Instructional Employees. Leaves Near the End of the Term The District may require an instructional employee to continue taking a requested leave until the end of the term in any of the following situations:
Instructional Employees. All instructional employees shall be entitled to and shall enter into a written contract with the School Board as provided by state law. A copy shall be retained in the employee's personnel file.
Instructional Employees. Each employee that aids in providing instruction to students must meet the following requirements:
Instructional Employees. When leave will be taken near the conclusion of an academic term, an employee, whose principal function is to teach students, may be required, at the District’s option, to take leave for the remainder of the term. This will be required under the following circumstances: (1) when leave is to begin more than five weeks before the end of a term, the leave will last at least three weeks, and the employee would return to work during the three week period immediately preceding the end of the term; (2) when leave is to begin during the last five weeks of the school term, for reasons other than the employee's own serious illness, the leave will be for more than two weeks, and the employee would return to work during the two week period immediately preceding the end of the term; and (3) when leave is to begin within three weeks from the end of the school term, for reasons other than the employee's own serious illness, and the leave is to be for more than five days.
Instructional Employees. Leave taken because of the employee or family member’s serious health condition may be taken on an intermittent or reduced-schedule basis when medically necessary. If an employee seeks leave on an intermittent or reduced-schedule basis, the employee must submit medical certification, as discussed above, and additional certification from a health care provider that the intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is medically necessary. If an instructional employee requests intermittent leave to care for a spouse, son, daughter, or parent, or for the serious health condition of the employee, that is foreseeable based on planned medical treatment, and the employee would be on leave for more than twenty (20) percent of the total number of working days over the period of the leave, the District may require the employee to:
