General Unpaid Leave. Leave for up to two (2) consecutive years may be granted a teacher at the discretion of the Board for professional, educational, or other purposes and shall be granted for purposes of illness or disability as per ORC 3319.13. Teachers seeking unpaid leave for purposes of illness or disability must agree to provide verification that such leave is recommended by a physician. It is understood that no employee shall have a right to such unpaid leave for sporadic or short term absences, whether or not based upon illness (unless qualified under appropriate FMLA leave). For example, unpaid leave may or may not be granted for non-FMLA qualifying absence to extend the employment of an employee where such employee has exhausted all accumulated and/or advanced sick leave, unless the request is for long term unpaid leave and based upon legitimate medical reasons.
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