Urgent Personal Business Leave. a. Each employee shall be entitled to up to five (5) days per year for urgent personal business leave. With the exception of inclement weather, a written statement of intent to be absent shall be submitted to the principal (or other appropriate administrator) at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the expected absence. The principal (or other appropriate administrator) may make exception to the twenty-four (24) hour requirement in case of demonstrated need. Urgent personal business leave must be used only to conduct personal business of any nature that cannot be scheduled on a non-duty day. Urgent personal business leave may not be used on consecutive duty days or on the first or last duty day of school for staff except with permission of the principal (or other appropriate administrator). b. A personal business leave day may not be used immediately preceding or following a holiday except upon special permission by the appropriate member of the Superintendent’s staff. Absence for personal business leave shall not be charged to sick leave; unused urgent personal business leave shall be accumulated as rolled sick leave. Rolled sick leave shall be available during the year for use by the employee for making annual sick leave bank assessment contributions, if sufficient time is available in this category of leave. Employees who are members of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System shall have all accrued rolled sick leave time included in the final calculation of accrued sick leave for creditable service made at the time of retirement. The only exception shall be that urgent personal business leave that is not used during the school year an employee retires shall not be applied to the previously noted creditable service calculation.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
