Common use of TEMPORARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE Clause in Contracts

TEMPORARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE. (1) Each teacher shall be entitled to three (3) days of personal business leave per year without loss of salary exclusive of sick leave. Only three teachers may be absent from a school at any one time for this reason. More than three could be absent when, if in the judgment of the principal, the conditions warrant it. The teacher requesting use of personal leave will not be required to state the reason for such leave. (2) Requests for personal business leave shall not be granted immediately before or immediately after a holiday, or on an in-service day for teachers, or during the first five (5) days of the student calendar or the last five (5) days of the student calendar. On the day preceding or following a holiday or Superintendent approved leave the request must be made in writing to the Superintendent of Schools. The Association and the Board agree that personal business leave will not be granted for recreation, vacation or shopping. The decision of the Superintendent will be final. (3) Unused personal business leave days will be converted to cumulative sick leave at the end of each school year. (4) Teachers will be permitted to use one (1) of their personal days to attend the post-secondary graduation for their child, stepchild, or spouse immediately before or immediately after a holiday, or on an in-service day for teachers. b. Each teacher shall be granted up to five (5) working days at any one time, without salary deduction, in the event of the death of his/her spouse, mother, father, child, xxxxxx child, brother, sister, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, xxxxxx parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and members of the immediate household. It is intended that such leave be used at the actual time of the burial arrangements and funeral of the deceased and for related reasons. Emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the Superintendent. c. Each teacher shall be granted up to three (3) working days at any one time, without salary deduction, in the event of the death of a grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. It is intended that such leave be used at the actual time of the burial arrangements and funeral of the deceased and for related reasons. Emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the Superintendent. d. Each teacher shall be granted one (1) working day without salary deduction in the event of the death of an aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. It is intended that such leave be used at the actual time of the burial arrangements and funeral of the deceased and for related reasons. Emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the Superintendent. e. The Board will continue its policy of permitting interschool visitation by selected teachers whenever the practice offers a clear and evident value for the improvement of the instructional program. Teachers involved in approved visitations will be considered as on duty. f. Requests for authorized representatives of the Association to attend conferences and conventions of state and national educational associations will be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent. The salary deduction for such absence will be stipulated at the time the response is made to the request for such absence. g. Requests for absence from teaching duties in order to attend summer school must be on the basis of an individually written request made to the Superintendent by the teacher involved. Absence because of the granting of this request will result in salary deduction of per diem the annual salary for each day of absence. The decision of the Superintendent on such request is not subject to the grievance procedure. h. A teacher shall be granted one day of leave without loss of salary to receive a graduate degree awarded on a school day.

TEMPORARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE. All full-time contract employees shall be entitled to the following leaves of absence with full pay each school year: A. Two days of personal leave each school year without being required to indicate reason for such leave or to obtain prior approval. Employees are to give prior notification by telephoning the answering service and stating that day of absence is to be a personal day. No more than one personal day may be used either before or after a holiday to meet personal responsibilities, which cannot be scheduled at another time, but only with the prior approval of the Chief School Administrator. However, no reasonable requests for such use will be denied, and any denial shall be subject to the grievance procedures of this agreement. A holiday shall be defined as all work days where schools are closed in accordance with the approved school calendar for that year. The staff shall be entitled to use a personal day during a school break should the school calendar change for emergency reasons if the staff member had made prepaid reservations prior to the change in the school calendar. B. Personal leave day may be used for religious absence. C. If death occurs in the immediate family of any employee, that employee will be allowed absence, without reference to sick leave, at full pay as follows: Allowance of five (5) days for parents or legal guardians, mother and father-in-law, spouse and children including adopted, step or xxxxxx children, brothers and sisters; three (3) days for grandchildren, grandparents, brother and sister-in-law; (1) Each teacher day for aunt and uncle. In event of miscarriage resulting in involuntary termination of pregnancy, up to three days of absence with pay without reference to sick leave shall be entitled allowed under circumstances where the employee has previously, at earliest indication of pregnancy, notified the Board of intent to leave for maternity and date of commencement of leave and the employee provides the Board with physician certification of miscarriage. D. In the event of illness in the immediate family which creates an emergency situation, an employee may use up to three (3) days of personal business leave per year with full pay without loss of salary exclusive of reference to sick leave. Only three teachers may be absent from a school at any one time for this reason. More than three could be absent whenImmediate family is here defined as parents or legal guardians, if spouse and children, including adopted, step or xxxxxx children living in the judgment of the principal, the conditions warrant it. The teacher requesting use of personal leave will not be required to state the reason for such leavehousehold. (2) Requests for personal business leave shall not be granted immediately before or immediately after a holiday, or on an in-service day for teachers, or during the first five (5) days of the student calendar or the last five (5) days of the student calendar. On the day preceding or following a holiday or Superintendent approved leave the request must be made in writing to the Superintendent of Schools. The Association and the Board agree that personal business leave will not be granted for recreation, vacation or shopping. The decision of the Superintendent will be final. (3) Unused personal business leave days will be converted to cumulative sick leave at the end of each school year. (4) Teachers will be permitted to use one (1) of their personal days to attend the post-secondary graduation for their child, stepchild, or spouse immediately before or immediately after a holiday, or on an in-service day for teachers. b. Each teacher E. Employees shall be granted up to five (5) working days at any one timea maternity leave under existing State Law. In keeping with State Law, without salary deduction, in the event of the death of his/her spouse, mother, father, child, xxxxxx child, brother, sister, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, xxxxxx parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and members of the immediate household. It is intended that such leave accumulated sick day entitlement may be used at the actual time for periods of the burial arrangements disability caused by reasons of pregnancy and funeral of the deceased and for related reasons. Emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the Superintendentmaternity. c. Each teacher F. Temporary leave of absence without pay may be granted or denied to full time contract employees. Such leave, for any reason or number of days, shall be granted up to three (3) working days at any one time, without salary deduction, in the event of the death of or denied on a grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. It is intended that such leave be used case by case basis at the actual time of the burial arrangements and funeral of the deceased and for related reasons. Emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the Superintendent. d. Each teacher shall be granted one (1) working day without salary deduction in the event of the death of an aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. It is intended that such leave be used at the actual time of the burial arrangements and funeral of the deceased and for related reasons. Emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the Superintendent. e. The Board will continue its policy of permitting interschool visitation by selected teachers whenever the practice offers a clear and evident value for the improvement of the instructional program. Teachers involved in approved visitations will be considered as on duty. f. Requests for authorized representatives of the Association to attend conferences and conventions of state and national educational associations will be granted at the sole discretion of the Superintendent. The salary deduction for Chief School Administrator and such absence will be stipulated at the time the response is made action shall not serve as a precedent with regard to the request for such absencefuture leave requests. g. Requests for absence from teaching duties in order to attend summer school must be on the basis of an individually written request made to the Superintendent by the teacher involved. Absence because of the granting of this request will result in salary deduction of per diem the annual salary for each day of absence. The decision of the Superintendent on such request is not subject to the grievance procedure. h. A teacher shall be granted one day of leave without loss of salary to receive a graduate degree awarded on a school day.

TEMPORARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE. (A. At the beginning of the school year, teachers shall be entitled to the following temporary non-accumulative leaves of absence with full pay for each school year. 1) Each . A teacher shall be entitled to three (3) days non-accumulative leave of personal business leave per year without loss of salary exclusive of sick leaveabsence for personal, legal, business, household, or family matters which require absence during the school hours with full pay for each school year. Only three teachers may be absent from a school at any one time for this reason. More than three could be absent when, if in the judgment of Notification to the principal, the conditions warrant it. The teacher requesting use of in written form for personal leave will not shall be required made five (5) days prior to state taking such leave except in cases of extreme emergency for which a stated reason must be given and must be approved by the reason for such leaveSuperintendent. a. Not more than seven and one-half (27-1/2%) Requests for personal business leave percent of the teachers of any building shall not be granted personal days on the same day. Should the building contain less than ten (10) teachers, it is understood the limit of teachers absence due to personal days, shall be one (1). b. No personal days may be taken immediately before preceding or immediately after following a holiday, holiday or on an in-service day unless for teachers, or during the first five (5) days of the student calendar or the last five (5) days of the student calendar. On the day preceding or following a holiday or Superintendent stated reason approved leave the request must be made in writing to by the Superintendent of Schools. The Association and the Board agree that or his designee. c. No personal business leave will not days may be granted taken after June 1st unless for recreation, vacation or shopping. The decision of a stated reason approved by the Superintendent will be finalor his designee. (3) Unused personal business leave d. Personal days will be converted taken as full days only. 2. Teachers shall be paid seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents ($77.50) for each unused personal leave day defined in Section A. 1. above. Payment for unused personal leave days shall be made prior to cumulative sick leave at the end June 30 of each school year. A teacher may elect to have his/her unused personal leave converted to accumulated sick leave in lieu of the payment described above. Written notice of the election shall be provided to the Business Office no later than June 1. In the absence of such notice, the payment will be made. 3. Death in the immediate family entitles a teacher up to a maximum of four (4) Teachers will be permitted to use one (1) school days leave of their personal days to attend the post-secondary graduation for their child, stepchild, or spouse immediately before or immediately after a holiday, or on an in-service day for teachers. b. Each teacher absence per death without loss of pay. "Immediate Family" shall be granted up to five (5) working days at any one time, without salary deduction, in the event of the death of his/her mean teacher's spouse, mother, father, child, xxxxxx child, brother, sister, sonparent or surrogate parent, parent-in-law, daughter-in-lawformer legal guardian, xxxxxx parent, father-in-law, mother-in-lawgrandchild, and members member of the teacher’s immediate household. It is intended that such Two (2) days of paid leave be used at the actual time of the burial arrangements and funeral of the deceased and for related reasons. Emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the Superintendent. c. Each teacher shall be granted up to three (3) working days at any one time, without salary deduction, in the event of available for the death of a grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. It is intended that such leave be used at the actual time of the burial arrangements and funeral of the deceased and for related reasons. Emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the Superintendentteacher’s grandparent. d. Each teacher shall be granted one (1) working day without salary deduction in the event of the death of an aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. It is intended that such leave be used at the actual time of the burial arrangements and funeral of the deceased and for related reasons. Emergencies and unusual circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the Superintendent. e. The Board will continue its policy of permitting interschool visitation by selected teachers whenever the practice offers a clear and evident value for the improvement of the instructional program. Teachers involved in approved visitations will be considered as on duty. f. Requests for authorized representatives of the Association to attend conferences and conventions of state and national educational associations will be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent. The salary deduction for such absence will be stipulated at the time the response is made to the request for such absence. g. Requests for absence from teaching duties in order to attend summer school must be on the basis of an individually written request made to the Superintendent by the teacher involved. Absence because of the granting of this request will result in salary deduction of per diem the annual salary for each day of absence. The decision of the Superintendent on such request is not subject to the grievance procedure. h. A teacher shall be granted one day of leave without loss of salary to receive a graduate degree awarded on a school day.