Common use of Child Rearing Clause in Contracts

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- rearing leave shall be made in writing to the superintendent. 2. Any teacher intending to apply for child-rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3. The request for child-rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4. Child-rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school year in which the child-rearing leave commenced and an additional year shall be granted upon request of a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure year contract. A teacher on child-rearing leave shall notify the Board in writing of the intention to return to the district by March 15th of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to return for the following year. 5. Any teacher who has applied for and received child-rearing leave may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was granted, and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, at its sole discretion. 6. No teacher on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 7. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc. 8. A teacher receiving child-rearing leave shall not accept full-time employment in the teaching field. This provision shall cease to be operative at such time as the teacher shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 5.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education 11.4.1 A member who has entered upon contractual continued service shall grant child-be granted child rearing leave of absence without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1or other benefits if a written request for such leave is submitted. All initial applications Requests for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- child rearing leave shall be administered without regard to gender. Such requests shall be made in writing to the superintendent. 2. Any teacher intending to apply for child-rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent Executive Director of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent in writing Human Resources or designee at least sixty ninety (6090) calendar days prior to the anticipated birth of the child. The member shall supply a statement from the attending physician indicating anticipated date of birth. The date of the commencement of the leave shall be a date mutually agreeable to the member and the Executive Director of Human Resources, or actual date of delivery, whichever occurs first. The mutually agreed upon date shall be consistent with maximizing continuity of instruction. The leave shall not exceed the balance of the school year in which it commences and one additional school year. Every effort shall be made to have such leave terminate immediately prior to the start of a new school term. Said member shall be returned to the same position she or he left, or another teaching position for which the member is qualified. Any member granted a child rearing leave who had completed ninety (90) days of the school term prior to commencehis/her leave shall be considered to have completed a full year for the purposes of vertical advancement on the salary schedule. 3. The request for child-11.4.2 A member desiring child rearing leave as a result of becoming an adoptive parent shall specify notify the date when the teacher wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4Executive Director of Human Resources or designee in writing upon initiation of such adoption proceedings. Child-Child rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up upon written notification to the end Executive Director of Human Resources or designee of the academic school year in which date the child is to be received. It shall be the responsibility of the applying member to keep the Executive Director of Human Resources or designee informed of the proceedings as soon as known, and the expected date of the delivery of the child-rearing . The length of this leave commenced and an additional year shall be granted upon request of a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure year contract. A teacher on child-consistent with child rearing leave shall notify the Board in writing of the intention to return to the district by March 15th of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to return for the following yeartimelines. 5. Any teacher who has applied for and received child-11.4.3 Child rearing leave may reapply for permission be granted to return a non-tenured member by action of the Board of Education, subject to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was grantedall the conditions applicable to the tenured member, and provided the term of such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, at its sole discretion. 6. No teacher on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 7. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc. 8. A teacher receiving child-rearing leave shall not accept be considered in computing full-time employment for purposes of the continuous employment necessary to obtain contractual continued service status. Upon return from such leave the member shall be considered to have commenced their first, second, third or fourth probationary year as the case may be. The granting of child rearing leave to any non-tenured member shall not constitute a precedent for the granting or withholding of leave to any other member. Each request shall be judged on its own merits and shall be within the sole discretion of the Board. 11.4.4 Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring any member to apply for a child rearing leave. Actual disabilities arising out of pregnancy shall be deemed illness subject to Article X, Section 10.1 and 10.2, however these sections shall not be applicable during the period of the child rearing leave. Any accumulated sick leave available at the commencement of the leave shall be available to the member upon return to employment in the teaching fieldDistrict. This provision A member not eligible for or not desiring child rearing leave may utilize accumulated sick leave during any period of illness related to the pregnancy and/or to the delivery of the child. If such member has exhausted accumulated sick leave and is not eligible to draw from the sick leave bank, the member shall cease be excused from work by the Superintendent without pay during such period of illness, unless contrary medical opinion is supplied by the Board designated physician and supported by an additional mutually agreed upon physician. Such member shall then return to employment immediately following the termination of such illness. If the member is excused for more than half of the school term, no advancement on the salary schedule will take place. 11.4.5 A member granted child rearing leave hereunder shall not be operative eligible for additional child rearing leave until the member has returned to full time employment in the District for at such time as the teacher shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 5least one (1) year.