6:2
Sick leave shall be allowed only in the case of necessity and actual sickness or disability of the
employee, the employee's children, step children and/or grandchildren living in the household
spouse, domestic partner or parent, or for the employee to take physical and dental examinations
or other sickness prevention measures that cannot be scheduled outside of their workday. In
case of the serious illness or accident of the spouse of the employee, parents. or children of the
employee, necessitating the employee’s absence from work, the supervisor or designee may grant
absence from work with sick pay up to the amount of annual and accumuiated sick leave to which
the employee is entitled unless qualifying FMLA circumstances or extended leave provisions apply.
An employee must notify the Director or designee by 6:00 am or two (2) hours prior to starting time,
whichever is later, in order to draw sick leave pay, unless the employee can provide a compelling
reason why such notice cannot be given. In order to qualify for paid sick leave of four (4)
consecutive days cr more, the employee may be required to present a doctor's certificate or other
satisfactory evidence to the Human Resource Department, indicating that the employee was
unable to work due to sickness or injury during the period claimed.
The District may terminate any employee absent from work due to illness after exhaustion of
benefits under this Article, thiee months of absence, or exhaustion of authorized leave, whichever
occurs later.
Sick leave days for employees hired or returning from leave after the beginning of the school year
shall be prorated in the ratio the number of remaining employee workdays is to the total workdays
in the employee's job category.
Sick leave may be taken in hourly increments and shall be charged against the emp oyee for oniy
the actual time used by the employee.
Personal Leave
Tier | employees, who have completed their probationary period, shall be entitled to non-accumulative
leave of absence, with full pay, for the following reasons up to a maximum of three (3) days in any pupil
school year. Tier Il employees who have completed their probationary period, shall be entitled to two
(2) days of non-accumulation leave of absence, with full pay, for the following reasons:
a.
b.
Cc.
d.
e.
Marriage of employee's children, parents, or immediate family as defined under Article 6:3;
Graduation exercise of the eligible employee, or of the eligible employee's children;
Required appearance in court;
Observance of a nationally recognized religious holiday of the religion practiced by the employee;
Compelling personal business that cannot be accomplished outside of the school day the nature of
which shall be related in confidence to the Supervisor.
All leaves referred to in Article 6:2 are subject to the following conditions:
a)
b)
Except in emergency situations, at least 48-hours’ notice shall be given in requesting a personal
day through the Director or designee. Lacking such notice, the absence will be considered
unauthorized and the employee taking unauthorized leave will not be paid;
The Director or designee may, if necessary and for valid reason, withhold approval of requests for
personal leave:
The last personal day to which an employee is entitled shall, if taken, be deducted from sick leave;
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