Common use of Personal Leave Clause in Contracts

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employment.

Personal Leave. The local Superintendent has the authority to grant to any employee up to three (3) days of personal leave during each school year. Notice of intent for such leave shall be submitted in writing to the Superintendent at least two (2) days before the period of absence is to begin, except in emergency situations. Upon approval by the Superintendent, the applicant will not suffer any loss of salary for such absence and such days shall not be deducted from the employee's accumulated days of sick leave. Such absences cannot be used for a purpose which would be chargeable to sick leave unless the teacher has exhausted sick leave. Specific events or circumstances (emergencies) beyond the control of the employee for which leave may be granted without prior written request are "acts of God" such as severe weather or an unexpected home calamity. Notification of an emergency beyond the control of the employee for the use of personal leave in these cases must be submitted, in writing, to the local Superintendent no later than the first day the employee returns to work. Notice of intent to use personal leave shall be made on the prescribed form. The reason for such leave shall be stated as “personal” and no further details will be required. The prescribed form shall require the employee to certify by signature that the leave was used in accordance with this procedure. Any violation of this procedure shall be considered grounds for disciplinary action including termination. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year normally shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a proin one-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family half (½) or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first one (1) day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulationincrements only. Personal leave shall not be requested in writing granted during the first or verbally to the Human Resources Department because last week of school, on a professional development day or when ten percent (10%) or more of the necessity of obtaining substitutesteachers in the district are scheduled to be absent for a personal or professional day. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to A teacher who takes a personal day for the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the school day immediately preceding or the school day immediately following a school vacation period or a holiday will be charged one and one-half (1.5) personal days for the one (1) day taken. Full-time members employed one hundred twenty (120) days or more in a contract year (July 1 - June 30) who do not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal use personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave during any one complete contract year shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for reimbursed as follows and upon completion of the contract year: Use of "0" days of personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature 3 days current substitute pay as of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members September 1 of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis current school year Use of "1" day of personal leave 2 days current substitute pay as of September 1 of the current school year Use of “2” days of personal leave 1 day current substitute pay as of September 1 of the current school year. Eligible members shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentreimbursed the second pay date in June.

Personal Leave. Personal Five (5) personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacherpermissible as follows: a. Teaching personnel will be permitted to be absent from school responsibilities for any purpose without pay. Teachers hired after the start of Such absence will be in at least one-half (1/2) day increments and shall be for a reason which necessarily cannot be met outside the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of daysday. Teachers working less than full-time The teacher will be pro-rated for personal expected to notify the school principal at least three (3) working days prior to the nearest half- daysuch absence. Personal leave will not be granted during the first or last two (2) weeks of any semester except under extenuating circumstances which may be used approved by the Superintendent. b. Teaching personnel will be permitted to be absent for two (2) days per year from school responsibilities for certain purposes without loss of compensation. The purposes will be defined basically as legal reasons, i.e., adoption proceedings, settlement of ▇▇▇▇▇, certain court actions, real estate closings. The teacher will be expected to notify the school principal at least three (3) working days prior to such occasions absence. The teacher will be expected to be absent only as religious holidays, personal graduations long as necessary and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members the school principal will provide class covering as determined by the principal. c. Personal Leave Days Earned: Teaching personnel will be permitted to be absent for one (1) day (out of the immediate family or household or five (5) days listed in VI-A-6) per year from the school responsibilities without loss of compensation, provided such days are available in their Personal Sick Leave Account. The personal business that cannot leave day when used shall be performed at any other timededucted from the PSLA account of the employee. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Leave Notification: Requests for personal leave on should be made five (5) working days in advance of taking such leave, except in the case of an emergency. Personal Leave Day Restrictions: Personal leave days shall not be used to extend a holiday, vacation, teacher convention, or school recess period. However, the principal and/or his/her designee may grant an employee a personal leave day immediately preceding before or following after a holiday, vacation, teacher convention or school vacation recess period in an emergency situation, such as cancellation of a return flight due to weather or other situations beyond the employee's control. The personal leave day will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstancesgranted the first or last week of a semester or after April 23 without the approval of the Superintendent. Total Number of Employees on Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other Leave: Elementary Schools: No more than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for two (2) employees per building may take personal leave immediately preceding or following a on any given day when school vacation periodis in session, unless the teacher need not describe nor reveal principal and/or his/her designee grants approval to exceed the nature of such businesstwo (2) employee limit. Middle Schools: No more than three (3) employees per building may take personal leave on any given day when school is in session, but need only stateunless the principal and/or his/her designee grants approval to exceed the three (3) employee limit. High Schools: No more than four (4) employees per building may take personal leave on any given day when school is in session, in making unless the request, that principal and/or his/her designee grants approval to exceed the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentfour (4) employee limit.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- half-day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employment.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after Each teacher in the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working Minot Public School System with less than full-ten years of service as a full time will be pro-rated for personal teacher in the Minot Public School System shall have two days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave each year. These days are cumulative to five total days. Each teacher in the Minot Public School System with ten years or more of service as a full time teacher in the Minot Public School System shall have three days of personal leave each year. These days are cumulative to six total days. Every school year each teacher will be paid the substitute teacher daily rate of pay for personnel on each day of unused personal leave in excess of 3 accumulated days, unless the teacher contacts the payroll office in writing by June 1 and requests not to be paid for the unused personal leave days over 3 and instead requests that those excess days be added to the teacher’s salary schedule shall cumulative sick leave. It is the teachers responsibility to notify the payroll department of the request not exceed five days. Accumulations to be paid and to have unused personal leave in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be 3 days converted to sick leave and added if no request is made by June 1, the excess personal leave will be paid out by the June 30 payroll. At separation of employment the remaining 3 days of personal leave will not be paid to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including terminationseparating from employment. Requests for personal leave shall, except in emergencies, be made in advance and submitted to the principal of the teacher's home school for consideration. Requests for personal leave will be denied only if the number of requests from a building or department exceeds 10% (or 1, whichever is greater) and the principal judges it will cause an inconvenience to the function of the school. When requests exceed the number allowed to be gone at one time, the principal shall determine who shall be allowed to take leave, considering the comparative reasons, the effect on the day immediately preceding educational unit and other factors as the principal so determines. All granting of leaves shall be subject to the availability of a suitable substitute. Except in special circumstances, as determined by the superintendent, there shall be no leave granted during the first five or following a last five days of the school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstancesterm or during district wide staff development days. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which candays may not be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, taken in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on units less than a full-time basis shall 1/2 day. No pay will be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction deducted for use of full-time employmentpersonal days.

Personal Leave. Personal leave The Board recognizes the fact that on occasion there are circumstances, not to exceed covered by sick leave, that necessitate employee absence from duty. Each employee will have made available three (3) days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated with pay for personal days to the nearest half- dayreasons. Personal leave may be used requested for the purpose of conducting personal business, when such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings business is of members of the immediate family or household or personal business a nature that it cannot be performed at any other timeconducted after normal school hours or on weekends. Personal leave is intended may be granted to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other timeattend a sudden condition which calls for immediate action. The accumulation Use of personal leave for personnel will be granted during the first or last week of school or on the teacher’s salary schedule school day before or the school day after a holiday only when it has been demonstrated to the Superintendent that the nature of the personal business for which the leave will be used was clearly unavoidable. All personal leave after April 30 shall require a written reason. Up to three (3) days of personal leave may be granted. No more than 10% of the teachers assigned to a building shall be on personal leave from any one building per day. However, the principal may allow more than 10% should documentable sudden conditions exist which call for immediate action. Priority for approval shall be based upon the date of application for personal leave. Application for such leave shall be made to the building principal at least two (2) days in advance of the leave day or days. The advance notice may be waived by the principal because of the emergency conditions that prevent the possibility of advance notice. Such personal leave shall not exceed five daysbe deducted from sick leave. Accumulations in excess of five days, Unused personal leave days as of the first last teacher workday of the school year, or, in case of a retiring teacher, his/her last day of any school year shall work before retirement, will either be converted to sick leave and days, or at the sole discretion of the member, cashed out at the rate of $500 for all three accrued but unused personal days. The cash out provision is applicable only if the bargaining unit member has not used more than three (3) sick leave days for the school year. If the member opts for cash payment, such shall be included in the last payroll check of the current contracted year. (Stipend form should be submitted to the board office by the last day of the school year.) Any unused personal leave shall be added to the member’s sick leave accumulationaccumulation (if a stipend form has not been submitted) whenever an individual is under the two hundred eighty (280) day maximum. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave (See Article 18 – Sick Leave Conversion on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employment.Retirement)

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year [a] Effective July 1 each year, educators shall be granted each teachercredited two (2) days of personal leave to be used for their personal business (unless noted otherwise on the salary schedule for the position). Teachers hired after Educators earn this time as they work through the start year. Educators who terminate or resign employment shall be required to repay the value of personal leave used but not yet earned. Educators with fifteen (15) or more years of experience, as determined by the school year shall salary schedule, will be entitled to one (1) additional day. Any educator with an all track contract at a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time year- round school will be pro-rated for entitled to one (1) additional day of personal days to the nearest half- dayleave each year. Personal leave may also be earned when educators within a school fill in for absent teachers when the automated sub-finder system is not successful in filling an absence, or when prior principal approval is obtained (this will apply to educators in secondary schools who substitute during their prep period or educators in year-round elementary schools who substitute when they are off track). Personal leave accumulation, use and carry-over are based on a single position, not a combination of positions. A personal leave day may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members any purpose at the discretion of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended educator, subject to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of the following conditions: (i) A teacher planning to use a personal leave day or days shall notify his/her principal at least one day in advance, except in cases of emergency. (ii) The teacher may be asked to explain the reason for personnel any personal leave requested for a school day immediately before or after a holiday, weekend or vacation period and reasonable restrictions and limitations will be imposed on personal leaves on such days. (1) Only in the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess event of five days, as of an emergency will teachers be permitted to take personal leave on regularly scheduled parent/teacher conference days and the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because last two (2) days of the necessity school year. (2) In addition, to assure the normal operation of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasiblea school, such requests shall limitations must be made at least one week prior to placed on the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling number of teachers in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for school who can take personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period any given day. This will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received determined by the employee from other than principal of each school. [b] Teachers not using a personal leave day or days during the school fundsyear may accumulate and carry forward a maximum of thirty (30) days of unused leave to the following year. (i) Educators are encouraged to use all earned personal leave each year; however, a maximum of ten (10) days may be used in a contract year. Personal leave shall be for When family or personal business events arise which cannot be performed at any other rescheduled to non-contract time. Except for , educators may make a request to the principal or program director to use additional days of personal leave immediately preceding during a contract year. (ii) When an employee’s balance of personal leave exceeds thirty (30) days on the last day of the monthly payroll absence reporting period in October, any days beyond thirty (30) will be removed. If the contract of a licensed employee is terminated, unused personal leave shall be compensated at the licensed substitute rate (iii) For those teachers who do not complete a full contract year, personal leave days shall be pro-rated. [c] When family or following a school vacation periodpersonal events arise, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed rescheduled to non-contract time, educators with need of additional personal leave may make a request to the principal or program director for an advance of up to five (5) additional days of personal leave. Educators granted an advance under this provision will have the option to repay the advance using accumulated sick leave at any other timethe rate of one and one-half (1.5) days of sick leave for every one (1) day of personal leave advanced. Members Educators exercising this option shall notify the payroll department in writing at the time the advance is granted. [d] With prior approval of the bargaining unit employed on less than principal, a full-time basis shall teacher who uses personal leave for professional purposes will be entitled to such compensated at the personal leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentrate.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year All certified employees shall be granted each teachera total of three (3) days per year for personal leave at no substitute deduct. Unused personal leave for the previous fiscal year may be carried forward to the following year (banked) as personal days up to a maximum accumulation of five (5) personal days. Any additional personal days will be cancelled on June 30 and an equivalent number of sick days added to the employee’s sick leave accrual. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less not take more than full-time will be pro-rated for three consecutive personal days during State testing (as determined by the principal) or days immediately before and/or after winter break, spring break, or fall break. Leave requests must be submitted through the online leave system at least one day prior to the nearest half- dayexpected absence. In the event of an extreme case, notification of Personal Leave may be made by telephone to the appropriate official. Personal leave Leave may be used for such occasions as religious at the discretion of the certified employee except that personal leave taken the day before and after fall holidays, personal graduations Thanksgiving break, winter and weddingsspring breaks, or one week after the beginning and graduations and weddings one week prior to the end of members school or on staff development days would require that a leave be requested through the online leave system at least five (5) working days in advance of the immediate family date taken. Upon application to and approval of the Superintendent or household or personal business that cannot Executive Director of Human Resources, certified employees may be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended granted up to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation two (2) additional day(s) of personal leave for personnel on the purpose of taking a trip. If approved, such leave will be granted with the full daily teacher salary rate being deducted from the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five dayssalary. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall Request for additional day(s) must be made at least one (1) week prior to the date requested in advance. These day(s) shall be taken in increments of full or half-day only. Please note per current TRS rules, if a request for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leaveunpaid leave is granted, the employee will be required to sign a form acknowledging that unpaid days will negatively affect the employee’s Teachers’ Retirement including EESIP (Education Employees Service Incentive Plan). Employee will receive only a partial year of service credit from TRS when unpaid day(s) are taken. The Board of Education shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering provide each teacher with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall thirty (30) minute duty free lunch period daily. Upon retirement, resignation, severance or other termination, certified employees who have been continuously employed in the Union School District in a sick leave qualifying position for the last ten (10) years are eligible to be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentpaid for unused sick days in accordance with this policy.

