Common use of Teachers at the Minnesota State Academy Clause in Contracts

Teachers at the Minnesota State Academy. for the Blind and the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf shall be permitted to use accumulated vacation leave beyond the specified date ending the academic year. Teachers prior to May 1 of each year shall designate the amount of vacation hours to be used. Use of such accumulated vacation shall not entitle employees for holiday pay eligibility or conversion of vacation leave to sick leave. An employee shall not utilize vacation during his/her first four (4) months of continuous service. Upon completion of four (4) months continuous service, the employee shall then accrue his/her vacation beginning from his/her date of hire. However, an employee who is reinstated or reappointed to a position may use vacation in the first four (4) months of the appointment provided the employee completed four (4) months of continuous service in a vacation-eligible position, with the State of Minnesota, prior to the reinstatement or reappointment.