Common use of ILLNESS PROGRAM Clause in Contracts

ILLNESS PROGRAM. A. The Crestview Board of Education and the Crestview Education Association will establish a Catastrophic Illness/Injury Assistance Program. This program will permit full-time/part time bargaining unit members to contribute one (1) personal leave day to a catastrophic illness injury assistance program. B. Use of the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Program shall be limited to catastrophic illness/injury of the bargaining unit member, spouse, or dependent children. A doctor’s statement is required for consideration. C. Use of the Catastrophic Illness/Injury program may only be used when the bargaining unit member has exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave. D. The maximum number of days that an individual may request from the Catastrophic Illness/Injury program will be twenty (20) days. E. Participation in contributing to the Catastrophic Illness/Injury program is completely voluntary. The number of days accumulated for the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Program shall be limited to forty (40) days per year. Any unused days will not roll over into the next year. F. The CEA and the Crestview Board of Education shall establish a committee to oversee the administration of the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Program. This committee will be charged with maintaining the appropriate records, evaluating requests for receiving assistance from the Catastrophic Illness/Injury Program and shall be empowered to adopt other rules, regulations and make decisions as necessary to administer the program. The committee shall consist of the Superintendent, Treasurer and CEA President and two bargaining unit members appointed by the CEA. All decisions of the committee cannot be grieved.