Personal Leave. A. Personal leave of absence with pay, not to exceed three days a per work year shall be granted each teacherprovided. Teachers hired after Notification of personal leave must be provided in writing to the start of the school year immediate supervisor. Such notice shall be entitled to a pro-rated number provided in advance except in case of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- dayemergency. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations graduation and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including terminationnon-cumulative. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation holiday period will not only be approved, except granted under very unusual circumstancescircumstances following written approval by the Human Resources Director. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee during time of such leave from other than school funds. Personal When personal leave shall be for is requested because of personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher employee need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, business but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members Unused personal leave at the end of the bargaining unit employed on school year shall be converted to sick leave at the rate of one day of sick leave for each day of unused personal leave and then added to the employee’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave may be used in quarter day increments. Absence for any reason for less than one-quarter day may be handled by the supervising administrator. OAPSE Local 149 officers pledge their support in obtaining compliance to the spirit and intent of this provision. B. Personal leave for newly hired employees during a full-time basis shall contract year will be entitled to such prorated as follows: July 1st through October 31st 3 November 1st through February 28th 2 March 1st through June 30th 1 C. Personal leave prorated according to their fraction knowingly taken in violation of full-time employmentthis section will be considered as insubordination and may result in disciplinary action which may include dismissal.

Personal Leave. A. Personal leave of absence with pay, not to exceed three days a per work year shall be granted each teacherprovided. Teachers hired after Notification of personal leave must be provided in writing to the start of the school year immediate supervisor. Such notice shall be entitled to a pro-rated number provided in advance except in case of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- dayemergency. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations graduation and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including terminationnon-cumulative. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation holiday period will not only be approved, except granted under very unusual circumstancescircumstances following written approval by the Human Resources Director. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee during time of such leave from other than school funds. Personal When personal leave shall be for is requested because of personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher employee need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, business but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members Unused personal leave at the end of the bargaining unit employed on school year shall be converted to sick leave at the rate of one day of sick leave for each day of unused personal leave and then added to the employee’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave may be used in quarter day increments. Absence for any reason for less than one-quarter day may be handled by the supervising administrator. OAPSE Local 149 officers pledge their support in obtaining compliance to the spirit and intent of this provision. B. Personal leave for newly hired employees during a full-time basis shall contract year will be entitled to such prorated as follows: Date of Hire Personal Leave Days July 1st through October 31st 3 November 1st through February 28th 2 March 1st through June 30th 1 C. Personal leave prorated according to their fraction knowingly taken in violation of full-time employmentthis section will be considered as insubordination and may result in disciplinary action which may include dismissal.

Personal Leave. All personnel, except intermittent employees, are eligible for a maximum of three (3) school calendar days with pay for personal leave per contract year. Personal leave days are not to exceed cumulative. Of the three (3) days a year of personal leave, two days shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after without the start employee being required to specify a reason for the requested leave provided however, such unrestricted days cannot be used during the spring period of the school year calendar (March 16 through the last workday at the end of the school year). A ten percent (10%) limitation of the staff per building shall not be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- dayexceeded on any given day without prior administrative approval. Personal leave may be used requests for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or the day following a school vacation period will opening or closing, school holiday and/or parent-teacher conference compensation day shall not be approved, except under very unusual circumstancesEXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EXTREME DOCUMENTED EMERGENCY, WHERE DAY BEFORE OR DAY AFTER WILL NOT APPLY. The school year calendar shall be used to establish a twelve-month period for use purposes. Personal leave can days shall be granted only when no compensation is received by requested on Board of Education forms. The Treasurer of the employee from other than school fundsBoard shall make proper payroll deductions for any unauthorized use of personal leave. Application for personal leave shall be submitted at least three (3) days prior to use, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF DOCUMENTED, EXTREME EMERGENCY. USE OF PERSONAL LEAVE FOR EMERGENCIES REQUIRES NO PRIOR NOTIFICATION BUT THE EMPLOYEE (1) shall be required to notify his/her supervisor as soon as possible and (2) shall be required to file the proper forms upon return to work. The three personal leave days will be approved without loss of pay for the following reason: PERSONAL BUSINESS THAT CANNOT BE CONDUCTED OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DAY. Abuse of personal leave shall be subject to disciplinary action. One cannot use personal leave days for vacation purposes. Personal leave shall will be granted for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding a full day or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmenthalf day only.

Personal Leave. Personal leave A. The Board shall, pursuant to the provisions of this policy, provide for an employee’s absence for personal necessity when not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after otherwise covered by the start terms of the school negotiated agreement. B. Up to four (4) full days of personal leave may be used, if approved by the building principal, each contract year by full time employees. Regular part time employees shall be entitled to personal leave in proportion to the time actually worked. One personal day may carry over to the next school year with a promaximum of 4 personal days per school year. C. Unpaid personal leave may be granted at the discretion of the superintendent based on the availability of a substitute, costs, and the needs of the education program and must be pre-rated number approved. Dock days shall be limited to three (3) days in any calendar school year unless approved by the Superintendent. D. When all personal leave has been exhausted and you did not roll over a fourth personal day, if a valid reason for personal leave exists one day extended personal leave may be granted at the discretion of daysthe superintendent. 1. Teachers working less than full-time A teacher granted extended personal leave will continue to be paid at his/her customary rate, except he/she will be pro-rated expected to reimburse the Board for personal all substitute expenses incurred by the Board during his/her absence. E. The days requested shall be submitted in writing three (3) days prior to the nearest half- dayexpected leave on the proper form. The only exception is in the case of an emergency. In case of emergency, notify your building principal or the Superintendent of your anticipated absence. When you return, the form must be completed. F. Personal leave may not be used in place of sick leave, unless all sick leave has been used. G. Personal leave may be used granted for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members the day immediately prior to or immediately after a vacation or holiday at the discretion of the immediate family or household or personal business that cansuperintendent, based on the reason, the availability of substitutes, cost and the needs of the educational program. H. Personal leave may not be performed at any other time. Personal leave used the last two weeks of school unless it is intended to cover an emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. and approved by the superintendent. I. The accumulation number of staff members granted personal leave for personnel on any one day can be limited by the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as educational demands of the first Riverside School District. J. As an incentive to not use Personal Leave, the following amounts will be paid to each certificated/licensed staff member: 0 $300.00 1 $200.00 2 $100.00 Employees may still roll over one (1) personal day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall next school year, however they may not roll over and be requested in writing or verbally to paid out for the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for same personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentday.

Personal Leave. Personal The Superintendent is authorized to grant teachers leave not with pay in keeping with the following provisions: 1. Said leave is limited to exceed three four (4) days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the in any one school year shall per teacher. 2. Forty-eight (48) hour prior notice and approval to be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-obtained from Superintendent except in an emergency situation when the time requirement will be pro-rated waived. 3. This leave is to conduct personal business or attend to personal matters that cannot be done other than on school hours. 4. This leave shall not be used to conduct routine personal business or personal matters that can be arranged or conducted at other than school hours. Routine personal business or personal matters should be interpreted to mean recreational, social or shopping activities or for personal days to purpose of engaging in other occupational pursuits involving the nearest half- daypayment of wages, seeking employment or interviewing for another position. Personal leave may not be used for such taken the day before or the day after Thanksgiving, winter break and spring break as well as during the first and last day of student attendance, except in an emergency situation where leave may be approved by the Superintendent or designee. The preceding sentence shall not apply on those occasions as religious holidayswhereby the adopted school calendar reflects that school will not be in session and teacher attendance is not required; thereafter the schedule is changed to require teacher attendance and the teacher has committed to an event (e.g. travel, personal graduations and weddingsconference, and graduations and weddings vacation) prior to the announcement of members that calendar change. It is the responsibility of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other timebargaining unit member to provide adequate documentation to the Superintendent to establish leave in this last instance is appropriate. 5. Personal leave without pay may be granted upon approval of the Superintendent. 6. A teacher using this leave shall complete and sign a personal leave form that is intended to cover emergency prefaced by the statement, “I hereby affirm that use of this leave is in keeping with the Personal Leave Policy”, or other business that canutilize the approved attendance reporting program adopted by the District, but not be performed at any other timeboth. The accumulation Use of the online leave request program also affirms the employee is keeping with the Personal Leave Policy. Falsification or fraudulent use of personal leave for personnel on may result in the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five daysdisciplinary action, including dismissal. 7. Accumulations in excess of five days, as Unused personal leave days at the end of the first day of any school member’s contract year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the a member’s sick leave accumulation until the member has reached the maximum allowable sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employment.

