (b) a certificate from a medical doctor attesting to the fact that the employee's physical condition is such that said employee is able to resume regular duties without restriction or limitation.
(3) A teacher may be involuntarily placed on a sick leave of absence, with pay to the extent of the teacher's accumulated sick leave credits, provided there is good and sufficient reason to suspect that the physical or mental health of said teacher is causing said teacher not to satisfactorily perform his/her teaching responsibilities. In such instance, the Board shall schedule and pay for all appropriate examinations by a licensed physician of the Board's choice. If it is the opinion of the examining physician that there was no good and sufficient reason to suspect that the physical or mental health of said teacher justified placing said teacher on involuntary sick leave of absence, said teacher shall be returned to work and shall suffer no loss of wages or other benefits. In the event the teacher disagrees with the doctor's conclusions, he/she may employ the services of a licensed physician for confirmation purposes. In the event the two (2) doctors disagree, between them they shall mutually select a third doctor whose conclusions shall be final and binding upon the parties and whose fees shall be shared equally between the Board and the Union.
(4) In the event the employee fails to return to work upon the expiration of said leave, it shall be conclusively presumed the employee voluntarily quit and the employee shall forfeit any further rights he/she may have under this Agreement or individual contract.
(5) Employees who desire to continue their health insurance while on said leave may do so at their own expense, at the expiration of their FMLA benefits, subject to the terms and conditions of the insurance carrier.
(6) A request for leave under this provision for reasons of personal illness or disability shall be accompanied by a statement from the teacher's physician confirming said illness or disability.
(7) The general notice requirements as applied to this section shall be waived by the superintendent when said notice requirements could not be reasonably met.two
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Samples: Master Agreement
