Accumulation
Sick leave time shall be accumulated as follows:
Upon the first contract day of the year, all continuing employees shall be credited ten (10) sick days. Initial employees will be credited ten (10) sick days upon the completion of their first contract day.
Employees may accumulate no more than one hundred twenty (120) days of unused sick leave.
Sick Leave Benefits
All regular full-time employees shall be paid sick leave benefits for all regularly scheduled working time lost by reason of illness or injury as defined herein, up to the total time accumulated by the employee. The Superintendent may require substantiation of said illness or injury.
Routine appointments of any kind are deducted from employee personal days. Sick leave can be used for dependent and self for doctor visits that address a problem.
Part-time teachers shall accumulate sick leave benefits on a pro rata basis.
Definitions and General Provisions
Any disability payments received under the Worker's Compensation Act may be payable to the Board by the teacher and the teacher shall in lieu thereof receive sick leave benefits as defined herein.
Time lost due to the closing of schools by order of the County Board of Health or other competent authority shall not result in any loss of wages or accumulated sick leave.
All sick leave benefits shall terminate and/or be forfeited upon termination of employment for any reason.
An employee returning from any illness or injury, whether or not sick leave benefits have been paid, may be required to submit to a medical examination at the expense of the Board or furnish a medical doctor's certificate of health prior to returning to work, in order to safeguard the health of students and fellow employees.
Any employee who has been proven to obtain sick leave benefits by fraud, deceit, or falsified doctor’s statement shall be subject to suspension, discharge or other penalty as determined by the Board.
Sick leave benefits may be used for the purpose of time lost for oral surgery or physical examinations required for diagnostic purposes or required medical or psychological treatments. Oral surgery shall be deemed to be the treatment of the diseases, injuries or defects of the human jaw and the associative structure including extraction, periodontal surgery, injury, or any cutting with a knife.
Up to ten (10) days of accrued sick leave may be used annually to care for ill or ailing members of an employee’s immediate family (mother, mother-in-law, father, father-in-law, children, spouse, and domestic partners). Such leave shall be deducted from accumulated sick leave. Said days shall be for illness or ailments not covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
In addition, up to ten (10) days of accrued sick leave may be used annually to care for ill or ailing members of an employee’s immediate family (adult children, adult siblings, and grandchildren) who are not covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Such leave shall be deducted from accumulated sick leave.
Physical Assault on Teachers
Time lost through physical injury resulting from a student's assault on a teacher while the teacher is performing authorized school-related duties shall not be charged against the teacher's sick leave. The Board will pay the difference between the teacher's regular salary and Workman's Compensation disability benefits paid to the teacher.
Rev: 6-11-2018
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