Personal Leave. All members of the bargaining unit shall be provided with five (5) days of personal leave per contract year, with full pay, subject to approval by the Superintendent in accordance with the following: Personal leave not is to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, either personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business matters that cannot be performed attended to outside of the regular work day or for the observance of religious holidays. Any member requesting the use of the personal leave set forth above shall submit such request in writing, to the Superintendent at any other timeleast three (3) work days in advance. Personal Such three (3) work day advance notice shall not be required in the case of an emergency. Any such timely request for leave shall not be unreasonably denied, except in the case of extreme hardship to the school system or if the personal matter could be attended to outside of the regular work day. An administrator whose request for personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot denied shall be performed at any other timeadvised, in writing, of the reason(s) for the denial. The accumulation of All requests for leave must specify the reason, which reason shall be treated as confidential. In exceptional cases, an administrator will be granted a personal leave for personnel on day without disclosing the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulationreason. Personal leave shall not be requested used on the first or last day of the school year, the day before or after a holiday, the day before or after a school recess or during the last two (2) weeks of school (except for attendance at the graduation of the Administrator, his/her spouse, son or daughter). The Superintendent may grant additional paid leave days in writing extraordinary circumstances upon the written request of an administrator. The granting or verbally denial of a request shall not establish a precedent or practice concerning other requests, whether similar or dissimilar. The Superintendent’s decision to deny additional paid leave shall not be subject to the Human Resources Department because grievance procedure set forth herein. In the event that an administrator does not use all of his/her personal days during the previous contract year, he/she shall be credited with two (2) additional personal days at the commencement of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasiblethen current contract year provided, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the requesthowever, that the leave is necessary to attend to at no time may an administrator have more than seven (7) personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentdays.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year Each employee shall be entitled to a profour (4) half days, to be used in one-rated number quarter (1/4) day increments, of personal business leave per school year without loss of pay for matters which it would be unreasonable to expect the employee to handle during non-school days or hours. Unused personal leave shall accumulate up to three (3) days. Teachers working less than full-time will One days of unused personal leave shall be pro-rated for carried over into the new fiscal year, and any remaining personal leave days shall be added to the nearest half- dayaccumulated sick leave. Personal leave may shall be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or only to transact personal business that cannot be performed at any other timeaccomplished except during school hours. Personal Except in cases of emergencies, written notice requesting personal leave must be submitted to the employee's immediate supervisor and the Human Resources Administrator, or his/her designee, by 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the day on which the leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other timerequested. The accumulation of personal leave In an emergency, such notice specifying the reason for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to given as soon as feasible and shall also indicate the Human Resources Department because nature of the necessity emergency. In case of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment an emergency request for personal leave, the employee Human Resources Administrator should be contacted. Personal leave shall enter not be granted during a ten (10) work day period of any year, the request via specific dates of said period for each employment position (by classification) to be designated by the internet Board by April 1st of each year. If no such dates are so designated, then such leave will not be granted during the first five (5) or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification last five (5) employment days of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day any year, nor immediately preceding or following a school vacation period or holiday. Provided, these restrictions shall not apply to religious holidays, emergencies, unavoidable legal business of a personal or family nature, or other appropriate circumstances as determined solely at the discretion of the administration (said determinations to be non-precedential, non-grievable and not otherwise subject to review). If an employee certifies to the Human Resources Administrator, or his/her designee, that two (2) days of personal leave have been or will be used for taking part in religious observations or recognized religious holidays of his/her faith not otherwise scheduled as school holidays, a third day will be granted. The days immediately preceding or immediately following a legal holiday or school recess shall not be approvedrecognized as a personal leave day, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation unless said immediately preceding or following day is received by the employee from other than school fundsmissed due to an emergency, or said immediately preceding or following day is a religious holiday. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at utilized for recreation, participating in a work stoppage, or any activity which produced taxable income (other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentcapital gains).

Personal Leave. a. Four days (30 hours) of non-accumulative leave with no deduction in salary, however, prior approval must be received from the Superintendent. Except in emergency situations, no more than two district staff members in the same building will be permitted to leave on the same day. b. All personal hours/days may be used at the discretion of the certified employee with no reason stated on the leave form except “Personal leave not leave.” c. Personal days must be taken prior to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start final 2 weeks of the school year shall and cannot be entitled to taken the day before or the day after a pro-rated number vacation period. d. A minimum of days. Teachers working one hour must be taken for personal leave and must be recorded, whether a sub is secured or not. e. Employees taking personal leave for less than full-time a half day will need to secure their own substitutes. If a substitute cannot be pro-rated for personal days to secured, employees will not be given leave. f. In the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for case of a family event such occasions as religious holidaysa wedding, personal graduations and weddingsfuneral, and graduations and weddings of members of the graduation, military advancement or other event involving an immediate family or household or personal business member that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal rescheduled, the superintendent has the discretion to waive item C. The superintendent’s decision is final. g. If personal leave is intended denied because it doesn’t fall under Article 7, Section C.f., and with superintendent approval, the employee may choose to cover emergency take a personal day and pay for a sub, or other business that canbe charged double personal time for the time off (for example: two days for one day, or eight hours for four.) If no subs are available, leave will be denied. h. All employee leave applications shall be acted upon and respective parties notified within a period of time not be performed at any other timeto exceed seventy-two hours, excluding holidays, from the time received by the building administrator. The minimum unit of leave shall be no less than one hour and will only be granted upon the availability of an appropriate substitute teacher. i. Upon completion of the school year, any unused leave shall be added to the individual teacher’s accumulative sick leave, provided the total accumulation of sick leave does not exceed the equivalent of 120 days, or paid at the rate of $40 for each full day. The employee may exercise the option of carrying over one discretionary personal leave for personnel on day to the teacher’s salary schedule shall following contract year to not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentdays.

Personal Leave. 1. One day of leave with pay may be used for personal leave. Requests for utilization of a personal leave day shall be made electronically through the school district to the immediate supervisor, no later than three (3) days prior to the requested leave, except in cases of extreme emergency. Such request shall be subject to the approval in advance by the Superintendent or his designee. Failure to submit the request for personal leave the required three (3) days in advance will result in denial of the personal leave day. Up to three (3) Food & Nutrition Service employees will be allowed personal leave on any given day. Personal leave will not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after during the start first five days of the school year or the last five days of the school year unless there are extenuating circumstances and the Sup’t or their designee approves the time off. Additional personal leave or additional employees may be granted personal leave for personal exceptional situations at the discretion of the Food & Nutrition Service Director. Under no circumstances shall the School District’s decision to grant personal leave in excess of the maximum numbers listed above, to grant personal leave in excess of three (3) Food & Nutrition Service employees, be construed as establishing a past practice or prejudice the District’s right to enforce such restrictions at its discretion. 2. Paid personal leave is defined as that which is obligatory and cannot be accomplished at any other time, or that which requires the employee's presence as a serious personal obligation. 3. Paid personal leave is not to be used for vacation, recreation or random leisure time. 4. Employees will be allowed three (3) days of absence without pay each school year for personal emergency leave. For purposes of this Article, Personal Emergency Leave shall be entitled determined by the Director of Food and Nutrition Services and Director of Human Resources. Personal Emergency Leave days will result in all wages and benefits being deducted from the employee’s pay for each day taken. Personal Emergency Leave days will not be carried over from one school year to the next. Absence due to inclement weather, if food and nutrition service employees are expected to be on duty and personal leave is not available the food and nutrition service employee may be assessed a Personal Emergency Leave Day. Additional personal emergency leave may be granted to cover personal exceptional situations at the discretion of the Director of Food and Nutrition Services and Director of Human Resources. Under no circumstances shall the School District’s decision to grant Personal Emergency Leave in excess of the maximum numbers listed above be construed as establishing a past practice or prejudice the District’s right to enforce such restrictions at its discretion. 5. Employer will grant employee up to a prototal of sixteen (16) hours during any school year to attend school-rated number related functions related to employee’s child, per provisions of daysapplicable law. Teachers working less than fullOnly paid personal leave or non-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- day. Personal compensable leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other timethis purpose. 6. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of If a personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leaveis unused, the employee may choose to be compensated for the unused day at his/her daily rate of pay. Employees shall enter notify the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling School District in writing of his/her choice to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for cash in his/her unused personal leave on at the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members end of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentyear.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year Each employee shall be granted each teacherentitled to four (4) half days, to be used in one-quarter (¼) day increments, of personal business leave per school year without loss of pay. Teachers Unused personal leave shall accumulate up to three (3) days. One day of unused personal leave shall be carried over into the new fiscal year, and any remaining personal leave days shall be added to accumulated sick leave. Employees hired after the start of their normal work calendar will receive a prorated personal leave grant based on the school employee’s percent of the year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of daysworked. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days Days are rounded up or down to the nearest half- quarter (¼) day. Personal leave may shall be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or only to transact personal business that cannot be performed at any other timeaccomplished except during school hours, or as set forth in Section 4.12 (School Closing Situations). Personal leave is intended to cover emergency Except in cases of emergencies or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation use of personal leave for personnel pursuant to Section 4.12, written notice requesting personal leave must be submitted to the employee’s immediate supervisor and the Human Resources Administrator, or his/her designee, by 12:00 noon on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first calendar day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added prior to the member’s sick day on which the leave accumulationis requested (12:00 noon on the preceding Friday if the day for which the leave is requested is a Monday). Personal In an emergency, such notice specifying the reason for the leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to given as soon as feasible and shall also indicate the Human Resources Department because nature of the necessity emergency. In case of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment an emergency request for personal leave, the employee Human Resources Administrator should be contacted. Personal leave shall enter not be granted during a fourteen (14) calendar day period of any year, the request via specific dates of said period for each employment position (by classification) to be designated by the internet Board by April 1 of each year. If no such dates are so designated, then such leave will not be granted during the first five (5) or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification last five (5) work days of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day any year, nor immediately preceding or following a school vacation period recess or holiday. Provided, these restrictions shall not apply to religious holidays, emergencies, unavoidable business of a personal or family nature, or other appropriate circumstances as determined solely at the discretion of the Administration (said determinations to be non-precedential, non-grievable and not otherwise subject to review). If an employee certifies to the Human Resources Administrator, or his/her designee, that two (2) days of personal leave have been or will be used for taking part in religious observations or recognized religious holidays of his/her faith not otherwise scheduled as school holidays, a third day will be granted. The days immediately preceding or immediately following a legal holiday or school recess shall not be approvedrecognized as a personal leave day, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation unless said immediately preceding or following day is received by the employee from other than school fundsmissed due to an emergency, or said immediately or following day is a religious holiday. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at utilized for recreation, participating in a work stoppage, or any activity which produces taxable income (other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentcapital gains).

Personal Leave. All personnel, except intermittent employees, are eligible for a maximum of three (3) school calendar days with pay for personal leave per contract year. Personal leave days are not to exceed three cumulative. All twelve-month employees are eligible for four (4) personal days. Of the days a year of personal leave, two days shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after without the start employee being required to specify a reason for the requested leave provided however, such unrestricted days cannot be used during the spring period of the school year calendar (March 16 through the last workday at the end of the school year). A ten percent (10%) limitation of the staff per department shall not be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- dayexceeded on any given day without prior administrative approval. Personal leave may be used requests for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or the day following school opening or closing or day preceding or day following a school vacation period will holiday shall not be approved, except under very unusual circumstancesEXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EXTREME DOCUMENTED EMERGENCY, WHERE DAY BEFORE OR DAY AFTER WILL NOT APPLY. The school year calendar shall be used to establish a twelve-month period for use purposes. Personal leave can days shall be granted only when no compensation is received by requested on Board of Education forms. The Treasurer of the employee from other than school fundsBoard shall make proper payroll deductions for any unauthorized use of personal leave. Application for personal leave shall be submitted at least three (3) days prior to use, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF DOCUMENTED, EXTREME EMERGENCY, USE OF PERSONAL LEAVE FOR EMERGENCIES REQUIRES NO PRIOR NOTIFICATION BUT THE EMPLOYEE (a) shall be required to notify his/her supervisor as soon as possible and (b) shall be required to file the proper form upon return to work. The three personal leave days will be approved without loss of pay for the following reason: Abuse of personal leave shall be subject to disciplinary action. One cannot use personal leave days for vacation purposes. Personal leave shall will be granted for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding a full day or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmenthalf day only.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year Each regular full time employee shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start two (2) days of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for paid personal days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave which may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members any purpose at the discretion of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five daysemployee, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added subject to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal following: a. No leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested granted for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or the day immediately following any other leave period, any holiday, or vacation period, nor shall any leave be granted during the first or last week of the school year, except in case of an emergency or in the event of unusual circumstances as determined by the Superintendent. The Superintendent's determination of what constitutes an emergency or whether unusual circumstances exist shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. b. Leave shall be by written request to the employee's principal made at least seven (7) days in advance of the date of the intended absence. It is further provided, however, that fewer than seven (7) days' notice may be given when an employee demonstrates, by evidence satisfactory to the Superintendent (or his designee), that an emergency prevented the giving of seven (7) days' notice and that the notice actually given was as far in advance of the date of the intended absence as permitted by the emergency. c. The Superintendent (or his designee) shall have discretion to grant only those requests for which adequate substitutes may be obtained. d. One of the two (2) available days may be used with no substitute teacher cost deduction from the employee. Leave used beyond the one day will be subject to deduction for substitute teacher costs. e. Leave hereunder may be used in increments of ½ day. f. Leave shall not be allowed during any form of work stoppage. g. If the employee does not use any personal leave in the current year, one day will be added to the employee’s personal leave days for the next year to a school vacation period maximum accumulation of three (3) days. The employee will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal charged a deduction for the substitute teacher costs for the first two days of the accumulated personal leave can and will be charged a deduction for the substitute teacher costs for the third day of personal leave if used. h. Employees may occasionally be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from leave after 3:30 for necessary appointments or other than school fundsnecessary activities. Personal leave Leave granted shall be for personal business which canat the sole discretion of the principal, and shall normally be granted unless the principal determines that to do so would interfere with the educational program. Denial of leave under this provision shall not be performed at any other timesubject to the grievance procedures contained in this contract. Except for personal leave immediately preceding The provisions of sub-paragraphs a-c above, however, shall not apply when an employee demonstrates, by evidence satisfactory to the Superintendent or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the requesthis designee, that the leave taken or to be taken is necessary to attend to personal business for a medical or dental appointment which cancould not be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled scheduled so as to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentpermit compliance with said provisions.

