CLASSIFIED SICK LEAVE BANK
/ Descriptor Code:N-GCCAAA
I.Definition:
A.The Rogers Board of Education agrees that a Sick Leave Bank (SLB) will be established and may be used by an employee eligible for membership in the bank.
B.Use of Sick Leave Bank days will commence after a member of the bank has exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave. Sick leave bank days may be used only for catastrophic illness and with the written approval of the SLB Committee.
II.Participation in the classified SLB is available to all non-certified employees who are eligible for sick leave, and is on a voluntary basis.
An employee becomes a member of the SLB by contributing one (1) sick day to the bank. SLB members will be asked to contribute additional days when all but fifty (50) of the donated days have been used. New staff members and others not contributing previously will be given an opportunity to join each September. Notification of said contribution shall be on the SLB form. Copies of this form transferring sick leave days to the bank will be forwarded by the building principal or supervisor to the superintendent's office. The superintendent's office shall provide a copy of such transfers to sick leave to the chairperson of the SLB Committee. The superintendent's office shall also notify the SLB Committee of its total accumulations of sick leave days by October 1 of each school year.
III.Sick Leave Bank Committee
A.The SLB shall consist of six (6) members as follows:
1.Three classified contributing members of the SLB (one School Services employee, one clerical employee, and one paraprofessional)
2.The district head nurse,
3.The district payroll/insurance clerk, and
4.The superintendent or designee.
B.Committee members not assigned by position will serve a three-year term and are eligible to be re-elected for one additional consecutive three-year term, with the School Services, clerical, and paraprofessional positions being elected in rotating years. (Upon approval of this policy, lots will be drawn for 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year slots to establish the rotation). Nominations may be made at-large during the last week of August each year. Elections by secret ballot will be held during the first week of September and will be conducted by the out-going member(s) and the permanent members of the committee. Only members of the sick leave bank are eligible to vote.
C.The SLB committee shall elect a chairperson and a secretary from its members.
IV.The SLB Committee shall administer the bank according to the following:
A.SLB days may only be used upon exhaustion of a bank member's accumulated sick leave.
B.SLB days will be granted a member only for catastrophicpersonal illness or catastrophic illness is his/her immediate family.
C.A request for SLB days shall be on the SLB form.
D.When the chairperson of the SLB Committee receives a request for use of SLB days he/she shall call a meeting of the committee within five (5) school days.
E.At any time, except in cases of hospitalization, committee members may request an applicant to undergo a physical examination by a physician approved by the committee. Said examination expense shall be borne by the applicant.
F.Sick leave grants made from the bank shall be of no more than ten consecutive school days for the individual applicant. No applicant shall be eligible for more than three grants a year.
G.In cases where the SLB Committee denies a request for use of SLB days, the applicant may appeal the decision to the school board. The denial of any request shall be in writing.
H.In the event that the total available days in the SLB is less than fifty (50), the SLB Committee has the authority to solicit additional contributions to the SLB in accordance with Section II of this article.
I.The SLB Committee shall be responsible for the proper administration of the SLB, the maintenance of records regarding SLB days and their usage, and the promotion of participation in SLB.
Policy Adopted 3/23/99
Revised 5/15/06
Reviewed 4/16/13, 3/15/16
Rogers School District No. 30