Leave Day Incentive Sample Clauses

Leave Day Incentive. An incentive for teachers who accumulate their maximum one thousand four hundred forty (1,440) hours of sick leave and forty (40) hours of personal leave shall be paid at 19% up to sixteen (16) hours of unused personal leave. Payment shall be made at the end of the school year or the first check of the new school year. Upon reaching the maximum in a previous year, a teacher is awarded seventy-two (72) hours of sick leave and sixteen (16) hours of personal leave at the beginning of the year. A teacher may use up to thirty-six (36) hours of this sick leave and still be eligible for the incentive pay. These seventy-two (72) hours are used first for illnesses. To qualify, personal leave shall not be used during the year. A teacher continues to be eligible for the incentive pay annually if he/she continues to meet the qualifications.