Personal Leave. An employee will receive two (2) days of personal leave per year to attend to personal matters which cannot be dealt with outside of the workday. This leave will not be deducted from sick leave and may not be used for Association business, to extend holidays/vacation, or during the first three (3) weeks and last three (3) of the student school year for bus drivers, bus assistants and child nutrition employees. All requests for personal leave except as provided below, must be received by the immediate supervisor at least ten (10) work days in advance of the requested leave date. If a response to the leave request is not received by the requested leave date, it will be considered approved. No more than three (3) percent of the workforce from a building or department may be on personal leave at a given time. This process is not grievable. Untimely requests will normally be denied unless subsequently approved as an “exception”. All personal leave requests must be approved or denied in writing by Human Resources not less than three (3) work days prior to the requested leave date. If a written response is not received three (3) workdays prior to the effective leave date, the leave shall be considered granted. Exceptions may be allowed at the recommendation of the supervisor in special non-emergency situations. All requests will be sent to human resources for final determination. This leave will be taken in half or full day increments only. Recognizing that personnel in the transportation department have unique shifts due to runs/assignments, bus drivers and bus assistants will be allowed to utilize personal leave in hourly increments. Personal leave requests submitted as Emergency Leave pursuant to the conditions set forth in Section 9.1 Emergency Leave (A) – (E) will be exempt from the ten (10) work day prior notice requirement. If an employee has depleted their sick leave, personal leave may be requested in the event of an emergency without the ten (10) workday notice requirement. The following conditions apply: 1. An employee who does not to exceed three use their personal leave days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall will be entitled to a propayment equal to his or her current per diem rate of pay in consideration for the non-rated number use of the personal leave. All personal leave cash outs will occur in the August pay cycle. 2. An employee who does not use their personal leave days by the last day of school will have a maximum of one (1) leave day carry forward to the next school year. At no time may an employee accrue in excess of three (3) personal leave days in any one (1) work year. Any current personal leave balance in excess of one (1) day will be automatically cashed out in the August pay cycle of the same work year. No more than two (2) days may be cashed out per year. 3. An employee who does not wish to carry forward one (1) day of personal leave and wishes to cash out their personal leave balance, maximum two (2) days, must request in writing to the payroll department, using the payroll cash-out form, by June 30th for payout in the August pay cycle. 4. Teachers working less than full-At no time will an employee be propermitted to utilize three (3) consecutive personal leave days. 5. A new employee who works as a regular employee from February 1 through the end of his/her 2 scheduled work year, or who works as a regular employee more than one hundred twenty-rated five (125) 3 scheduled work days from September 1 through August 31, is eligible for a personal days leave day for the 4 current work year. No more than three (3) percent of the workforce from a building or department may be on personal leave at a given time. This process is not grievable. 6. This leave will be taken in half or full day increments only. Bus drivers and bus assistants will be allowed to utilize leave in hourly increments due to the nearest half- dayunique needs of the Transportation Department. 7. Personal If an employee has depleted their sick leave, personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings taken in the event of members of an emergency without the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentten (10) workday notice requirement.

Personal Leave. Personal a) It is recognized by all that absences by regular employees from their work assignments causes disruption of the normal work process and must therefore be held to a minimum. In each contract year an employee will be eligible for two (2) days of personal leave with pay, starting the first day that said employee reports for work during the contract year. After completing ten (10) years of service, all employees will be eligible for three (3) days of personal leave with pay. Such leave shall be for personal, legal, business, religious, household, or family matters which requires the absence of the employee during normal work hours and which cannot otherwise be scheduled outside of the regular work day of the employee. In no instance shall personal leave be used for the purpose of extending a holiday or vacation. A personal leave day may also be used for an unscheduled school closing due to exceed three days a inclement weather. An employee using personal leave due to inclement weather must notify the Director of School Nutrition on the next workday. Sick leave may not be used for an unscheduled school closing due to inclement weather. It is understood that approval of any unusual request not specifically listed above under the reasons for personal leave shall be at the sole discretion of the Superintendent of Schools or their designee. b) Employees hired after the first day of any given school year shall be granted each teacherhave their personal leave allowance computed in its entirety on a pro-rated basis at one-fifth (.2) days per month through June of the school year in question. Teachers Employees hired and who begin working after the fifteenth (15th) of any month shall have such month of initial employment excluded from such pro-rated computation. c) Notwithstanding the accrual method for personal days set forth in this section for employees who begin employment after the start of the school year year, bargaining unit members shall be entitled required to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than use personal days in full-time will be pro-rated day increments. d) Absence for personal days to leave must be approved by the nearest half- dayDirector in advance of such absence. Personal leave may Ordinarily such requests should be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested submitted in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week seven (7) calendar days prior to the date requested on which the employee wishes to be absent. If, because of lack of time in an emergency situation, permission is sought and granted orally, such permission must be confirmed in writing. e) If the Director believes the purpose of the leave is not of a nature specified above requiring the absence of the employee during working hours then he/she will decline to approve the payment for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee Said leave shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using not be unreasonably withheld. If the individual PIN assigned when first registering with employee contests this decision, he/she may present the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling matter through the grievance and arbitration procedure. f) Nothing in this Article shall preclude the Director from granting additional personal leave without pay for reasons which he/she deems urgent. g) Unused personal days shall be added to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered employee’s sick leave account. For those employees who have a digital signature. Falsification maximum accumulation of such form sick leave days, unused personal days shall be grounds added over and above the contractual maximum accumulation. These additional days may not be used until the employee’s sick leave amount has been depleted. These additional days may not be bought back upon retirement. h) In the event of multiple employee requests for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for the use of personal leave time on the day immediately preceding same day, approval/disapproval of use shall be at the sole discretion of the Director of School Nutrition as to not interrupt the normal daily business operation of the School Nutrition Department due to a shortage of staff. The decision to approve or following a school vacation period will deny the use of personal days by the Director of School Nutrition shall not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by subject to the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding grievance or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentarbitration process.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year Each bargaining unit member shall be granted two (2) days annually for personal leave. Such days may be granted as either full or half-days. Unused personal leave will be added to a bargaining unit member’s accumulated personal leave and/or sick leave at the end of each teacherschool year. Teachers hired after Bargaining unit members may not accumulate a total of more than four (4) personal days. Personal leave days may not be taken the start first five (5) or last five (5) days of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of year, the day before or after an extended break (Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring), or on parent/teacher conference days. Teachers working less than fullA forty-time will eight (48) hour advance written notice should be pro-rated for personal days given to the nearest half- building principal when taking a personal leave day except in emergency situations. No reason other than “personal” is to be given when taking a personal leave day. Personal leave In the months of April, May and June, no more than three (3) bargaining unit members or five percent (5%) of the homebased staff per building, whichever is greater, may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, absent on any given day (including restrictions above) due to personal graduations leave. It is understood that the prohibitions and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation conditions of personal leave use do not apply in instances of personal leave day requests for personnel religious purposes. Leave without pay may be granted by the building administrator. Unless circumstances warrant, leave without pay should not be requested immediately prior to or immediately following a holiday or vacation. A bargaining unit member granted a leave without pay shall have his/her pay reduced at a per diem rate based on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five daysnumber of days paid in the current contract year. Accumulations in excess of five days, as See the appropriate Board Policy for further clarification. An exception to the “black-out” days set forth above may be granted by a decision of the first day Superintendent (or designee) in consultation with the Association President (or designee). Exceptions will be granted on rare occasions based upon the following guidelines: 1. the request must be submitted in writing to the Director of any school year Human Resources at least ten (10) calendar days before the date the bargaining unit member wants to use a personal day 2. the written request must set forth the reason the exception 3. the request must be for a significant once-in-life time event for which the bargaining unit member has no control over the scheduling 4. no request will be approved for vacation, travel or recreational purposes 5. the request shall be converted to sick leave and added to approved or denied at the member’s sick leave accumulationdiscretion of the Superintendent (or designee) in consultation with the Association President (or designee). Personal leave The decision shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to final and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by subject to the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, Grievance process outlined in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentthis Agreement.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year Each fulltime teacher shall be entitled to three (3) days of absence per school year without loss of pay for the transaction of personal business and/or the conduct of personal or civic affairs. Said teacher may accumulate unused personal business days to a pro-rated number total of daysfive (5) in subsequent years. If in any one school year the teacher shall be absent for reasons covered in this provision for fewer than the maximum accumulated days ,the remaining days shall be transferred to the teacher's accumulated sick leave. Teachers working less than full-teaching summer school may use one personal business leave day during the summer school session. A personal business leave day taken during this time shall count as one full personal leave day. A written statement shall be submitted to the office of the superintendent prior to the occurrence of such leave, setting forth the reason and necessity for such absence, except in the case of an emergency, when the teacher may submit the statement of reason following the absence, provided the teacher notifies the appropriate principal prior to taking such leave. Civic affairs or personal business shall be sufficient reason. The superintendent may grant a teacher additional days of leave without pay when he feels it is in the best interest of the School Corporation to do so and the teacher has requested such additional leave and given reasons for such desired absence. Personal business leave used on the last day immediately prior to, or the first day immediately following Fall, Winter, or Spring breaks, for the purpose of extending the break by leaving early or returning late, will be pro-rated for personal days to counted as double. When the nearest half- day. Personal leave day requested is the day before or the day after Fall, Winter, or Spring breaks, it may be used for such occasions as religious holidaysmatters, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other timereasonably scheduled outside of school hours. Except A written statement shall be given to the building principal and submitted to the Superintendent of Schools, setting forth the reason for personal leave immediately preceding or following such absence. This statement should be in advance of leave. Any teacher who has already made a payment towards a trip during the 2015-2016 school vacation periodyear has until Friday, October 16, 2015 to provide notification to the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature superintendent with documentation of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary payment to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of penalized for leaving prior to or returning after the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentscheduled break.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year Each teacher shall be granted each teacherthree (3) days of personal leave per school year without loss of pay subject to the use limitations set forth herein. 1. This leave is to be used for personal business and personal or civic affairs. 2. When personal leave can be anticipated, a written statement setting forth the reason and necessity for such leave shall be made in writing at least one day prior to the leave and shall be submitted to the school principal. If such leave could not be anticipated and such prior written statement was therefore not made, immediately upon return, the teacher shall submit to the principal a written confirmation of the leave taken. 3. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled have a right to a protake personal leave in one-rated number of days. Teachers working less half (l/2) day rather than full-time will be proday increments, if, but only if, the school corporation, upon making those efforts which are normally and routinely taken to secure a qualified substitute, obtains a qualified substitute teacher to work for the half-rated for day period in question. No more than three personal leave days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed taken at any other one time. 4. Personal leave is intended If a teacher desires to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of use personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations time (whether in excess of five days, as of the first half-day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on full- day increments) the day immediately preceding or the day immediately following a school vacation period break and/or holiday, then the teacher must submit a request via e-mail to the Superintendent and request specific approval to take such personal leave time on such date. The Superintendent will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can determine whether the teacher’s request will be granted only when no compensation is received by or denied subject to the employee from other than school fundsrules stated herein. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for A maximum of ten (10) teachers Corporation-wide may take personal leave on a day immediately preceding or immediately following a school vacation periodbreak or holiday. If more than ten (10) teachers request to take personal leave under this provision, then the Superintendent will grant the request on a first come first served basis, except those teachers who have been granted the opportunity to use personal leave on a day immediately preceding or immediately following a school break or holiday within the three-year time period preceding the teacher’s current request will have his/her request denied unless the number of teachers who have requested to be off on the same day falls below the ten teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only statemaximum for that day. The Superintendent may, in making her sole discretion, deviate from the request, rules set forth herein if she determines that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentunusual or unique circumstances warrant an exception being made.

