Common use of Sick Leave Pool Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Pool. A. A sick leave pool shall be established for use by participating full-time employees. B. Participation in the sick leave pool shall be voluntary on the part of each full-time employee. C. All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee has accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued sick leave. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to the donating employee as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by the participating employee must be used for the employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. A participating employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from the pool until all of the employee’s sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, from the pool within a twelve-month period and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool shall not be required to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing member. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave days from the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policy. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787

Sick Leave Pool. A. A The Administration and the UFF-BC agree to the formation of a sick leave pool effective January 1,1990. The following procedures shall be established for use by participating full-time employees. B. Participation in the sick leave pool shall be voluntary on the part of each full-time employee. C. All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee has accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued sick leave. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available apply to the donating employee as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by the participating employee must be used for the employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day use of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. A. Membership 1. Employees Participation in the pool shall be eligible voluntary at all times. 2. In order to join the pool, a Faculty member must have been employed for at least one academic year and have accrued a minimum of 8 days of sick leave. 3. All participants in the pool shall donate 2 days of accrued sick leave to the pool and have their personal sick leave accrual reduced by the same amount. 4. If the sick leave pool during becomes depleted, all participating Faculty members shall contribute an additional 1-day of sick leave and have their personal sick leave accrual reduced by that amount. The pool shall be considered depleted when the first twenty (20) school total number of credits in the pool is 30 days or fewer. The pool shall not be replenished more than 2 times in any 12-month period. B. Utilization of each school yearPool 1. Use of sick leave pool credits is limited to the Faculty member's personal illness, accident, or injury. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the Faculty members must have been absent from scheduled duty days for a minimum of 20 duty days, and must have exhausted all accrued sick and vacation leave before being eligible to apply for sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the poolcredits. G. 3. A participating employee shall not Faculty member may apply for a maximum of 20 days credit at any one time. A maximum of 40 days may be eligible granted in any 12-month period to use sick leave days an individual Faculty member. 4. Participating Faculty members may resign from the pool until all of the employee’s sick leave has been depletedat any time. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, Upon resignation from the pool within a twelve-month period or from the College, all contributions to the pool and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible rights to use sick receive leave days credits from the pool shall not be required to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing memberforfeited. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave days from 5. Alleged abuse of the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may shall be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to Faculty member shall repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits wrongfully drawn from the pool. Such abuse could also lead to appropriate disciplinary action against the Faculty member. 6. Applications to join the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted and application for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by credits shall be made to the Association Sick Leave Committee. The Committee shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth be formed in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policyaccordance with Policy 6Hx2-3. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787

Sick Leave Pool. A. A sick leave pool shall be established for use by participating full-time employeesteachers. B. Participation in the sick leave pool shall be voluntary on the part of each full-time employeeteacher. C. All full-full time employees teachers shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool after one (1l) year of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee teacher has accumulated a minimum of twelve twenty (1220) days of accrued unused sick leave. Note: the one (1) year of employment does not have to be the year immediately preceding entry in the pool. Any year of employment by the Okaloosa County School District will satisfy this provision for eligibility as long as the twenty (20) days of leave provision is met. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee teacher donating such leave and shall not be available to the donating employee teacher as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by the participating employee teacher must be used for the employee’s teacher's personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. Pregnancy without complications and selective surgery are not considered catastrophic. F. Each participating employee teacher shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution contributions will be required, except that each participating employee teacher shall be required to contribute an additional one (1) day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave poolteachers. 1. Employees Teachers shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee teacher who cancels his/her membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee he/she has contributed to the pool. G. A participating employee teacher shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from the pool until all of the employee’s his or her sick leave has been depleted. An employee A teacher so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty ninety (6090) days, in 20-day increments, days of sick leave from the pool within a twelve-twelve (12) month period and only for approved absences of five (5) continuous workdays paid days or more. H. A participating employee teacher who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool shall not be required to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing member. I. An employee A teacher who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave days from the pool transferred to that district’s school board's sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoingwrong doing, the employee teacher may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s teacher's sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s teacher's regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leaveleave utilized by the participating teacher in the sick leave pool. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem be deemed necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policy. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787

Sick Leave Pool. A. A In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave pool for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be established for use by participating full-time employeesfinal. B. Participation A faculty member may participate in the sick leave pool shall be Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary on the part of each full-time employeebasis. C. All full-time employees A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool Sick Leave Pool after one (1) year of employment by with the Okaloosa County School Board College, provided said employee the faculty member has accumulated accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued of unused sick leave. D. Any Each day of sick leave pooled pursuant that a faculty member contributes to this Article the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be removed from assessed with the accumulated sick leave balance same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the employee donating such leave Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall not be available make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the donating employee as same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. E. Any H. To utilize sick leave time drawn from the pool by Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the participating employee must be used sick leave for the employee’s a personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. I. A participating employee faculty member shall not be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the pool until all Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of the employee’s up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, from the pool within a twelve-month period and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute such daysthe sick leave used, except for replenishment as a regular contributing memberdescribed in paragraph (G) above. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the state Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to have withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the pool transferred Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to that districtthe maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the days and contribute four (4) sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, days to the employee may be required to repay any or all of Sick Leave Pool during the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leaveenrollment period. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policy. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787