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- child-rearing leave shall be made in writing to the superintendentSuperintendent. 2. Any teacher intending to apply for child-rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing child-rearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will shall commence and terminate. The teacher shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent of Schools in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3. The request for child-rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4. Child-rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school year in which the child-rearing leave commenced and an additional school year shall may be granted upon request of a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure tenure-year contractcontract for such teacher. A teacher on child-rearing leave shall notify the Board in writing of the intention to return to the district by March 15th 1 of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher district or sixty (60) days prior to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to said intended return for the following yeardate, whichever is sooner. 5. A teacher returning on the first day of the school year in September from child-rearing leave shall be placed in her/his previously held position if available and administratively feasible. 6. Any teacher who has applied for and received child-rearing leave may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was granted, and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, at its sole discretion. 67. No teacher on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 78. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc., except as otherwise provided by law. 89. Anyone who accepts child-rearing leave after January 31 in any given year is given credit on the salary guide for a full year upon returning to the district. 10. A teacher receiving child-rearing leave shall not accept full-full time employment in the teaching fieldfield or undertake full time graduate study during all or part of the period of the child-rearing leave. This provision shall cease to be operative at such time as the teacher shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 56 to return to employment.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1. i. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- child-rearing leave shall be made in writing to the superintendentSuperintendent. 2ii. Any teacher employee intending to apply for child-child- rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing child-rearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher employee shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent of Schools in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3iii. The request for child-rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher employee wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4iv. Child-rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school year in which the child-rearing leave commenced and an additional school year shall may be granted upon the request of a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure year contractan employee upon the completion of three (3) consecutive school years. A teacher An employee on child-rearing leave shall notify the Board in writing of the intention to return to the district by March 15th 1 of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher employee wishes to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher district or sixty (60) days prior to properly notify said intended return date, whichever is sooner. v. An employee returning on the Board first day of the school year in September from child- rearing leave shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to return for the following yearplaced in his/her previously held position if available and administratively feasible. 5vi. Any teacher employee who has applied for and received child-rearing leave may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was granted, and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, at its sole discretion. 6vii. No teacher employee on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 7viii. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc., except as otherwise provided by law. 8ix. A teacher Anyone who accepts child-rearing leave after January 31 in any given year is given credit on the salary guide for a full year upon returning to the district. x. An employee receiving child-rearing leave shall not accept full time school employment or enroll as a full-time employment in college student during all or part of the teaching fieldperiod of the child-rearing leave. This provision shall cease to be operative at such time as the teacher employee shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 56 to return to employment.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- child rearing leave shall be made in writing to the superintendentSuperintendent. 2. Any teacher intending to apply for child-child rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent Superin- tendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing child rearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-child rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher shall request child-child rearing leave of the Superintendent in writing at least sixty (60) 60 days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3. The request for child-child rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4. Child-Upon the request of a teacher under tenure, child rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school year in which the child-child rearing leave commenced commences and an additional school year shall may be granted upon the request of a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure year contracttenure. A teacher on child-child rearing leave shall notify the Board Superintendent in writing of the intention to return to the district District by March 15th 1 of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes intends to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher District or 60 days prior to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to said intended return for the following yeardate, whichever is sooner. 5. A tenured teacher returning on the first day of the school year in September from child rearing leave shall be placed in her/his previously held position if available and administratively feasible, or in as comparable a position as possible. 6. Any teacher who has applied for and received child-child rearing leave leave, may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was granted, granted and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, Board at its sole discretion. 