School Related Leave. Any employee who is a parent, guardian or grandparent having custody of one or more children in kindergarten or grades 1 through 12 or attending a licensed day care facility shall be allowed up to forty (40) hours each school year, not to exceed eight (8) hours in any calendar month of the school year, without pay, to participate in activities of the school of their child. Such employee must provide reasonable advance notice of the planned absence. The employee may be required to use accrued annual leave to cover the absence. The District may require the employee to provide documentation from the school as verification that the employee participated in school activities on a specific date and at a particular time. If both parents, guardians or grandparents having custody work for the District at the same work site, only the first parent requesting leave shall be entitled to leave under this provision.
School Related Leave. An employee shall be granted paid leave where the employee is required to be absent from his/her regular work duties when the absence is due to a subpoena which the Board or its legal representative has requested to be issued. Any witness fee that the employee receives shall be turned over to the Treasurer, less any mileage reimbursement at current IRS rate or documented parking expense related to the employee’s service as a witness.