Sick Leave Pool. A. A sick leave pool shall be established for use by participating full-time employees. B. Participation in the sick leave pool shall be voluntary on the part of each full-time employee. C. All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee has accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued sick leave. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to the donating employee as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by the participating employee must be used for the employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. A participating employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from the pool until all of the employee’s sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, from the pool within a twelve-month period and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool shall not be required to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing member. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave days from the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool.. 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policy. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787

Sick Leave Pool. A. The Committee and the Association agree to a Unit A Sick Leave Pool under the following guidelines: 1. Each member of the bargaining unit shall be a member of the Sick Leave Pool. 2. The Sick Leave Pool shall be funded as follows: a. Unused days in the Sick Leave Pool at the end of one school year shall be carried forward to the Sick Leave Pool at the beginning of the next school year, including those unused days in the Sick Leave Pool on June 30, 1988. b. After applying the eighteen (18) sick leave pool days of annual accrual to each teacher's individual account at the beginning of school in September, days left over at the end of the year beyond the maximum accumulation allowed, under Section C above, shall be established for use by participating full-time employees. B. Participation in added to the sick leave pool days in the Sick Leave Pool. c. At the end of each school year, unused sick leave days of teachers who retire and/or resign, up to a maximum number of days equal to the number of members in the bargaining unit, shall be voluntary on added to the part of each full-time employeedays in the Sick Leave Pool. C. All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation d. If the number of days in the sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee has accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued sick leave. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance Sick Leave Pool is depleted below 30% of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to number of members in the donating employee as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from bargaining unit, the pool by the participating employee must be used for the employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute Sick Leave Pool Committee (Section 3a below) may assess each teacher one (1) day of from her/his personal accumulation and the Sick Leave Pool Committee shall so notify the Superintendent promptly in writing. 3. The Sick Leave Pool shall be administered as follows: a. A teacher whose sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance accumulation has been reduced below one exhausted may apply to the Sick Leave Pool Committee, such Committee consisting of five (15) day for each two members of the Association appointed by its President. Such teacher may receive a maximum of ten (210) participating employeesdays per school year when the need arises. In This time may be extended if two-thirds the event a member does not have any days at the time of Association's Executive Board so votes. b. Each request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. A participating employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from the pool until all of the employee’s sick leave Sick Leave Pool that has been depleted. An employee so situated approved by the Sick Leave Pool Committee and each request for extension that has been approved by the Association's Executive Board shall be eligible forwarded forthwith to use up the Superintendent for his approval. The Superintendent shall act reasonably and promptly on the matter. c. In the event the Superintendent does not approve a request under "b" above, the request will be sent promptly (within two (2) workdays) to a maximum the Sick Leave Pool Appeals Board, consisting of sixty two (602) days, in 20-day increments, administrators from the pool within a twelveCentral Office (non-month period Unit B) designated by the Committee and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. two (2) Unit A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool shall not be required to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing member. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave days from the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected members designated by the Association with each party able to designate an alternate. Decisions of the Board shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth be by majority vote of those present, with at least three (3) members present in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policyorder to conduct business. A. 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Sick Leave Pool. A. A sick leave pool shall be established for use by participating full-time employees. B. Participation in the sick leave pool shall be voluntary on the part of each full-time employee. C. All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee has accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued sick leave. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to the donating employee as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by the participating employee must be used for the employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. A participating employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from the pool until all of the employee’s sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, from the pool within a twelve-twelve- month period and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool shall not be required to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing member. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave days from the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policy. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787

Sick Leave Pool. A. A In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave pool for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be established for use by participating full-time employeesfinal. B. Participation A faculty member may participate in the sick leave pool shall be Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary on the part of each full-time employeebasis. C. All full-time employees A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool Sick Leave Pool after one (1) year of employment by with the Okaloosa County School Board College, provided said employee the faculty member has accumulated accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued of unused sick leave. D. Any Each day of sick leave pooled pursuant that a faculty member contributes to this Article the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member's accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be removed from assessed with the accumulated sick leave balance same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the employee donating such leave Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall not be available make the four (4) day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the donating employee as same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. E. Any H. To utilize sick leave time drawn from the pool by Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the participating employee must be used sick leave for the employee’s a personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. I. A participating employee faculty member shall not be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the pool until all Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of the employee’s up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, from the pool within a twelve-month period and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute such daysthe sick leave used, except for replenishment as a regular contributing memberdescribed in paragraph (G) above. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the state Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to have withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the pool transferred Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to that district’s the maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year's continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated days and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policy. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787contribute four