6. No teacher on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 7. Time spent on child-child rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement placement, experience, seniority, seniority or sick leave accumulation, etc. 8. Anyone who accepts child rearing leave after January 31 in any given school year is given credit on the salary guide for a full year upon returning to the District. No credit on the salary guide shall be given for any child rearing leave commencing on January 31 or prior to January 31 in any given school year. 9. A teacher receiving child-child rearing leave shall not accept full-time employment in the teaching fieldfield or undertake full-time graduate study during all or part of the period of the child rearing leave. This provision shall cease to be operative at such time as the teacher shall have been denied herhis/his her request under Paragraph 56 above to return to employment. 10. Adoption - Any teacher adopting a child of preschool age shall receive a leave similar to child rearing leave as a result of child birth, which shall commence upon receiving de facto custody of said child, or earlier if necessary to fulfill the requirements for the adoption. 11. The Board is not required to continue employment of a non-tenured pregnant teacher beyond the year in which the maternity leave is taken.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant to secretaries child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure:. 1. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- in child rearing leave shall be made in writing to the superintendentSuperintendent. 2. Any teacher tenured secretary intending to apply for child-child rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing child rearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-child rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher secretary shall request child-child rearing leave of the Superintendent in writing at least sixty (60) 60 days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3. The request for child-child rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher secretary wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4. Child-Child rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school year in which the child-child rearing leave commenced commences and an additional school year shall may be granted upon the request of a teacher secretary under tenure or who has received a tenure year contracttenure. A teacher secretary on child-child rearing leave shall notify the Board Superintendent in writing of the intention to return to the district District by March 15th 1 of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes secretary intends to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher District or 60 days prior to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to said intended return for the following yeardate, whichever is sooner. 5. A tenured secretary returning on the first day of the school year in September from child rearing shall be placed in her/his previously held position if available and administratively feasible, or in as comparable a position as possible. 6. Any teacher secretary who has applied for and received child-child rearing leave leave, may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was granted, granted and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, Board at its sole discretion. 6. No teacher on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 7. Time spent on child-child rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement placement, experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, tenure accrual, etc. 8. Anyone who accepts child rearing leave after January 31 in any given school year is given credit on the salary guide for a full year upon returning to the District. No credit on the salary guide shall be given for any child rearing leave commencing January 31 or prior to January 31 in any given school year. 9. A teacher secretary receiving child-child rearing leave shall not accept full-time employment in or undertake full-time graduate study during all or part of the teaching fieldperiod of the child rearing leave. This provision shall cease to be operative at such time as the teacher secretary shall have been denied herhis/his her request under Paragraph 56 above to return to employment.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- child rearing leave shall be made in writing to the superintendentSuperintendent. 2. Any teacher or tenured secretary intending to apply for child-child rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing child rearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-child rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher teacher/secretary shall request child-child rearing leave of the Superintendent in writing at least sixty (60) 60 days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3. The request for child-child rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher teacher/secretary wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4. Child-Upon the request of a teacher/secretary under tenure, child rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school year in which the child-child rearing leave commenced commences and an additional school year shall may be granted upon the request of a teacher teacher/secretary under tenure or who has received a tenure year contracttenure. A teacher teacher/secretary on child-child rearing leave shall notify the Board Superintendent in writing of the intention to return to the district District by March 15th 1 of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes teacher/secretary intends to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher District or 60 days prior to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to said intended return for the following yeardate, whichever is sooner. 5. A tenured teacher/secretary returning on the first day of the school year in September from child rearing leave shall be placed in her/his previously held position if available and administratively feasible, or in as comparable a position as possible. 6. Any teacher teacher/secretary who has applied for and received child-child rearing leave leave, may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was granted, granted and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, Board at its sole discretion. 6. No teacher on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 7. Time spent on child-child rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement placement, experience, seniority, sick leave accumulationaccumulation or tenure accrual, etc. 8. Regardless of when an employee accepts child rearing leave pursuant to this Article, the employee must work 90 days during that school year in which the child rearing leave is taken to be given credit on the salary guide for that school year. 9. A teacher teacher/secretary receiving child-child rearing leave shall not accept full-time employment in the teaching fieldfield or undertake full-time graduate study during all or part of the period of the child rearing leave. This provision shall cease to be operative at such time as the teacher teacher/secretary shall have been denied herhis/his her request under Paragraph 56 above to return to employment. 