Only twelve (12) month employees are eligible for vacations.

Twelve (12) month employees hired after July 1, 2010, shall receive ten (10) vacation days during their first year of employment. After the first year of employment, vacation will be based on the employee’s anniversary date according to the above schedule. If an employee terminates prior to their anniversary date, vacation will be restated to a prorated amount calculated as follows:

The days on which vacations are taken are to be arranged with the employee’s supervisor and responsible administrator.

Vacations must be taken in the year in which they are granted. Any days not used will be lost.

Eleven (11) and twelve (12) month employees will receive the following nine (9) paid holidays: Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, December 24th, December 31st, January 1st, and one day in March or April as determined by the District Administrator.

If holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday, the holiday(s) will be given on other days determined by the Director of Business Services.

Full-time employees will receive ten (10) days of sick leave per year. These employees may accumulate up to seventy-five (75) sick days at the beginning of any fiscal year.

Employees working more than fifty percent (50%) but less than 100% that don’t have a traditional work schedule, whereby they serve the District’s needs at various work levels throughout the twelve (12) months of the year, may qualify, at the District Administrator’s discretion, to receive a prorated sick leave benefit. The sick leave benefit will be calculated as follows:

Sick leave may be used for the personal illness of the employee, medical or dental appointments of the employee, the illness of a family member, or medical or dental appointments of a family member. Family member is defined as spouse, child, parent or foster child. In order to qualify for sick leave, an employee must report promptly the reason for the absence to his/her supervisor. The employee shall keep his/her supervisor informed of his/her condition. If the absence is of more than three (3) working days, the District Administrator may require such medical examinations or nursing visits as is deemed necessary. The employees may be required to submit a medical certificate for any absence of more than three (3) working days.

Sick leave may be used in increments of one (1) hour.

Personal business, as needed, requires pre-approval of the District Administrator.

A maximum of three (3) days per year shall be granted with the approval of the district administrator in the event of a death involving the employee’s spouse, children, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, and in-laws (father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law). Additional days may be granted at the discretion of the District Administrator.

The Board will pay the employee’s contribution to the Wisconsin Retirement Fund for eligible employees.

Health and Dental Insurance - Employees meeting the District’s eligibility requirements for health and dental insurance may elect the benefit option(s) where permitted. Employees working less than 2080 hours per year but meeting the eligibility requirements for the health and dental benefit will receive a pro rated benefit paid by the District equaling the employee’s scheduled yearly hours divided by 2080 times the premium.

Employees eligible for health and dental benefits may qualify for an alternative benefit option as determined by the District and where allowable by the Internal Revenue Service Code.

Long-term Care Insurance - Employees meeting the District’s eligibility requirements will be provided with a long-term care policy.

Life Insurance - Employees meeting the District’s eligibility requirements will be provided with a life insurance policy.

Long-Term Disability - Employees meeting the District’s eligibility requirements will be provided with a long-term disability policy. When employees qualify for the long term disability payment, this benefit instead of paid sick leave, will be used.

Employees are expected to report for work on all scheduled work days including days on which school is closed due to an emergency. Employees may use vacation time, compensatory time on emergency school closing days. Employees will not be paid for emergency days, with the exception of those employees asked to report to work by the District Administrator.

To qualify for retirement benefits under this section, an employee must have at least fifteen (15) years of continuous experience in the District as a non-represented support staff member. District employees serving in a different (continuous) category than a non-represented support staff member may, at the district’s discretion, receive partial credit toward the fifteen (15) year requirement.

Non-represented support staff falling into this category, employed prior to July 1, 2008, are entitled to retirement benefits no less than those retirement benefits available to members of the HEA. Those hired July 1, 2008 or later are entitled to the retirement benefits of the Hartford Support Association (H.S.A).

Continuing education reimbursement for costs related to an employee’s area of responsibility may be reimbursed upon pre-approval by the District Administrator. The reimbursement amount is to be determined by the District Administrator. Part-time employees may be reimbursed on a pro-rated basis, contingent on the employee’s full-time equivalency.

The District Administrator must pre-approve an employee’s enrollment into a class.

Adopted 4/19/99
Revised 4/17/00
Revised 11/20/00
Revised 3/7/05
Revised 8/17/09
Revised 11/22/10
Technical Change 8/24/11