Common use of Use of the Bank Clause in Contracts

Use of the Bank. 1. The Sick Leave Bank will cover catastrophic illnesses and accidents of the Employee. Bank benefits shall not be available to employees on child rearing leave. 2. For a member to receive any benefit from the sick leave bank, all accumulated sick and personal leave must be exhausted. 3. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall consist of six (6) elected association members (one from each building) and one non-voting member of the business office for recording purposes only. Elections shall be conducted to allow variable terms of membership so as there will not be a complete turnover of the committee in any given year. A chair will be elected by the committee. 4. Any member who wishes to access sick days from the bank must complete written application and submit to the Sick Leave Bank Representative in their building. A physician’s letter of prognosis and expected duration of disability must be included in the application. In addition, it shall be the responsibility of the member to provide a progress report from the physician at such intervals as determined by the Sick Leave Committee. Failure to provide this report may result in termination of Sick Leave Bank use. All decisions rest with the committee and cannot be appealed. Upon receipt of the application, the Sick Leave Bank Committee will attempt to meet and render a decision within five (5) school days. 5. Members are eligible for sick leave benefit of up to twenty (20) days per medical need with a life-time maximum of thirty (30) days. Part-time staff will receive a pro-ration of such maximum. The sick leave bank will coordinate with the district’s disability coverage. It is understood that no member may access both the disability coverage and sick leave bank simultaneously. A maximum of ten (10) family illness days can be used in any given school year as per the Collective Bargaining Agreement. 6. While receiving benefits from worker’s compensation, disability, disability retirement, social security, and/or a medical sabbatical, employees will not have access to the sick leave bank. 7. All Sick Leave Bank benefits shall be at the employee’s daily rate less usual deductions. 8. There will be an annual state of the bank report made to members and the school district business office committee within (30) days of the enrollment period.