Employees are eligible to use paid sick leave in accordance with this policy. Any employee that is sick and will not be able to attend work on a scheduled work day shall contact their immediate supervisor as early as possible. Sick leave is available for use by employees for:

The District Administrator or Principal may request a health care provider’s note verifying the employee’s illness in any case. In any case in which an illness causes absence from work in excess of three working days, the employee will be required to provide certification from a health care provider of the illness. Absences of more than three consecutive work days may be counted as leave under the FMLA.

This policy applies to all support staff to the extent it is not inconsistent with the provisions of any current collective bargaining agreement.

Each member of the support staff employed on a full-time basis shall be entitled to one (1) day of sick leave as of the first day of employment of each contract year and thereafter shall earn one (1) day of sick leave each month of employment, which shall be credited to the employee at the end of the month and which shall not be used prior to the time it is earned and credited to the employee.

Unused sick days may be carried over for use by the employee in future years. Employees may accrue up to a total of 720 hours of sick leave.

Accrued but unused sick leave will be paid out to the employee upon retirement.

The employee, upon retirement, will be paid the employee's normal daily rate of pay for half (1/2) of the sick days accrued.

Adopted 7/11/11