School District Employees
Non-Industrial Medical Leaves
Classified Employees
- The 100 days begins to run on the first day of abasence due to illness during the school year.
- After the employer has used the current year’s sick leave, all previously accumulated sick leave, the emlpoyee will be entitled to the balance of the 100 days of difference pay.
- When the employee is within a few days of exhausting the 100 days, notice should be sent to the emlpoyee when the leave will be exhausted.
- When the 100 days have been used, immediately notify the employee that he or she has been placed on a 39 re-employment list.
Certificated
- Do not start counting the 100 days until the employee has used all of the current year’s sick leave and all previously accumulated sick leave. If the employee has 40 days of accumulated sick leave, plus the current year’s 10 days, the employee is entitled to use all 50 days before you start counting the 100 days. The employee then may use 100 days at the substitute differential rate.
- If a teacher does not use all of the 100 days during the school year and remains medically unable to resume his or her duties, the balance of the 100 days will carry over to the next school year. If the teacher is disabled due to the same illness or injury and has used 80 of the 100 days, he or she will have 10 more days of sick leave at full pay and then the balance of the 20 days of differential pay when the new school year begins. At that time, if he or she cannot return, they will be placed on a 39-month re-employment list.
- The employees are entitled to one set of 100 days per illness or injury and when it is used there is no more for that illness. If the employee has a different illness or injury, he or she is entitled to a new set of 100 days.
Industrial Leaves
Classified
- The 100 days of industrial leave runs concurrently with the 60 days.
- If a classified employee is a 10 month employee with 20 days of accumulated sick leave and he or she has a work related injury, the employee will use his or her 60 days of industrial leave, then his or her 32 days of regular sick leave (12 days of current sick leave and 20 days of accumulated sick leave) and then he or she would be entitled to an additional 8 days of difference pay.
Certificated
- All leaves run consecutively, not concurrently.
- If a teacher uses all industrial and sick leave and 80 days of his or her 100 days, the employee would start the new year with 10 days of sick leave and 20 days of remaining differential pay.
- If a teacher uses 50 days of industrial leave in one school year and he or she is still disabled by the same injury, the employee would start the new school year with 10 days of industrial leave, 10 days of sick leave for the new school, and previously accumulated sick leave, and 100 days of differential leave.
