The Board of Education shall adopt regulations for the following types of leave for District employees:
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Annual Leave Days
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Bereavement Leave
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Leave for Jury Duty
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Military Leave
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Leave of Absence
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Family and Medical Care Leave (See Policy and Regulation 4321)
Specific provisions of the various forms of District leave are set out in Regulation 4320.
CERTIFIED PERSONNEL SHORT-TERM LEAVES AND ABSENCES
The Board believes that the provisions of leaves for the professional staff helps to attract and retain faculty who will continue to grow professionally, maintain their physical health and have a feeling of security.
The following leaves with pay will be accorded full-time certified employees:
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Leave - Certified employees will receive 11days of personal leave per year.Unused leave will be accumulative to 60 leave days.An absence of over one through four hours shall be counted as half day leave.At termination of employment, all employees shall be entitled to reimbursement of $10.00 per day up to 45 days for unused accumulated leave.If the employee retires from the district, all days will be paid out at half of the daily substitute rate (currently $35.00).
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Should certified employees have a death in the certified employee’s immediate family that employee will be granted three bereavement days.Immediate family shall include spouse, children, parents, sisters, brothers, grandchildren, grandparents, mother and father-in-law or any other relative dependent upon the employee shall be considered at the discretion of the superintendent.Absences for other relatives not listed above would require the use of annual leave days.
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Any certified employee who is a member of a retirement system shall remain a member during any period of leave under leave provisions of the district or under workers’ compensation.The employee shall also receive creditable service credit for such leave time if the employee makes contributions to the system equal to the amount of contributions which he or she would have made had he or she been on active service status.
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The employee shall be granted leave during periods of pregnancy-related disability, and if necessary an unpaid leave of absence, to begin at the time recommended by her physician.The employee shall return to duty when she is physically able based on medical opinion, except that this paragraph creates no rights extending beyond the contracted period of employment.
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An employee who is the primary caretaker of an adopted child may use his or her accrued leave, annual leave or leave without pay for the purpose of arranging for the child’s placement or caring for the child after placement.
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After an employee has accumulated the minimum 45 days of unused leave he/she may request to receive annual compensation at the prevailing substitute teacher daily rate for any unused days.
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Annual leave absences of three (3) or more consecutive days must be requested at the absence unless deemed an emergency by the appropriate building principal or superintendent.
Professional Leave - Teachers may be granted professional leave upon the approval of the administration. Professional leave must be arranged well in advance, and is not considered personal leave.
Salary deduction will be made for all absences which are not covered by the various leave policies.
SUPPORT STAFF LEAVES AND ABSENCES
The Board believes that the provision of leaves for the professional staff helps to attract and retain persons who will continue to grow professionally, maintain their physical health and have a feeling of security.
The following leaves with pay will be accorded full-time non-certified employees:
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Leave - Non-certified employees will receive 11 days of leave per year.Unused leave will be accumulative to 60 leave days.An absence of over one through four hours shall be counted as half day leave.At termination of employment, all employees shall be entitled to reimbursement of $10.00 per day up to 45 days for unused accumulated leave.If the employee retires from the district, all days will be paid out at half of the daily substitute rate (currently $35.00).
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Annual Day Usage for Less than ½ Day - Leave will be logged and accumulated for each employee in the principal's office up to equal ½ day.At that time ½ day will be charged against the employee's allowed leave.At the end of the contracted period, if the logged time has accumulated between ½ and 3 ½ hours, the staff member will be charged ½ day against allowed leave.
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Non-certified employees who are absent because of accident, illness or death in their immediate family shall be granted leave.Should there be a death in the non-certified employee's immediate family that employee will be granted three bereavement days.Immediate family shall include spouse, children, parents, sisters, brothers, grandchildren, grandparents, mother and father-in-law or any other relative dependent upon the employee shall be considered at the discretion of the superintendent.Absences for other relatives not listed above would require the use of annual leave.
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Annual leave absences of three (3) or more consecutive days must be requested and approved by the appropriate administrator at absence unless deemed an emergency by the appropriate building principal or superintendent.Leave may not be used in conjunction with scheduled vacation days or during the first or last week of the school year.
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After an employee has accumulated the minimum of 45 days of unused leave he/she may request to receive annual compensation of $20.00 per day for any unused days.
Salary deduction will be made for all absences which are not covered by the various leave policies.