Personal Leave. a) Up to three (3) days of non-cumulative Personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall Leave will be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- dayper contract year. Personal leave may Leave shall be used for such occasions as religious holidayslegal, personal graduations and weddingsbusiness, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate educational, family matters, or household or personal business that emergency situations, which cannot be performed at any other timeattended to during non-business hours. Personal The following provisions must be adhered to when such leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that canused: i) Personal Leave for licensed employees working on a traditional school-year calendar may not be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel granted on days when mandatory meetings are scheduled during the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested beginning of school, the first week of school or the last week of school as indicated on the employee’s assigned calendar(s). The Director of Human Resources may make exceptions for such leaveonce-in-a-lifetime events (i.e. son/daughter’s wedding, graduation, etc.) or in the case of emergency. ii) Personal Leave for licensed employees working on a non-traditional extended school-year calendar may not be granted during critical time periods as designated on their work calendar. To obtain payment These designated days are not to exceed twelve (12) days in any non-traditional extended school-year calendar. Critical days must be posted by May 15th of the preceding calendar year. The Director of Human Resources may make exceptions for personal leaveonce-in-a- lifetime events (i.e. son/daughter’s wedding, graduation, etc.) or in the case of emergency. iii) The appropriate supervisor must be notified at least two (2) working days in advance of one of the above-listed reasons for taking said leave and must give prior approval before leave may be taken, except in the case of an emergency. iv) In case of an emergency, the employee may verbally notify the immediate supervisor that an emergency situation exists and leave shall be granted. As soon as possible upon returning to duty, the employee shall enter submit the appropriate request via for Personal Leave; upon the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form District’s receipt, Personal Leave shall be grounds granted. v) Employees will have the option of being paid the substitute rate for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the one (1) unused Personal Leave day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmenteach year.

Personal Leave. Personal leave The Board recognizes the fact that on occasion there are circumstances, not to exceed covered by sick leave, that necessitate employee absence from duty. Each employee will have made available three (3) days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated with pay for personal days to the nearest half- dayreasons. Personal leave may be used requested for the purpose of conducting personal business, when such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings business is of members of the immediate family or household or personal business a nature that it cannot be performed at any other timeconducted after normal school hours or on weekends. Personal leave is intended may be granted to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other timeattend a sudden condition which calls for immediate action. The accumulation Use of personal leave for personnel will be granted during the first or last week of school or on the teacher’s salary schedule school day before or the school day after a holiday only when it has been demonstrated to the Superintendent that the nature of the personal business for which the leave will be used was clearly unavoidable. All personal leave after April 30 shall require a written reason. Up to three (3) days of personal leave may be granted. No more than 10% of the teachers assigned to a building shall be on personal leave from any one building per day. However, the principal may allow more than 10% should documentable sudden conditions exist which call for immediate action. Priority for approval shall be based upon the date of application for personal leave. Application for such leave shall be made to the building principal at least two (2) days in advance of the leave day or days. The advance notice may be waived by the principal because of the emergency conditions that prevent the possibility of advance notice. Such personal leave shall not exceed five daysbe deducted from sick leave. Accumulations in excess of five days, Unused personal leave days as of the first last teacher workday of the school year, or, in case of a retiring teacher, his/her last day of any school year shall work before retirement, will either be converted to sick leave and days, or at the sole discretion of the member, cashed out at the rate of $500 for all three accrued but unused personal days. The cash out provision is applicable only if the bargaining unit member has not used more than three (3) sick leave days for the school year. If the member opts for cash payment, such shall be included in the last payroll check of the current contracted year. (Stipend form should be submitted to the board office by the last day of the school year.) Any used personal leave shall be added to the member’s sick leave accumulationaccumulation (if a stipend form has not been submitted) whenever an individual is under the two hundred seventy-five (275) day maximum. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave (See Article 18 – Sick Leave Conversion on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employment.Retirement)

Personal Leave. Each Employee shall be entitled to three (3) days of unrestricted personal leave. Unrestricted means no reason is necessary. The Superintendent/Designee may limit use of personal leave to 6% of the staff for any one day. Prior written application (at least 3 days) shall be required. Personal Leave taken in case of emergency (i.e., circumstances which require an employee’s immediate attention and which were not known and could not have been known about at least 24 hours in advance) shall not be subject to the above limitations. Personal leave shall not be available in the first week or last two weeks of the school year, except in cases of emergency or with prior approval at least three (3) full school days prior to exceed three the day of requested personal leave. Use may be limited to 4% of the staff during the last 2 weeks of school. Exceptions to the general rules for the use of personal leave may be granted in the sole discretion of the Superintendent, which decisions shall not serve as precedent in a subsequent request, nor shall any denial be subject to the grievance procedure. 1. Personal days are noncumulative as personal days. 2. These days shall not be granted for the employee work day occurring prior to or the employee work day following a year holiday or vacation period as listed on the official school calendar, or on any in-service or parent conference days except in case of an emergency as determined by the Superintendent. 3. Personal days are granted by approval of the Superintendent upon written application received in advance, except in emergency cases. 4. The request does not need to be signed by the Building Principal but each request shall be date stamped with the time of submittal and initialed by the Building Principal or secretary as to time received. The request shall be granted in order of submission. 5. As an incentive to reduce the use of personal leave, the following will be applicable to bargaining unit members: each teacher. Teachers hired after day of unused personal leave at the start end of the school year shall will be entitled added as an additional day of sick leave to a pro-rated number the employee's sick leave accumulation or may select to be remunerated at the rate of days$100 per unused personal day. Teachers working less than full-Bargaining unit members must fill out the Personal Leave Day Option Form (Appendix H) and submit it as part of their end of the year checkout process. Failure to submit this form at this time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members result in an automatic rollover of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of employee’s unused personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to into sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employment.

Personal Leave. Personal Five (5) personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacherpermissible as follows: a. Teaching personnel will be permitted to be absent from school responsibilities for any purpose without pay. Teachers hired after the start of Such absence will be in at least one-half (1/2) day increments and shall be for a reason which necessarily cannot be met outside the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of daysday. Teachers working less than full-time The teacher will be pro-rated for personal expected to notify the school principal at least three (3) working days prior to the nearest half- daysuch absence. Personal leave will not be granted during the first or last two (2) weeks of any semester except under extenuating circumstances which may be used approved by the Superintendent. b. Teaching personnel will be permitted to be absent for two (2) days per year from school responsibilities for certain purposes without loss of compensation. The purposes will be defined basically as legal reasons, i.e., adoption proceedings, settlement of ▇▇▇▇▇, certain court actions, real estate closings. The teacher will be expected to notify the school principal at least three (3) working days prior to such occasions absence. The teacher will be expected to be absent only as religious holidays, personal graduations long as necessary and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members the school principal will provide class covering as determined by the principal. c. Personal Leave Days Earned: Teaching personnel will be permitted to be absent for one (1) day (out of the immediate family or household or five (5) days listed in VI-A-6) per year from the school responsibilities without loss of compensation, provided such days are available in their Personal Sick Leave Account. The personal business that cannot leave day when used shall be performed at any other timededucted from the PSLA account of the employee. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Leave Notification: Requests for personal leave on should be made five (5) working days in advance of taking such leave, except in the case of an emergency. Personal Leave Day Restrictions: Personal leave days shall not be used to extend a holiday, vacation, teacher convention, or school recess period. However, the principal and/or his/her designee may grant an employee a personal leave day immediately preceding before or following after a holiday, vacation, teacher convention or school vacation recess period in an emergency situation, such as cancellation of a return flight due to weather or other situations beyond the employee's control. The personal leave day will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstancesgranted the first or last week of a semester or after April 23 without the approval of the Superintendent. Total Number of Employees on Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other Leave: Elementary Schools: No more than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for two (2) employees per building may take personal leave immediately preceding or following a on any given day when school vacation periodis in session, unless the teacher need not describe nor reveal principal and/or his/her designee grants approval to exceed the nature of such businesstwo (2) employee limit. Middle Schools: No more than three (3) employees per building may take personal leave on any given day when school is in session, but need only stateunless the principal and/or his/her designee grants approval to exceed the three (3) employee limit. High Schools: No more than four (4) employees per building may take personal leave on any given day when school is in session, in making unless the request, that principal and/or his/her designee grants approval to exceed the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentfour (4) employee limit.

Personal Leave. Accrual (a) Personal leave not to exceed consisting of three days a year or more, other than for emergencies, illness, etc., shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to requested as provided for in this Section and as far in advance as possible; provided, however, that a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working request made less than full-time will (14) fourteen days before the scheduled leave may be pro-rated for personal days disapproved by the Department Head due to the nearest half- dayworkload consideration. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings consisting of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall less than three days must be made at least one week (7) seven days prior to the date requested for such leavetime off. To obtain payment All Personal Leave must be approved by the Department Head. (b) Advanced, scheduled leave must be taken in hourly minimum increments and must be approved two weeks in advance to be considered a scheduled absence; (c) Unscheduled use of personal leave (emergencies, illness, etc.) will be charged according to the actual hours/days away from work in hourly increments. Leave taken under this provision must, upon request from the Department Head, be supported by a written statement which may be included on the Personal Leave Request Form. (d) In the event of an emergency, illness, etc. where leave cannot be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance, notification of leave must be provided prior to scheduled shift time. (e) Up to seven (7) occurrences per year can be charged to Personal Leave Time without advance notice for personal leaveor family illness, unforeseen personal needs, etc. Unscheduled Personal leave time is not to be used for ordinary vacation purposes. An unscheduled absence of more than ½ the employee’s scheduled work day will be counted as one occurrence. Bargaining unit employees agree that unscheduled personal leave time will only be used when it is impossible to give the advance notice normally required for the use of scheduled personal leave time. Employees shall notify management of an absence prior to the start of any scheduled work period. No doctor’s certificate or any other proof of illness will be required under this Section. The Department will advise the employee in writing on the seventh occurrence of unscheduled personal leave time during the previous twelve months. On the eighth occurrence of use of unscheduled personal leave time during the previous twelve months, the employee shall enter will receive a written warning. On the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification ninth occurrence of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for use of unscheduled personal leave time during the previous twelve months, the employee will be suspended. On the tenth occurrence during the previous twelve months, the employee will be terminated. 1. Employee absences while on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period approved FMLA leave, Worker’s Workers Compensation and Bereavement Leave including intermittent leave, will not count as an occurrence under this Section. 2. If an employee has properly scheduled personal leave time but, due to circumstances beyond the employee’s control, the time the employee’s scheduled time off is changed because the appointment/schedule/etc. was changed by a third party, the revised time off will be approvedconsidered “scheduled personal leave time” under this Section, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by provided the employee from other than school fundsworks during the time initially scheduled off. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed For example, if an employee has a doctor’s appointment scheduled at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period2:00 p.m. on Friday, and the employee gave the appropriate notice, but on Tuesday the doctor moved the appointment to 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, the teacher need time off on Wednesday will be considered “scheduled”, assuming the employee works on Friday during the hours originally scheduled off. The Employer reserves the right to require documentation supporting the change. 3. If an employee has reported to work late or must leave early without required notice, the 1/3 occurrence point will occur if they do not describe nor reveal complete at least half of their schedule shift. For example, employee’s shift is from 7:30 to 4:00. If they leave prior to 11:30, it would be considered an occurrence. 4. The unscheduled late arrival or early departure from the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, work day during an employee’s regularly assigned shift that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot occurs three times would be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentcounted as one occurrence.

