Common use of Leave Sharing Program Clause in Contracts

Leave Sharing Program. A. Certificated employees may participate in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District Leave Sharing Program as regulated by state law and provided by Board policy. B. An employee shall be entitled to receive leave under this item if the employee suffers from, or has a relative or household member suffering from an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition which is of an extraordinary or severe nature, or who has been called to the uniformed services and which has caused, or is likely to cause, the employee to go on leave without pay status, or terminate employment. C. An employee receiving such leave sharing transfer must have depleted or will shortly deplete his or her accumulated sick leave. D. Staff members receiving workers' compensation are not eligible to receive leave sharing. E. An employee needing leave days shall submit a request to the District. In the event the employee is unable to submit such written request, a designee may submit the request on behalf of the employee. F. The superintendent, or designee, shall determine the amount of leave, if any, which an employee may receive. A full-time employee shall not receive a total of more than one hundred eighty (180) days leave. Part-time employees shall not receive more than their pro-rata share. G. An employee who has accrued a sick leave balance of more than twenty-two (22) days may request a transfer of a specified amount of sick leave to another employee. In no event may such an employee request a transfer that would result in his or her sick leave account going below twenty-two (22) days. H. The donating employee will complete the District form on leave sharing and submit the completed form to the personnel office. I. While an employee is on leave, he or she shall receive the same treatment in respect to salary, wages, and employee benefits as the employee would normally receive if using accrued sick leave. J. Recipients must use accumulated donated hours on consecutive work days unless recommended otherwise by a physician's statement and approved by the director of personnel. K. Transfer of leave shall not exceed the donating employee's requested amount. L. The value of the leave transferred shall be based upon the leave value of the person receiving the leave. M. Any leave transferred under this policy which remains unused shall be returned to the employee who donated the leave. To the extent administratively feasible, the unused leave which was transferred by more than one employee shall be returned on a prorata basis. For example, if three people each donate one hour to someone and only one of the three hours is used, two-thirds of one hour of leave would be returned to each donating employee.

Leave Sharing Program. A. Certificated employees I. A full time employee may participate in donate sick leave to another employee for the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District Leave Sharing Program as regulated by state law and provided by Board policy.following reasons: B. An employee shall be entitled a. The donee has exhausted or will exhaust all available sick leave due to receive leave under this item if the employee suffers frompregnancy or an extraordinary or severe injury, or has a relative or household member suffering from an illness, injury, impairment, impairment or physical or mental condition of the donee (which is includes all accumulated sick leave and excludes the twenty (20) days with loss of substitute pay as provided by law); or b. The donee has exhausted or will exhaust all available sick leave due to an extraordinary or severe natureinjury, illness, impairment or physical or mental condition of a relative (spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, grandparent, stepparent, or parent) or a household member (one who resides in the same home as the donee and who shares a duty to provide financial support with the employee) of the donee; and c. The condition has been called to the uniformed services and which has caused, caused or is likely to cause, cause the employee donee to go on take leave without pay status, or to terminate employment. C. An employee receiving such d. This leave sharing transfer must have depleted is for catastrophic illness or will shortly deplete his or her accumulated sick leaveinjury only. D. Staff members receiving workers' compensation are not eligible II. The employee may donate up to receive ten (10) days of sick leave sharing. E. An employee needing leave days shall submit a request to the District. In the event the employee is unable to submit such written per request, a designee may submit the request on behalf of the which does not cause that employee. F. The superintendent, or designee, shall determine the amount of leave, if any, which an employee may receive. A full-time employee shall not receive a total of more than one hundred eighty (180) days leave. Part-time employees shall not receive more than their pro-rata share. G. An employee who has accrued a 's sick leave balance of more than twenty-two to fall below forty (22) days may request a transfer of a specified amount of sick leave to another employee. In no event may such an employee request a transfer that would result in his or her sick leave account going below twenty-two (2240) days. H. The donating III. An employee will complete the District form on leave sharing and submit the completed form may receive up to the personnel officeforty (40) donated days. I. While an IV. An employee requesting donated days must first provide the Board with a medical certificate from a licensed physician or health care provider verifying the severe or extraordinary nature and expected duration of the condition. V. The employee receiving donated days is on to receive his or her normal rate of pay. VI. All personal sick leave available for use by the donee must be used prior to using shared sick leave (excluding the twenty (20) days with loss of substitute pay as provided by law). VII. Shared sick leave usage records shall be maintained separately from regular sick leave records. VIII. Any donated leave, he or she shall receive the same treatment in respect to salarywhich is not used, wages, and employee benefits as the employee would normally receive if using accrued sick leave. J. Recipients must use accumulated donated hours on consecutive work days unless recommended otherwise by a physician's statement and approved by the director of personnel. K. Transfer of leave shall not exceed the donating employee's requested amount. L. The value of the leave transferred shall be based upon the leave value of the person receiving the leave. M. Any leave transferred under this policy which remains unused shall be returned to the employee who donated the leave. To the extent administratively feasible, the unused leave which was transferred by more than one employee shall be returned on a prorata basis. For example, if three people each donate one hour to someone and only one of the three hours is used, two-thirds of one hour of leave would be returned to each donating employee. IX. The Board is the determining body as to whether the donee meets the criteria above and has previously abided by district leave policy. I. Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement Leave: A. All Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement leave must be approved by the Superintendent. B. Three (3) days Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement leave are provided for each teacher in the Coweta Schools without loss of substitute pay. Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement leave is non-cumulative. C. One (1) additional day of Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement leave is provided for each teacher with loss of substitute pay. D. Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement leave as outlined in ‘B’ and ‘C’ is semi-un-restricted. No reasons for the leave are necessary provided that the leave would not extend existing district holidays. Reasons must then be given and leave may not be granted. E. Two (2) additional days of Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement leave shall be provided upon of the death of an immediate family member, with loss of substitute pay after all leave provided under A. and B. of above section has been used. F. Any other leave must be requested in writing to the Superintendent. II. Absences not Covered by Sick Leave or Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement Leave: A. Any absence by a teacher not covered by sick leave or in excess of Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement leave days will be deducted on a full day contract basis (1/180th of total contract per day.) B. All Emergency / Personal Business / Bereavement leave days must be approved by the Superintendent a minimum of three (3) days prior to the absence when possible. C. Deduction for a certified substitute teacher's salary can be made from absent teacher's salary even though the district does not hire a substitute to replace the teacher during his or her absence.