Common use of Unpaid Health Leave Clause in Contracts

Unpaid Health Leave. Each teacher under regular contract may be granted up to one (1) year unpaid health leave. Said leave shall be granted in accordance with terms specified below: 1. Receipt of a signed physician’s statement that at teacher or a member of said teacher’s immediate family is seriously ill. Immediate family shall mean only spouse, son, daughter, mother, father, or other relative living in the same household prior to the time the serious illness developed. 2. Said leave may be extended up to one (1) full school year beyond the first year the leave was granted at the sole discretion of the school employer. 3. Notification shall be given to the Office of the Superintendent in writing at least thirty (30) days before the date on which the leave is to start. Said notification shall include the expected beginning date and the expected ending date which must correspond with the beginning of a grading period. In case of a medical emergency, the teacher shall be granted a leave, as otherwise provided in this section. Immediately upon request and certification of the emergency from an attending physician. 4. Said teacher shall not advance on the experience column of the salary schedule unless the teacher is paid under contract one hundred twenty (120) or more days during the school year the leave was in effect.

Unpaid Health Leave. Each teacher under regular contract may be granted up to one (1) year unpaid health leave. Said leave shall be granted in accordance with terms specified below: 1. Receipt of a signed physician’s statement that at teacher or a member of said teacher’s immediate family is seriously ill. Immediate family shall mean only spouse, son, daughter, mother, father, or other relative living in the same household prior to the time the serious illness developed. 2. Said leave may be extended up to one (1) full school year beyond the first year the leave was granted at the sole discretion of the school employer. 3. Notification shall be given to the Office of the Superintendent in writing at least thirty (30) days before the date on which the leave is to start. Said notification shall include the expected beginning date and the expected ending date which must correspond with the beginning of a grading period. In case of a medical emergency, the teacher shall be granted a leave, as otherwise provided in this section. Immediately upon request and certification of the emergency from an attending physician. 4. Said teacher shall not advance on the experience column of the salary schedule unless the teacher is paid under contract one hundred twenty (120) or more days during the school year the leave was in effect.