Personal Leave. Personal ‌ For purposes of this Article the expression “immediate supervisor” shall mean the Director of Facilities for Custodial, Head Custodians, and Skilled Craftsmen and the Food Services Director for Cafeteria workers. In any school year, an employee may be granted one (1) day of paid leave to conduct personal business under the following conditions: A. It is recognized that the absence of the employee from work interrupts the continuous operations, upkeep and productivity of the highest quality which is expected of our employees and must therefore be held to a minimum. It is understood that employees will make every effort to attend to their personal business on "nonworking days" and that requests for personal leave will be submitted only when every effort has been made to schedule personal business so as not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after interfere with the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- daycommitment. Personal business leave may be used granted for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings the following reasons only: 1. Court obligations 2. Mortgage closings 3. Adoption of members of the immediate family or household or children 4. Summons by a government agency 5. Equivalent personal business that affairs which cannot be performed reasonably scheduled during nonworking hours It is further understood that approval of any requests for personal leave will be at any other timethe discretion of the appropriate immediate supervisor but in no case may more than one (1) personal day be granted per building per shift. Personal Such leave is intended to cover emergency or other will be for the purpose of conducting personal and/or legal business that which requires the absence of the employee during work hours and which cannot otherwise be performed at any other timescheduled. The accumulation of Application for personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations (except in excess cases of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall emergency) will be made at least one week prior forty-eight (48) hours before taking such leave and shall be subject to the date requested approval of the immediate supervisor in advance of such absence. Employees who fail to request approval in advance shall forfeit full pay for each day of unauthorized absence. If, because of lack of time in an emergency situation, permission is sought and granted orally, such permission must be confirmed in writing using the standard procedure. If the immediate supervisor believes the purpose of the leave not to be of a nature requiring the absence of the employee, he may refuse to pay for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee Said determination shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in not be subject to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered grievance and arbitration provisions of this Agreement. Custodians, Skilled Craftsmen, Head Custodian and Cafeteria employees may request a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the business day immediately preceding before or following after a school holiday or vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can which request may be granted only when no compensation provided there is received by the adequate coverage. B. Any employee from other than school funds. Personal who, due to an emergency, makes his/her request orally, shall submit said request in writing within seven (7) days. C. An employee who misuses any paid or nonpaid leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such businesssubject to disciplinary action including, but need only statenot limited to, deprivation of any further leave. An employee who misuses paid leave shall have one (1) day's salary deducted from his/her weekly salary for each day of unauthorized absence, in making addition to being subject to additional disciplinary action by the requestemployer. D. An unused Personal Business Day may be carried over to a subsequent year, that the leave is necessary up to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members a maximum of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmenttwo (2) days.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after Each teacher in the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working Minot Public School System with less than full-ten years of service as a full time will be pro-rated for personal teacher in the Minot Public School System shall have two days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave each year. These days are cumulative to five total days. Each teacher in the Minot Public School System with ten years or more of service as a full time teacher in the Minot Public School System shall have three days of personal leave each year. These days are cumulative to six total days. Every school year each teacher will be paid the substitute teacher daily rate of pay for personnel on each day of unused personal leave in excess of 3 accumulated days, unless the teacher contacts the payroll office in writing by June 1 and requests not to be paid for the unused personal leave days over 3 and instead requests that those excess days be added to the teacher’s salary schedule shall cumulative sick leave. It is the teachers responsibility to notify the payroll department of the request not exceed five days. Accumulations to be paid and to have unused personal leave in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be 3 days converted to sick leave and added if no request is made by June 1, the excess personal leave will be paid out by the June 30 payroll. At separation of employment the remaining 3 days of personal leave will not be paid to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including terminationseparating from employment. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approvedshall, except under very unusual circumstancesin emergencies, be made in advance and submitted to the principal of the teacher's home school for consideration. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except Requests for personal leave immediately preceding will be denied only if the number of requests from a building or following a school vacation perioddepartment exceeds 10% (or 1, whichever is greater) and the principal judges it will cause an inconvenience to the function of the school. When requests exceed the number allowed to be gone at one time, the teacher need principal shall determine who shall be allowed to take leave, considering the comparative reasons, the effect on the educational unit and other factors as the principal so determines. All granting of leaves shall be subject to the availability of a suitable substitute. Except in special circumstances, as determined by the superintendent, there shall be no leave granted during the first five or last five days of the school term or during district wide staff development days. At this time personal leave days may not describe nor reveal be taken in units less than 1/2 day and must be reported on the nature of such business, but need only statemonthly Absence Report. The finance office will work towards instituting accounting and payroll procedures that would allow personal leave to be taken in one hour units. If, in making the requestfuture, that it becomes possible from an accounting and payroll standpoint and all staff would be able to use personal leave in the leave is necessary same incremental one hour unit, the board will allow this to attend to occur. No pay will be deducted for use of personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentdays.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year Section 32.1 Time off with pay shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after for pressing personal business and emergencies at the start discretion of the school year respective Department Heads. This leave provision shall include time off to an employee who must act as pallbearer. Section 32.2 Such time off shall be entitled up to a pro-rated number of daysthree (3) days per fiscal year and no more than two (2) consecutive days shall be taken at any one time. Teachers working less than full-Request for time will off shall not be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- day. unreasonably denied. Section 32.3 Personal leave time may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations granted in hours if approved by the Department Head and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of does not interfere with the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on department operations however the teacher’s salary schedule total time shall not exceed five three (3) days. A. Employees who take personal time in hours must return to complete their normally scheduled workday. A. If an employee must be absent from work to attend court proceedings for himself or for a family member or for other extenuating circumstances, he may do so using personal leave. Accumulations If all personal days have been exhausted, the employee may use vacation days with the approval of the department head. Approval will be granted if documentation of the court proceedings or other appropriate documentation of the need is provided and the needs of the department can be covered by available personnel. Use of vacation time pursuant to this section shall be available at any time of the year on a per diem basis. Subject to the restrictions contained herein. B. If an employee must be absent from work to attend to a sick family member, other than as provided in excess Article 27.8 and has exhausted the contractual allowance of five sick days, as he may use personal days subject to verification of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave medical condition and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutesthe absence depending on the needs of the department. Whenever feasibleIf the employee has exhausted his personal days, such requests vacation day may be substituted as provided in subsection (A), subject to verification of medical condition and needs of the department. C. If an employee has exhausted all of his vacation time and personal time, he shall take an authorized leave without pay, subject to the same verifications. Documentation must be provided for any absence subject to this section. Nothing contained herein shall limit an employee's right pursuant to the State and Federal Family Medical Leave Legislation. Any leave taken pursuant to this section shall be made at least one week prior considered leave pursuant to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in Family Medical Leave Act to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentextent applicable.

Personal Leave. Personal Employees shall have available a total of three (3) days per fiscal year for personal leave purposes. Such leave shall not accumulate from year to exceed three days a year year. Such leave shall not be granted each teacheror used for matters which can be attended to outside assigned work hours, nor shall it be granted or used for any purposes for which other leaves are specifically provided by this Agreement unless those leaves have been exhausted. Teachers hired after Such leaves shall not be granted or used for recreation, extension of a vacation, or labor organization purposes. Requests for leave must be made in writing at least three (3) days prior, unless it is an emergency then the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time request will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions provided as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, soon as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including terminationpractical. Requests for personal leave on will be reviewed by the immediate supervisor for conformity with these provisions. The supervisor's decision shall be final, except that the denial of leave may be appealed to the Director of Human Resources or designee within fourteen (14) calendar days of a supervisor’s denial of use of personal leave. Personal leave may not be used during the first or last week of school, the week prior to or the day following Winter and Spring Break or the day immediately preceding prior to or following after a holiday or an agreed upon mandatory unpaid day. Exceptions to blackout dates will be made on a case-by-case basis in consultations with Human Resources. Non-school vacation period will based departments may make exceptions for 12 month employees. These exceptions must be communicated to payroll and Human Resources in order to not result in a loss of pay. Association Leave With Pay Association representatives shall be approvedallowed time away from their duty stations without loss of pay when required and authorized by the District for the specific purposes of meeting with District representatives concerning administration of this contract and adjusting grievances under the procedure defined herein. Educational Leave with Pay Leaves of absence with pay to attend workshops, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can conventions, or other training programs may be granted only when no compensation is received upon proper application to the supervisor, with approval by the employee from other than school fundsSuperintendent or their designee. Personal Such leave shall apply only to programs which in the District's judgment will improve District operations. Expense allowances for meals, lodging, and travel may be granted for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentDistrict policy. An itemized expense account must be submitted to the Fiscal Services office upon return.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year Employees shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal four (4) days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule personal matters, including family illness not otherwise covered by sick leave. This leave shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of be used for conducting income producing business and shall not be used for a strike against the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulationPuyallup School District. Personal leave shall not be requested used on the following “blocked” days: State funded professional development days, Supplemental Days, snow make-up days, or during the first or last five (5) days of school. An employee may request special consideration for personal leave to be granted during the blocked days for personally compelling reasons. The District shall grant personal leave in writing or verbally the order the requests are received provided the requests are made in compliance with the above conditions. The District is unable to guarantee timely responses to any requests made less than five days prior to the Human Resources Department because of requested leave day. On Fridays, and the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasibleday before or after a holiday or vacation period, such only 20 personal leave requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leavehonored. To obtain payment for On all other workdays, a maximum of 45 personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form leave requests shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including terminationhonored. Requests for personal leave on from employees not requiring a substitute shall not count against the day immediately preceding above limits. Employees may request personal leave days as early as one (1) year in advance and will receive approval or following a school vacation period denial as soon as possible. If an employee does not have the requested number of personal leave days to use at the time the leave is to be taken, the absence days will be denied and leave without pay will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstancesavailable. Personal leave can days may be granted only when no compensation carried into the following school year, to a maximum accumulated of ten (10) days. A maximum of five (5) days, excluding family illness or bereavement days, may be used in any one (1) school year, unless additional use is received approved by the employee from other than school fundsDirector of Human Resources. Personal leave shall be Employees may receive monetary compensation at per diem for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for all unused personal leave immediately preceding or following days. A request for monetary compensation must be made by June 1 on a school vacation period, form provided by the teacher need not describe nor reveal District. Two (2) days of unused personal leave may be shared with other employees at the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members option of the bargaining unit employed on less individual employee. Employees may not donate or receive more than a full-time basis shall be entitled two (2) days of personal leave per school year. Employees who choose to such share personal leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentmust complete the identified payroll process.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed All personnel, except intermittent employees, are eligible for a maximum of three (3) school calendar days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated with pay for personal days to the nearest half- dayleave per contract year. Personal leave may be used days are not cumulative. All twelve-month employees are eligible for such occasions as religious holidays, four (4) personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members days. A ten percent (10%) limitation of the immediate family or household or personal business that canstaff per department shall not be performed at exceeded on any other timegiven day without prior administrative approval. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave requests for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or the day following school opening or closing or day preceding or day following a school vacation period will holiday shall not be approved, except under very unusual circumstancesEXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EXTREME DOCUMENTED EMERGENCY, WHERE DAY BEFORE OR DAY AFTER WILL NOT APPLY. The school year calendar shall be used to establish a twelve-month period for use purposes. Personal leave can days shall be granted only when no compensation is received by requested on Board of Education forms. The Treasurer of the employee from other than school fundsBoard shall make proper payroll deductions for any unauthorized use of personal leave. Application for personal leave shall be submitted at least three (3) days prior to use, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF DOCUMENTED, EXTREME EMERGENCY, USE OF PERSONAL LEAVE FOR EMERGENCIES REQUIRES NO PRIOR NOTIFICATION BUT THE EMPLOYEE (a) shall be required to notify his/her supervisor as soon as possible and (b) shall be required to file the proper form upon return to work. The three personal leave days will be approved without loss of pay for the following reason: PERSONAL BUSINESS THAT CANNOT BE CONDUCTED OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DAY. Abuse of personal leave shall be subject to disciplinary action. One cannot use personal leave days for vacation purposes. Personal leave shall will be granted for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding a full day or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmenthalf day only.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year Employees shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal four (4) days to the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel personal matters, including family illness not otherwise covered by sick leave. This leave shall not be used for conducting income producing business and shall not be used for a strike against the District. Personal leave shall not be used on the teacher’s salary schedule following “blocked” days: The “181st Day”, snow make-up days, or during the first or last five days of school. Part time employees and employees hired after the first day of school shall not exceed receive personal leave pro-rated based on their FTE and total workdays. An employee may request special consideration from the Director of Human Resources for personal leave to be granted during the blocked days for personally compelling reasons. The District shall grant personal leave in the order the requests are received provided the requests are made in compliance with the above conditions. The District is unable to guarantee responses to any requests made less than five days prior to the requested leave day. The District will respond to all personal leave requests within five school days. Accumulations For Paraeducators a maximum of 40 personal leave requests shall be honored per day. For Interpreters, no more than one personal leave request per building and no more than three personal leave requests per classification shall be honored per day. For LPNs, Health Assistants and Science Lab Technicians, no more than one personal leave request shall be honored per day per job classification. Employees may request personal leave days as early as one year in excess advance. If an employee does not have the requested number of personal leave days to use at the time the leave is to be taken, the absence days will be denied and leave without pay will not be available. Personal leave days may be carried into the following school year, to a maximum accumulated of ten days. A maximum of five days, as excluding family illness or bereavement days, may be used in any one school year, unless additional use is approved in advance of use by the Director of Human Resources. Employees may receive monetary compensation at per diem for all of their unused personal leave days annually. Such a request for monetary compensation must be made by June 1 on a form provided by Payroll. Two days of unused personal leave may be shared with other employees at the option of the first day individual employee. Employee’s may not donate or receive more than two days of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a per school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstancesyear. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for Employees who choose to share personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, must complete the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the Personal Leave Sharing Authorization Form before transferring leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentanother employee.

