All staff members not otherwise covered by the terms of a currently-valid negotiated agreement of this District shall be entitled to the same leave benefits provided in the master agreement with the District.

All requests for unpaid leaves of absence by administrators shall be presented to the Board of School Trustees for approval.

The Board shall grant a leave of absence in addition to a regular vacation period without loss of pay or time to any administrator who is a member of the Indiana National Guard, a reserve component of the U.S. forces, or a retired member of the naval, air, or ground forces of the United States and is on training duty for the State by order of the Governor or under the order of the reserve-component authority for consecutive or nonconsecutive periods not to exceed a total of fifteen (15) days in any calendar year. The administrator’s vacation benefits, if any, will not be affected by this type of leave.

An administrator who has been employed for at least twelve (12) months and is the spouse, parents, grandparent, or sibling of a person who is ordered to active duty is entitled to an unpaid leave of absence during one (1) or more of the following periods:

The administrator must have worked at least 1,500 hours during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the day the leave begins.

The leave of absence allowed each year may not exceed a total of ten (10) working days.

I.C. 10-16-7-1 et seq., 10-17-4, 20-20-4-1, 22-2-13
38 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act)

Adopted 2/12/08