10. Adoption - Any teacher/secretary adopting a child of preschool age shall receive a leave similar to child rearing leave as a result of child birth, which shall commence upon receiving de facto custody of said child, or earlier if necessary to fulfill the requirements for the adoption. 11. The Board is not required to continue employment of a non-tenured pregnant Teacher/secretary beyond the year in which the maternity leave is taken.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education 10.4.1 A member who has entered upon contractual continued service shall grant child-be granted child rearing leave of absence without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1or other benefits if a written request for such leave is submitted. All initial applications Requests for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- child rearing leave shall be administered without regard to gender. Such requests shall be made in writing to the superintendent. 2. Any teacher intending to apply Assistant Superintendent for child-rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent in writing Human Resources or designee at least sixty ninety (6090) calendar days prior to the anticipated birth of the child. The member shall supply a statement from the attending physician indicating anticipated date of birth. The date of the commencement of the leave shall be a date mutually agreeable to the member and the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, or actual date of delivery, whichever occurs first. The mutually agreed upon date shall be consistent with maximizing continuity of instruction. Leaves which commence during the summer recess shall commence July 1. The leave shall not exceed the balance of the school year in which it commences and one additional school year. Every effort shall be made to have such leave terminate immediately prior to the start of a new school term. Said member shall be returned to the same position she or he left, or another teaching position for which the member is qualified. Any member granted a child rearing leave who had completed ninety (90) days of the school term prior to commencehis/her leave shall be considered to have completed a full year for the purposes of vertical advancement on the salary schedule. 3. The request for child-10.4.2 A member desiring child rearing leave as a result of becoming an adoptive parent shall specify notify the date when the teacher wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources or designee in writing upon initiation of such adoption proceedings. Child-Child rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up upon written notification to the end Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources or designee of the academic school year in which date the child is to be received. It shall be the responsibility of the applying member to keep the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources or designee informed of the proceedings as soon as known, the expected date of the delivery of the child-rearing . The length of this leave commenced and an additional year shall be granted upon request of a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure year contract. A teacher on child-consistent with child rearing leave shall notify the Board in writing of the intention to return to the district by March 15th of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to return for the following yeartimelines. 5. Any teacher who has applied for and received child-10.4.3 Child rearing leave may reapply for permission be granted to return a non-tenured member by action of the Board of Education, subject to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was grantedall the conditions applicable to the tenure member, and provided the term of such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, at its sole discretion. 6. No teacher on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 7. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc. 8. A teacher receiving child-rearing leave shall not accept be considered in computing full-time employment for purposes of the continuous employment necessary to obtain contractual continued service status. Upon return from such leave the member shall be considered to have commenced their first, second, third or fourth probationary year as the case may be. The granting of child rearing leave to any non-tenured member shall not constitute a precedent for the granting or withholding of leave to any other member. Each request shall be judged on its own merits and shall be within the sole discretion of the Board. 10.4.4 Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring any member to apply for a child rearing leave. Actual disabilities arising out of pregnancy shall be deemed illness subject to Article IX, 9.1 and 9.2 and provided that such sections shall not be applicable during the period of the child rearing leave. Any accumulated sick leave available at the commencement of the leave shall be available to the member upon return to employment in the teaching fieldDistrict. This provision shall cease A member not eligible for or not desiring child rearing leave may utilize accumulated sick leave during any period of illness related to be operative at the pregnancy and/or to the delivery of the child. If such time as the teacher member shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 5exhausted accumulated sick leave and is not eligible to draw from the sick leave bank, the member shall be excused from work by the Superintendent without pay during such period of illness, unless contrary medical opinion is supplied by the Board designated physician. Such member shall then return to employment immediately following the termination of such illness. If the member is so excused for more than half of the school term, no advancement on the salary schedule will take place. 10.4.5 A member granted child rearing leave hereunder shall not be eligible for additional child rearing leave until such member has returned to full time employment in the District for at least one (1) year.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1. a. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- child-rearing leave shall be made in writing to the superintendentSuperintendent. 2. b. Any teacher employee intending to apply for child-rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing child-rearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher employee shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent of Schools in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3. c. The request for child-rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher employee wishes the to leave to commence and terminate. 4. d. Child-rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school work year in which the child-rearing leave commenced and an additional year shall may or may not be granted upon the request of an employee upon the completion of three (3) consecutive years of employment. e. An employee returning from a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure year contract. A teacher on child-child rearing leave shall notify the Board may be placed in writing of the intention to return to the district by March 15th of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to return for the following yearhis/her previously held position if available and administratively feasible. 