Personal Leave. Personal leave Leave is granted to allow an employee to meet personal obligations that may not to exceed three days a year be taken care of at times other than when school is in session. A. Each bargaining unit member shall be granted each teacherauthorized three (3) paid days of Personal Leave absence per full-school year. Teachers hired If an employee starts work for the District after the end of the first quarter, but before the end of the first semester, the employee will be entitled to two (2) paid days of Personal Leave for that first year. If an employee starts work for the District after the end of the first semester, but before the end of the third quarter, the employee will be entitled to one (1) paid day of Personal Leave for that first year. If a bargaining unit member begins work for the District after the start of the school year shall fourth quarter, the employee will not be entitled to a pro-rated number Personal Leave for that first year. B. The following regulations govern the use of these days: 1. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated The employee must record his/her request for personal / use of Personal Leave through the District’s automated online absence management system (e.g., Aesop) at least seven (7) calendar days to in advance of the nearest half- dayabsence, except in cases of emergency. In cases of emergency, the employee must record his/her request for / use of Personal Leave through the online system as soon as possible. 2. Personal leave may Leave shall not be used for such occasions as religious holidaysgranted on the workday before or the workday after a holiday or vacation period, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members or during the first or last five (5) workdays of the immediate family school year, except with the approval of the Superintendent or household or personal business that canhis/her designee. Personal Leave shall not be performed at granted to more than five percent (5%) of the teaching staff for any other timeone day, except with the approval of the Superintendent or his/her designee. 3. Personal Leave may not be taken when another form of leave is intended to cover emergency available or other business that canappropriate. C. Personal Leave shall not be performed at any other time. The accumulation requested for purposes of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year gainful employment. D. Unused Personal Leave shall be converted to sick leave and added to (i.e., the memberBoard Treasurer will credit the employee’s sick leave accumulationaccount with the corresponding number of unused Personal Leave days) at the end of the school year. E. Employees shall apply for Personal Leave through the District’s automated online absence management system (e.g., Aesop). From May 1 to the end of the school year, employees may only take Personal leave Leave for the following reasons: 1. Accidents or catastrophes involving family property. 2. Court appearance as litigant or witness. 3. Observance of religious holidays where complete absence from work is required. 4. Attendance at high school or college graduation exercises honoring the employee or member of the employee’s immediate family, or to pick up the employee’s child(ren) at college or other academic institutions. Immediate family shall be requested defined for purposes of this Section as: one’s spouse or children; or any person living full-time in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because domicile of the necessity employee and dependent on the employee or the employee’s spouse. 5. Attendance at a conference or convention as an officer or delegate of obtaining substitutesan organization not directly related to public schools, but including among its purposes a concern for the civic, social, ethnic, cultural, or economic improvement of the community, or attending a conference, convention, or exposition attended by students for whom the employee is a teacher/advisor. 6. Whenever feasibleTo visit members of the immediate family in the Armed Forces. 7. Wedding of employee or of a member of the employee’s immediate family, or employee’s participation as a member of a wedding party. 8. Wedding trips of the employee. 9. Attendance at a funeral of persons not within the immediate family. 10. Professional consultation when such requests shall appointment cannot be made at least one week prior times other than the regular school day. Medical, dental, and optical appointments are to be used under sick leave provisions. 11. Arranging for the date requested for such leavepurchase or sale of the employee’s residence. 12. To obtain payment for Urgent personal leave, problem of the employee shall enter or a member of the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the systemimmediate family. 13. Entering an absence by internet or calling in Coaching clinics may be used as personal days, limited to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signatureone day per clinic. 14. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approvedWith prior Superintendent approval, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentchild(▇▇▇)’s and/or grandchild’s school function.

Personal Leave. Personal On an annual basis, the Board will grant leave not for personal business, subject to exceed three pre- approval of the Superintendent or his designee, as follows: 1st & 2nd Year Probationary Educators 1 day 3rd & 4th Year Probationary Educators 2 days a year Tenured Educators 3 days Only four percent (4%) of the District’s staff may be granted use of personal leave on any one day. Leave shall be granted on a first come, first served basis as determined by the date and time the request is received at the District Office. In this instance staff shall be defined as those educators whose absence would require a substitute and shall be determined based on the staff count the first day of each teachersemester. Teachers hired after Requests for use of personal leave beyond this limit shall be given consideration only in extenuating circumstances and may be approved at the start sole discretion of the school year shall be entitled Superintendent. Educators may contact the District Office to request the names of staff using personal leave on a pro-rated number of daysgiven day when such leave requests exceed the maximum daily allowance. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to Staff requesting the nearest half- day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation use of personal leave for personnel on two or more consecutive days will be required to submit, in writing, the teacher’s salary schedule reason for the personal leave. Staff requesting to use a personal leave day shall not exceed five daysnotify the Superintendent or his designee at least one (1) full day in advance, except in cases of emergency. Accumulations in excess The purpose of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which canmay not reasonably be otherwise conducted during non-school days or hours and which does not otherwise qualify for leave elsewhere in this Agreement, except that personal leave shall be available for use as sick leave. Personal leave may not be performed at any other time. Members used on the day preceding or following a school holiday, winter/spring break, or during the first five or the last five days of the bargaining unit employed on less than a school term unless reasons are given and the leave is specifically approved by the Superintendent or his designee. Any full time employee using no personal leave during the school year shall be given $45.00 incentive pay at the end of the school term. Any full-time basis employee using no more than one (1) personal leave day during the school year shall be entitled given $25.00 incentive pay at the end of the school term. Unused personal leave may not be accumulated as personal leave but shall be added to such the staff member's accumulated sick leave prorated according to their fraction annually at the end of full-time employmenteach school year.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not a. Each employee at his/her own discretion, without submitting a reason to exceed three days a year shall the employer, will be granted each teacherthree (3) days of personal leave annually. Teachers hired after Except in the start case of emergency, the employee shall notify his/her supervisor five (5) days in advance of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- dayleave date. Personal leave may will not be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any the school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing year, or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a holiday or holiday period, except in the case of an emergency, as determined by the Chief Business and Financial Officer. During the month of June, 10-month staff may not use personal time at times where students are in attendance without an approved written request to the CBFO. Such requests are intended to address important and infrequent family events. The CBFO may request information to prove the need for such a request. Such decisions by the CBFO are non-grievable. Personal leave may be used on the last day of the school vacation period year, if students are not in attendance, and as may be allowed by their Building Principal (or departmental supervisor), subject to the overall staffing needs of their department. Personal time may only be used on days that are before or after a “non-holiday” weekday that school is not in session, with the approval of his/her supervisor, subject to staffing availability. While approvals will not be approvedunreasonably withheld, should a supervisor decline the request, said decision will be grievable, but not arbitrable. No personal leave may be used in combination with unpaid leave to extend a recess period. No more than two personal leave days may be used consecutively except under very unusual circumstancesas allowed by the Chief Business and Financial Officer. Personal leave can days will not be cumulative, will not be deducted from the employee’s sick leave, and will be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school fundswithout salary deduction. Personal leave shall be for taken in not less than one hour multiples. Any exceptions to the contractual restrictions on the use of personal business which cannot days as written herein will be performed at made on a case-by-case basis as determined by the CBFO. Decisions on any other timeexceptions are non- grievable. Except for The practice of “one-time waivers” is discontinued and any past one-time waivers will have no future effect. b. One day of unused personal leave immediately preceding may be utilized, at the option of the employee, to participate in the sick leave bank in accordance with Section 13. Any unused personal leave not designated for the sick leave bank will be added to the employee’s cumulative sick leave. c. Any staff requesting time off for religious holidays, shall be granted by the District, and charged to personal time, if available, or following a school vacation periodunpaid, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the if personal leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentavailable.

