Donating Days definition
Donating Days. Any employee wishing to participate in the Sick Leave Donation Plan must complete and submit a donation form by September 1st (December 18th for the 2015-2016 school year). During the 2015-2016 school year, the first year of the Sick Leave Donation Plan, employees wishing to participate will donate two (2) sick days to the Plan. Subsequent years will require a donation of one (1) day per year until the bank is maxed at two hundred and fifty (250) days. New employees to the district and new participants to the Plan after the 2015-2016 school year will be required to donate two (2) days during the first year of participation in the Bank and one (1) in each subsequent year until the Bank is maxed at two hundred fifty (250) days. Once the max is reached, participating employees will not be required to donate days; however new participants will donate two
Donating Days. New and Returning Members must complete the required form (see Exhibit J) and return it to the Business Office by September 1 to join the Sick and Emergency Leave Pool for the current school year. By completing the required form, this authorizes the Business Department to allocate one (1) day of sick leave to the Sick and Emergency Leave Pool. This day will be reflected on the September 25 paycheck. By September 15, the Business Department will review the previous balance of the Sick and Emergency Leave Pool and add the New and Returning Members required day to the balance. If the combined balance is less than 100 days, then the Business Department will allocate one (1) sick day from each Continuing Member. If the balance is 100 days or greater, no days will be deducted from Continuing Members for that school year. • Teachers working less than full-time but at least half-time may join and participate in the pool on a pro-rated basis. • Certified teachers hired after September 1 of a current school year may participate in the pool if the required form (Exhibit J) is completed and returned to the Business Department within 30 days of hire date. • Only teachers of USD 409 who have contributed to the Sick and Emergency Leave Pool may make application for leave days. • If a member chooses to terminate membership in the pool, he/she must complete the required form (see Exhibit J) and return to the Business Office by September 1. • Days donated become the property of the Sick and Emergency Leave Pool. The teacher may request up to ten (10) days of leave from the pool at his/her daily rate in any one school year. At the time an application is received, a teacher from the applicant’s building selected by the three (3) members of the committee and the principal from the applicant’s building shall make up the additional two (2) members of the committee. (Both teachers must be members of the Sick and Emergency Leave Pool.) Each committee member is allotted one vote. A majority of three is needed to make a determination. The application is dropped if the (3) votes are not obtained. A record of the application, the names of the committee members, and the final decision (approved for specific number of days OR not approved) must be kept on file at the Board of Education office. (Voting records and committee discussion is confidential.) The committee may require any documentation deemed necessary under the circumstances to substantiate a request to receive days from the p...