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Sick Leave Bank Policy for Certificated Employees
Sick Leave Bank FAQ
What is the Sick Leave Bank?
It is a benefit that provides additional sick leave to contributors that have suffered
an unplanned personal illness, injury, disability, or quarantine and whose paid
leave is exhausted.
How do you join the Sick Leave Bank?
Individuals may become a member by donating one day of accumulated sick leave and
completing the application form. Donations of sick leave to the Bank are nonrefundable
and nontransferable, unless the Bank is dissolved.
When are you eligible to join the Sick Leave Bank?
Eligibility begins at hire date and enrollment is open during the months of August,
September, and October of any year.
How do you withdraw days from the bank?
Members of the Sick Leave Bank must request a Sick Leave Bank Medical Information
Form and a Sick Leave Bank Withdrawal Request Form from Human Resources. Leave grants
from the Bank shall be in units of no more than twenty (20) consecutive pay days
for applicants. Applicants may submit requests for extensions of such leave grants
before their prior grant expires. The maximum number of days any member may receive
in any fiscal year is sixty (60). The maximum number of days any member may receive
as a result of any one or recurring diagnosed illness or accident is ninety (90)
days. A member shall not receive any sick leave from the Bank until after having
exhausted all accumulated paid leave, including all paid Board extensions and then
only after satisfying a five (5) day (non-pay) waiting period.
Does the Sick Leave Bank cover pregnancy? Does the Bank cover elective surgery?
For all pregnancy related requests, the member’s physician must certify that the
member is disabled and/or the pregnancy is at risk. The member’s physician must
state specifically the member’s disability and/or reason for the high-risk pregnancy.
Grants of leave from the Bank shall not be made to any member on account of any
elective surgery, or illness of any member of the member’s family, or during any
period the member is receiving disability benefits from social security or the state
or local retirement plan.
SUMMARY OF SICK LEAVE BANK RULES
(Refer to Appendix G of the Current Memorandum
of Agreement for the Complete document)
- The purpose of the Sick Leave Bank is to provide sick leave to contributors who
have suffered an unplanned, personal illness, injury, disability, or quarantine
and whose paid leave is exhausted.
- Employees must be on an approved leave of absence through the Personnel Division
before being awarded sick leave bank days.
- There is a five (5) work day waiting period before days may be withdrawn.
- Members of the Sick Leave Bank may withdraw days from the bank after having been
a member for thirty (30) calendar days.
- Days are granted in twenty (20) day units. Each additional twenty (20) day unit
requires a new withdrawal form and physician’s statement.
- The maximum number of days to be granted in a fiscal year is sixty (60).
- The maximum number of days to be granted for the same illness or injury is ninety
(90).
- The Trustees may restrict the number of days which may be withdrawn from the bank
by one member on account of one illness, particularly any known illness existing
at the time the teacher elected to participate in the bank.
- Days are not granted for elective surgery, illness of a family member or during
a time when the member is receiving disability benefits from Social Security or
any state or local retirement plan.
- For pregnancy related requests, the member’s physician must certify that the member
is disabled and/or the pregnancy is at risk.
- The majority of Trustees may request that the member undergo at his or her expense
a medical review by a physician approved by the Trustees.
- The physician’s statement must fully and completely verify the illness or injury.
- All requests are approved or denied by the Trustees and all actions of the Trustees
shall be final and binding.