Personal Leave. Personal leave is designed to replace, sick and vacation leave previously granted by the City to bargaining unit employees. Employees shall accrue personal leave based on their anniversary date in accordance with the following schedule: Years of Service Accrual 1-5 144 6-13 192 14-20+ 240 Any employee with previously accrued sick leave and/or annual leave shall maintain that earned leave (as long as it does not exceed the caps adopted by the City) and utilize such leave pursuant to exceed the applicable provisions of this agreement only after all personal leave earned during the anniversary year has been expended. Charging Personal Leave (a) Personal leave consisting of three days a year or more, other than for emergencies, illness, etc., shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to requested as provided for in this Section and as far in advance as possible; provided, however, that a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working request made less than full-time will (14) fourteen days before the scheduled leave may be pro-rated for personal days disapproved by the Department Head due to the nearest half- dayworkload consideration. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings consisting of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall less than three days must be made at least one week (7) seven days prior to the date requested for such leavetime off. To obtain payment All Personal Leave must be approved by the Department Head. (b) Advanced, scheduled leave must be taken in hourly minimum increments and must be approved two weeks in advance to be considered a scheduled absence; (c) Unscheduled use of personal leave (emergencies, illness, etc.) will be charged according to the actual hours/days away from work in hourly increments. Leave taken under this provision must, upon request from the Department Head, be supported by a written statement which may be included on the Personal Leave Request Form. (d) In the event of an emergency, illness, etc. where leave cannot be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance, notification of leave must be provided prior to scheduled shift time. (e) Up to seven (7) occurrences per year can be charged to Personal Leave Time without advance notice for personal leaveor family illness, unforeseen personal needs, etc. Unscheduled Personal leave time is not to be used for ordinary vacation purposes. An unscheduled absence of more than ½ the employee’s scheduled work day will be counted as one occurrence. Bargaining unit employees agree that unscheduled personal leave time will only be used when it is impossible to give the advance notice normally required for the use of scheduled personal leave time. Employees shall notify management of an absence prior to the start of any scheduled work period. No doctor’s certificate or any other proof of illness will be required under this Section. The Department will advise the employee in writing on the seventh occurrence of unscheduled personal leave time during the previous twelve months. On the eighth occurrence of use of unscheduled personal leave time during the previous twelve months, the employee shall enter will receive a written warning. On the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification ninth occurrence of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for use of unscheduled personal leave time during the previous twelve months, the employee will be suspended. On the tenth occurrence during the previous twelve months, the employee will be terminated. 1. Employee absences while on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period approved FMLA leave, Worker’s Workers Compensation and Bereavement Leave including intermittent leave, will not count as an occurrence under this Section. 2. If an employee has properly scheduled personal leave time but, due to circumstances beyond the employee’s control, the time the employee’s scheduled time off is changed because the appointment/schedule/etc. was changed by a third party, the revised time off will be approvedconsidered “scheduled personal leave time” under this Section, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by provided the employee from other than school fundsworks during the time initially scheduled off. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed For example, if an employee has a doctor’s appointment scheduled at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period2:00 p.m. on Friday, and the employee gave the appropriate notice, but on Tuesday the doctor moved the appointment to 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, the teacher need time off on Wednesday will be considered “scheduled”, assuming the employee works on Friday during the hours originally scheduled off. The Employer reserves the right to require documentation supporting the change. 3. If an employee has reported to work late or must leave early without required notice, the 1/3 occurrence point will occur if they do not describe nor reveal complete at least half of their schedule shift. For example, employee’s shift is from 7:30 to 4:00. If they leave prior to 11:30, it would be considered an occurrence. 4. The unscheduled late arrival or early departure from the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, work day during an employee’s regularly assigned shift that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot occurs three times would be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentcounted as one occurrence.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- half-day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s 's salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be be, at the option of the member, cashed-in (paid) at the substitute teacher-on-call-per- day-rate or converted to sick leave and added to the member’s 's sick leave accumulation. The option shall be exercised on a form provided for that purpose and shall remain in effect until the member chooses to amend by submitting a subsequent form. If no form is submitted, excess days shall be converted to sick leave. The accumulation of personal leave for non-certificated/licensed personnel shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year, shall be, at the option of the member, cashed-in (paid) at one-half of the substitute teacher-on-call- per-day-rate or converted to sick leave and added to the member's sick leave accumulation. The option shall be exercised on a form provided for that purpose and shall remain in effect until the member chooses to amend by submitting a subsequent form. If no form is submitted, excess days shall be converted to sick leave. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering sign and file with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in office of the Treasurer a form (see appendix) pertaining to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signatureallowance for personal leave. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the The teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employment.

Personal Leave. Personal leave not to exceed three days a year shall be granted each teacher. Teachers hired after the start of the school year shall be entitled to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- half-day. Personal leave may be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s 's salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be be, at the option of the member, cashed-in (paid) at the substitute teacher-on-call- per-day-rate or converted to sick leave and added to the member’s 's sick leave accumulation. The option shall be exercised on a form provided for that purpose and shall remain in effect until the member chooses to amend by submitting a subsequent form. If no form is submitted, excess days shall be converted to sick leave. The accumulation of personal leave for non-certificated/licensed personnel shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year, shall be, at the option of the member, cashed-in (paid) at one-half of the substitute teacher-on- call-per-day-rate or converted to sick leave and added to the member's sick leave accumulation. The option shall be exercised on a form provided for that purpose and shall remain in effect until the member chooses to amend by submitting a subsequent form. If no form is submitted, excess days shall be converted to sick leave. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering sign and file with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in office of the Treasurer a form (see appendix) pertaining to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signatureallowance for personal leave. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the The teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employment.

Personal Leave. Personal a) It is recognized by all that absences by regular employees from their work assignments causes disruption of the normal work process and must therefore be held to a minimum. In each contract year an employee will be eligible for two (2) days of personal leave with pay, starting the first day that said employee reports for work during the contract year. After completing ten (10) years of service, all employees will be eligible for three (3) days of personal leave with pay. Such leave shall be for personal, legal, business, religious, household, or family matters which requires the absence of the employee during normal work hours and which cannot otherwise be scheduled outside of the regular work day of the employee. In no instance shall personal leave be used for the purpose of extending a holiday or vacation. A personal leave day may also be used for an unscheduled school closing due to exceed three days a inclement weather. An employee using personal leave due to inclement weather must notify the Director of School Nutrition on the next workday. It is understood that approval of any unusual request not specifically listed above under the reasons for personal leave shall be at the sole discretion of the Superintendent of Schools or their designee. b) Employees hired after the first day of any given school year shall be granted each teacherhave their personal leave allowance computed in its entirety on a pro-rated basis at one-fifth (.2) days per month through June of the school year in question. Teachers Employees hired and who begin working after the fifteenth (15th) of any month shall have such month of initial employment excluded from such pro-rated computation. c) Notwithstanding the accrual method for personal days set forth in this section for employees who begin employment after the start of the school year year, bargaining unit members shall be entitled required to a pro-rated number of days. Teachers working less than use personal days in full-time will be pro-rated day increments. d) Absence for personal days to leave must be approved by the nearest half- dayDirector in advance of such absence. Personal leave may Ordinarily such requests should be used for such occasions as religious holidays, personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot be performed at any other time. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot be performed at any other time. The accumulation of personal leave for personnel on the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations in excess of five days, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulation. Personal leave shall be requested submitted in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week seven (7) calendar days prior to the date requested on which the employee wishes to be absent. If, because of lack of time in an emergency situation, permission is sought and granted orally, such permission must be confirmed in writing. e) If the Director believes the purpose of the leave is not of a nature specified above requiring the absence of the employee during working hours then he/she will decline to approve the payment for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee Said leave shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using not be unreasonably withheld. If the individual PIN assigned when first registering with employee contests this decision, he/she may present the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling matter through the grievance and arbitration procedure. f) Nothing in this Article shall preclude the Director from granting additional personal leave without pay for reasons which he/she deems urgent. g) Unused personal days shall be added to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered employee’s sick leave account. For those employees who have a digital signature. Falsification maximum accumulation of such form sick leave days, unused personal days shall be grounds added over and above the contractual maximum accumulation. These additional days may not be used until the employee’s sick leave amount has been depleted. These additional days may not be bought back upon retirement. h) In the event of multiple employee requests for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for the use of personal leave time on the day immediately preceding same day, approval/disapproval of use shall be at the sole discretion of the Director of School Nutrition as to not interrupt the normal daily business operation of the School Nutrition Department due to a shortage of staff. The decision to approve or following a school vacation period will deny the use of personal days by the Director of School Nutrition shall not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by subject to the employee from other than school funds. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for personal leave immediately preceding grievance or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentarbitration process.

Personal Leave. Each bargaining unit member will be allowed three (3) days of unrestricted leave during the school year effective on their first scheduled workday (not to be accumulated) without loss of salary to conduct personal matters. These days will be prorated based upon when the employee was hired during the school year. Three (3) days if hired before the school year starts until the end of October; two (2) days if hired November 1st through February 1st; one (1) day if hired February 2nd through May 1st; and zero (0) if hired after May 1st. Personal leave shall not be used to exceed three days a year extend holidays, recesses, (defined as any break in workdays including the beginning and end of each school year), or any period of excused absence. An employee must apply for all personal leave day(s) by completing the appropriate entry in the District’s electronic leave system and submitting it to his/her immediate supervisor or designee for approval as far in advance of the expected absence as possible. Notice must be received at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the day(s) to be taken except in the case of an emergency in which case the 48-hour requirement may be waived. Personal leave may not be requested through the system prior to July 1 for the forthcoming school year. The immediate supervisor or designee shall consider approval or denial of the leave request prior to the time of the leave. In the event of an emergency which precludes the employee from contacting the immediate supervisor or designee, retroactive leave may or may not be granted each teachergranted. Teachers hired after No more than two (2) individuals in any classification may be absent on any one day for personal leave. No personal leave will be allowed during the start first two weeks of the school year or during the final two weeks of the school year. Bargaining unit members will be paid fifty percent (50%) of their daily rate of pay for each personal day not used. The payment for these days will be received on the second pay in July. The accumulation, use, and deduction of personal leave shall be entitled converted from days to hours according to a pro-rated prorated formula which takes into account the number of days. Teachers working less than full-time will be pro-rated for personal days to the nearest half- dayhours worked in each assignment. Personal leave may will be used for such occasions as religious holidaysdeducted in ½ day increments. For those employees with regularly scheduled workdays of less than two hours and who work in only one job, a personal graduations and weddings, and graduations and weddings of members of the immediate family or household or personal business that cannot day must be performed at any other timetaken in a whole day increment. Personal leave is intended to cover emergency or other business that cannot will be performed at any other time. The accumulation deducted in the amount of personal leave for personnel on his/her scheduled work shift in the teacher’s salary schedule shall not exceed five days. Accumulations case of employee's working in excess of five daysmore than one job, as of the first day of any school year shall be converted to sick leave and added to the member’s sick leave accumulationi.e., A.M. Bus Route, P.M. Bus Route, Kindergarten Route, Cashier, ▇▇▇▇, Custodian. Personal leave shall be requested in writing or verbally to the Human Resources Department because of the necessity of obtaining substitutes. Whenever feasible, such requests shall be made at least one week prior to the date requested for such leave. To obtain payment for personal leave, the employee shall enter the request via the internet or calling the Automated Substitute Management System using the individual PIN assigned when first registering with the system. Entering an absence by internet or calling in to the Automated Substitute Management System is considered a digital signature. Falsification of such form shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination. Requests for personal leave on the day immediately preceding or following a school vacation period will not be approved, except under very unusual circumstances. Personal leave can be granted only when no compensation is received by deducted in increments smaller than the amount of the employees' scheduled work shift in the Classification - Lunch room if the employee from other than school fundsis regularly scheduled to work three (3) hours or less. Personal leave shall be for personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Except for All personal leave immediately preceding or following a school vacation period, the teacher need not describe nor reveal the nature of such business, but need only state, in making the request, that the must be used prior to requesting any unpaid leave is necessary to attend to personal business which cannot be performed at any other time. Members of the bargaining unit employed on less than a full-time basis shall be entitled to such leave prorated according to their fraction of full-time employmentdays.