5. f. Any teacher employee who has applied for and received child-rearing leave may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school work year for which such leave was granted, and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, at its sole discretion. 6. No teacher g. An employee on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied provided the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competenceemployment. 7. h. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc., except as otherwise provided by law. 8. A teacher i. Anyone who accepts child-rearing leave after January 31 in any given year is given credit on the salary guide for a full year upon returning to the district. j. An employee receiving child-rearing leave shall not accept full time school employment or enroll as a full-time employment in college student during all or part of the teaching fieldperiod of the child-rearing leave. This provision shall cease to be operative in effect at such time as the teacher employee shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 5F to return to employment.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1. All initial applications for applications, and applications for extensions or reductions of child- child-rearing leave leave, shall be made in writing to the superintendentSuperintendent. 2. Any teacher employee intending to apply for child-rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing child- rearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher employee shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent of Schools in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3. The request for child-rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher employee wishes the to leave to commence and terminate. 4. Child-rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school year in which the child-rearing leave commenced and commenced. The Board shall grant an additional year shall be granted of leave upon the request of a teacher an eligible employee provided such request is made in writing to the superintendent by June 1st. If the procedure is not followed the Board will retain the sole discretion to deny the extension. An eligible employee is an employee who is under tenure or who has received a tenure year contract. A teacher An eligible employee on child-rearing leave shall notify the Board in writing of the intention to return to the district District by March 15th May 1st of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher employee wishes to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to return for the following yearDistrict. 5. An employee returning on the first day of the school year in September from child-rearing leave shall be placed in his previously held position if available and administratively feasible. 6. Any teacher employee who has applied for and received child-rearing leave may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was granted, and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, at its sole discretion. 67. No teacher employee on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 78. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement placement, experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc. 89. A teacher receiving Any ten (10) month employee who accepts child-rearing leave shall not accept full-time employment after January 31st in any given year is given credit on the teaching fieldsalary guide for a full year upon returning to the district. This provision shall cease to be operative at such time as the teacher shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 5.Any twelve

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1. a. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- child-rearing leave shall be made in writing to the superintendentSuperintendent. 2. b. Any teacher employee intending to apply for child-rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing child-rearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher employee shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent of Schools in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3. c. The request for child-rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher employee wishes the to leave to commence and terminate. 4. d. Child-rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school work year in which the child-child- rearing leave commenced and an additional year shall may or may not be granted upon the request of an employee upon the completion of three (3) consecutive years of employment. e. An employee returning from a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure year contract. A teacher on child-child rearing leave shall notify the Board may be placed in writing of the intention to return to the district by March 15th of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to return for the following yearhis/her previously held position if available and administratively feasible. 5. f. Any teacher employee who has applied for and received child-rearing leave may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school work year for which such leave was granted, and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, at its sole discretion. 6. No teacher g. An employee on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied provided the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competenceemployment. 7. h. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc., except as otherwise provided by law. 8. A teacher i. Anyone who accepts child-rearing leave after January 31 in any given year is given credit on the salary guide for a full year upon returning to the district. j. An employee receiving child-rearing leave shall not accept full time school employment or enroll as a full-time employment in college student during all or part of the teaching fieldperiod of the child-rearing leave. This provision shall cease to be operative in effect at such time as the teacher employee shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 5F to return to employment.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education Bargaining unit members, upon request, and notice as hereinafter required, shall grant child-be eligible to receive rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: up to one (1) calendar year. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- rearing Said leave shall be made used only for the purpose of rearing a child of a member which is recently born, or for a child adopted by a member provided the adoptive child is under compulsory school age when such leave begins. Child rearing leave must be requested in writing to the superintendent. 