Leave

Medical Leave

The Board will provide leave to eligible employees consistent with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). Eligible employees are entitled to up to 12 work weeks of unpaid family and medical leave in any 12-month period. The District will continue to pay the District’s share of the employee’s health benefits during the leave. In addition, the District will restore the employee to the same or an equivalent position after the termination of the leave in accordance with Board policy.

In complying with the FMLA, the District intends to adhere to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as other applicable federal and state laws.

The following administrative rules apply only to the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Eligibility

An employee who has worked for the District for at least 12 months is eligible for 12 work weeks of FMLA leave during a 12-month period provided the employee worked at least 1,250 hours in the 12 months preceding the beginning of the leave.

Note:  Certified employees must work 152 days to receive credit for a year of teaching experience.

The 12 months of employment need not be consecutive months. 

Twelve months or a year as defined by the district is July 1 to June 30.

Types of Leave

An eligible employee may take FMLA leave for the following:

  • birth and first-year care of a child

  • adoption or foster placement of a child

  • serious illness of an employee’s spouse, parent or child

  • employee’s own serious health condition that keeps the employee from performing the essential functions of his/her job

  • A serious health condition is one involving continuous treatment by a health care provider that results in a period of incapacity of more than three consecutive calendar days and involves extensive treatment.  Such conditions as asthma and diabetes are included in this definition.

The District requires an employee to use accrued paid vacation, personal or family leave for purposes of family leave. The District requires an employee to use accrued vacation, personal or medical/sick leave for purposes of a medical leave. An employee cannot compel the District to permit the employee to use accrued medical/sick leave in any situation under which the leave could not normally be used.