Child Rearing Leaves. Child rearing leaves shall be granted to parents of children for up to one year under the following circumstances:
Child Rearing Leaves. Child rearing leaves without pay shall be granted to any teacher within the District. The following conditions shall apply:
Child Rearing Leaves. Upon physician's certification of termination of disability, the Board shall grant to any teacher a child rearing leave of absence without pay for the remainder of the school year. Reinstatement to a position for which the teacher is eligible will be for the beginning of the year following the child rearing leave.
Child Rearing Leaves. 1. The Board of Education will grant child rearing leave of absence, without pay, to any employee whose child is less than ninety (90) days of age at the time of leave commencement.
Child Rearing Leaves. 1. In cases of natural birth, the employee may request an unpaid leave of absence to commence upon conclusion of the disability period related to the birth of the child. Such leave shall be requested in writing contemporaneously with the notice required under subparagraph a. of A. 1 above. Subject to law, the request shall be granted for a period ending with the work year following the birth of the child.
Child Rearing Leaves. An employee may request a child rearing leave after the exhaustion of a medical maternity leave where the employee wishes to remain off the job. Such a leave shall be considered a Personal Leave of Absence in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 (b) above and may be granted upon approval of the Executive Director for up to one (1) year.
Child Rearing Leaves. Child rearing leaves may be granted to parents of children for the remainder of the school year under the following circumstances consistent with Family and Medical Leave Act:
Child Rearing Leaves. 1. The intent of this provision is to provide a period of leave for child-rearing during the first year after childbirth or after adoption of a child. On the request of professional employees and approval by the Board of Education, a leave of absence for the purpose of child rearing shall be granted in accordance with the provisions listed below. Child-rearing leaves shall be without pay. In considering such requests, the Board will take into account the interest of the District in maintaining continuity of instruction and the maintenance of a qualified, competent staff.
Child Rearing Leaves. A. 1. Whenever possible, leaves for staff members shall commence and terminate at natural breaks in the school year; i.e. the end or beginning of a marking period or the end or beginning of a semester. Non-tenured staff members granted a leave shall not have said leave extended beyond the end of the school year in which it is granted.
Child Rearing Leaves. A professional employee shall be entitled to child rearing leave without pay for a period not exceeding one (1) year after the termination of pregnancy. The employee shall request such leave in writing not less than thirty (30) days prior to commencement of leave, provided that such notice need not be given if an emergency occurs. The employee's position, or one equivalent to it, shall be held open during the period of child rearing leave. The employee must confirm in writing the employee's intention to resume employment by giving at least sixty (60) days notice prior to the employee's scheduled return, except if such a leave terminates on or after April 15th of any year, the employee shall notify the South Middleton School District in writing of the employee's intent to resume employment on the first day of the following school year, and the employee's leave shall be extended until the first day of the following school year. If the employee fails to give such notice, the employee shall be deemed to have waived the employee's right to resume employment and the employee's status shall be terminated. During child rearing leave, the employee shall retain the employee's unused sick leave, shall retain the employee's credit toward sabbatical leave, and shall retain credit for past service on the employee's rating card. The professional employee shall receive no compensation during a child rearing leave of absence. Upon return to employment in a subsequent school year the employee shall be placed on the next salary step provided the teacher was employed or in a paid leave status for at least one hundred twenty (120) school days in the previous school year. This provision shall also apply to return from all other unpaid leaves or unpaid absences.