2. Any teacher intending to apply for child-rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent in writing at least not less than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the expected birth (or in the case of adoption, expected date of receipt) of the child for whom the member wishes to use the child rearing leave. Within thirty (30) calendar days of the birth of the child, the member shall advise the employer in writing of the birth date of the child. Barring an illness or recovery associated with the pregnancy that is documented by a physician, sick leave is not to be used as child rearing leave. In cases where a pregnancy should terminate in a miscarriage or if the child should be stillborn or die shortly after birth, the bargaining unit member requesting leave retains the right to terminate the rearing leave with thirty (30) days notice to the employer. To be entitled to reinstatement following child-rearing leave, the member shall notify the Employer in writing not less than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the date of termination of said leave. Upon termination of child rearing leave, the leave Employer shall offer the employee the position previously held. If that position is to commence. 3not available the Employer shall offer the employee a similar position (in pay and skill). The request for child-If the employee's previous position becomes available, the Employer shall offer the employee that position. An employee granted a child rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4not be paid. Child-A child rearing leave shall be granted counted as “employed time" for a period purposes of up to the end computing pay increases, retirement, etc. Provided, however, an employee who has been employed and worked for one half (½) or more of the academic contracted school days shall have such school year counted for purposes of longevity as related to pay increases. All leave previously accrued but not utilized will be retained. During child rearing leave, any employee with at least one (1) full year's service in which the child-rearing leave commenced and an additional year District shall be granted upon request of a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure year contractentitled to full medical-hospitalization and other insurance benefits as provided herein at Board expense for ninety (90) calendar days. A teacher on child-rearing leave shall notify If the Board in writing employee works within the ninety (90) calendar days before the last contracted school day of the intention to return to current school year the district by March 15th employee will have insurance coverage until the first contracted school day of the next school year preceding at which time the school year in which remainder of the teacher wishes ninety (90) calendar days of insurance benefits will continue. This coverage is to return be identical to the districtthat provided all regular employees. Failure by Subsequent to this time period, a tenured teacher to properly notify the Board shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to return for the following year. 5. Any teacher who has applied for and received child-member on child rearing leave may reapply for permission continue all medical-hospitalization and other insurance benefits as provided herein by remitting to the Employer the cost of such continued benefits. Employees who fail to give timely notice of a desire to return to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was granted, and such leave may thereupon shall be deemed to have terminated by the Board, at its sole discretiontheir employment. 6. No teacher on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 7. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc. 8. A teacher receiving child-rearing leave shall not accept full-time employment in the teaching field. This provision shall cease to be operative at such time as the teacher shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 5.

Child Rearing. The Board of Education shall grant child-rearing leave without pay in accordance with the following procedure: 1. i. All initial applications for and applications for extensions or reductions of child- rearing leave shall be made in writing to the superintendentSuperintendent. 2ii. Any teacher employee intending to apply for child-rearing leave shall advise the Superintendent of the fact of her pregnancy and/or of her/his prospective plans for taking childrearing child-rearing leave and the best estimate of when the child-rearing leave will commence and terminate. The teacher employee shall request child-rearing leave of the Superintendent of Schools in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the leave is to commence. 3iii. The request for child-rearing leave shall specify the date when the teacher employee wishes the leave to commence and terminate. 4iv. Child-rearing leave shall be granted for a period of up to the end of the academic school year in which the child-rearing leave commenced and an additional school year shall may be granted upon the request of a teacher under tenure or who has received a tenure year contractan employee upon the completion of three (3) consecutive school years. A teacher An employee on child-rearing leave shall notify the Board in writing of the intention to return to the district by March 15th 1 of the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher employee wishes to return to the district. Failure by a tenured teacher district or sixty (60) days prior to properly notify said intended return date, whichever is sooner. v. An employee returning on the Board first day of the school year in September from child-rearing leave shall be an indication that the employee does not plan to return for the following yearplaced in his/her previously held position if available and administratively feasible. 5vi. Any teacher employee who has applied for and received child-rearing leave may reapply for permission to return to employment during any academic school year for which such leave was granted, and such leave may thereupon be terminated by the Board, at its sole discretion. 6vii. No teacher employee on child-rearing leave shall, on the basis of said leave, be denied the opportunity to substitute in the school district in the area of her/his certification or competence. 7viii. Time spent on child-rearing leave of absence shall not count towards salary guide placement experience, seniority, sick leave accumulation, etc., except as otherwise provided by law. 8ix. A teacher Anyone who accepts child-rearing leave after January 31 in any given year is given credit on the salary guide for a full year upon returning to the district. x. An employee receiving child-rearing leave shall not accept full time school employment or or enroll as a full-time employment in college student during all or part of the teaching fieldperiod of the child-rearing leave. This provision shall cease to be operative at such time as the teacher employee shall have been denied her/his request under Paragraph 56 to return to employment.