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Life Insurance
The BOARD shall provide for Tier | employees full payment of the cost of a term group life insurance
policy equal to one times their annual salary. The Board shall provide a $7,500 term group life
insurance policy for Tier Il and Tier Ill employees. Employees shall become eligible for the term life
insurance benefit on the first of the month following the conclusion of the employee's probationary
period.
Eligible employees may purchase, at their own expense, additional optional life insurance, if approved
by the insurance carrier, in an amount allowed by the insurance carrier.
Continuation of Insurance
The District will comply with the provisions of federal and state statutes, as amended from time to time,
relating to the continuation of an employee's health insurance at the time of separation of employment.
Any such continuation shall be at the employee's expense, unless otherwise required under law.
Dental Coverage
The Board agrees to provide dental coverage for Tier | employees only commencing on the first day of
the month following the completion of the probationary period. Tier Il and Tier Ill employees may
purchase dental coverage at their own expense. The dental plan offered to employees shall contain at
least the following level of benefits: Coverage A (100% diagnostic and preventive care), Coverage B
(80% for restorative care for fillings, extractions, root canal therapy, periodontal treatment, repair of a
removable denture, emergency treatment etc.); Coverage C (50% coverage for prosthodontics) for a
total benefit not to exceed $1500 per person year with a $0 deductible per year.
ARTICLE VI
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
Sick Leave
A. Each Tier | employee shall be entitled during each fiscal year to annual sick leave of ten (10) days
without loss of pay.
Each Tier Il employee shall be entitled during each fiscal year to annual sick leave of five (5) days
without loss of pay.
Each Tier Ill employee shall be entitled during each fiscal year to annual sick leave of four (4) days
without loss of pay.
Sick leave may be taken without loss of pay after successful completion of the probationary period.
Unused sick leave shall accumulate annually to a maximum of one-hundred (100} days, which
shall not include the sick leave due in a current fiscal year.
The sick day allotment shall be converted from days to hours based on the employee's regularly
scheduled workday.
B. No sick leave payments shall be applied retroactively for unpaid leave taken during the
probationary period.
C. The District agrees that each employee entitled to annual sick leave shall be notified at least once
in each school year of the employee's accumulation to date. Balances provided on the employee's
pay stub shall constitute notice.
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