Funding the Sick Leave Bank. Staff members enrolling in the Bank will donate one sick leave day to the Bank at the beginning of each school year or upon beginning employment with the District. If at any time all sick leave days banked by staff members shall have been exhausted, the Association shall have the authority to either suspend the operation of the Sick Leave Bank for the duration of the then current school year or may assess all participating staff members an additional sick leave day to be contributed to the Sick Leave Bank, and all participating staff members so notified. If the Sick Leave Bank has accumulated approximately two-and- one-half times the number of contributing members, the Association may elect to automatically continue membership for current members for the following year without requiring a new contribution from each member. The Sick Leave Bank will not be permitted, in the aggregate, to fall into a deficit position.