Sick Leave Pool. A. A sick leave pool shall be established for use by participating full-time employees. B. Participation in the sick leave pool shall be voluntary on the part of each full-time employee. C. All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee has accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued sick leave. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to the donating employee as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by the participating employee must be used for the employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels his membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee he has contributed to the pool. G. A participating employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from the pool until all of the employee’s his sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-20 day increments, from the pool within a twelve-twelve month period and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool shall not be required to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing member. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave days from the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policy. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 17871575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621

Sick Leave Pool. A. A Each officer shall accumulate 120 hours of sick leave, with pay, per calendar year. When the total number of sick leave pool hours drops below 5,600, 8 hours of sick leave with pay from each officer participating in the program shall be established for use by participating full-time employees. B. Participation in become part of the sick leave pool, and any remaining hours shall continue to be credited to the individual officer. Officers having opted not to participate will not, under any circumstances, be allowed to enter the pool at any later date. Any Officer who voluntarily drops out of the pool may not, under any circumstances, be allowed to re-enter the pool. Notification to the Accounting Unit must be provided, in writing, by the Officer who drops out of the pool. The Accounting Unit shall include a copy of this report in the Officer's file, and must forward a copy to the Chief's Office for inclusion in the Officer's permanent "201" file. A copy must also be voluntary on sent to the part Association within thirty (30) calendar days of each full-time employee. C. All full-time employees the date the Officer requests to drop out of the sick leave pool. No Officer shall be eligible for participation in the to draw sick leave pool after days until one (1) year of his sick days is credited to the pool. Upon completion of the initial two-month period of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee has accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued sick leave. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed after graduation from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and Academy, each Officer shall not be available to the donating employee as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by the participating employee must be used for the employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day have 12 hours of sick leave in credited to the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employeespool. In the event a member does of separation from employment prior to completion of the probationary period, the City may adjust the pool for any sick leave hours not actually earned by the contributing probationary Officer. When an Officer retires or dies, any sick leave accumulated by the Officer that would have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they otherwise been forfeited shall contribute the next day they earn be credited to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees The Chief of Police and the President of the Association shall be eligible each appoint an equal amount of officers to join a committee in rank to administer the sick leave pool. The Committee shall then elect a chairman. The resulting vacancy will be filled by the opposite appointing officer from that receiving the chairmanship. Example: If the Chief of Police appointee is elected chairman, the Association President shall appoint for the created vacancy. The Chief of Police will select one Sergeant, one Detective and one Patrol Officer. The Association President will select one Detective and two Patrol Officers. In cases where an officer applies for sick leave pool benefits and holds a rank higher than sergeant, the Chief and President of the Association will each appoint one person of rank equal to or higher than held by the requesting Officer. All committee members shall be appointed on or before October 1 of each year and shall serve one-year terms. Any vacancies occurring during the first twenty course of the term shall be filled within twenty-one (2021) school days of calendar days. No person shall be allowed to serve more than one (1) consecutive term. The City shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless each school yearcommittee member. The following requirements determine when a committee may consider when sick leave pool hours may be drawn. A decision by the committee shall be final. 2A. Officers may be considered for sick leave pool hours after taking off 120 consecutive working hours of continuous non-job-related illness or injury. The employee who cancels membership 120 consecutive working hours used for eligibility shall be submitted as a leave request by the Officer from his own accumulated sick leave and will not be refundable by the Committee or otherwise. The Department shall reimburse the Officer, from the hours in the sick leave pool, for any type of leave hours used in excess of the 120 consecutive working hours, if reimbursement is approved by the Sick Leave Committee. B. No officer shall be permitted to use more than 1440 pool hours for a single illness or injury. C. Pool hours may not be used for injuries or illnesses sustained in the line of duty. D. The number of hours in the pool shall be solely for the benefit of officers with extended injuries or illnesses, and such hours shall not be eligible revert to withdraw the days of accumulated sick leave of individual officers. E. Pool time may only be used for disability, which is defined as a non-job-related injury or illness, which prevents an Officer from fully performing assigned duties in all major divisions of the employee Department. ▇. The Committee Chairman may at any time or at the request of the Chief of Police reconvene the Committee for further consideration should evidence come forward that would affect the outcome of a Committee decision after a decision has contributed to been reached. The Committee by majority vote may extend, reduce, approve, cancel, or deny a pool usage, as the poolevidence requires. G. A participating employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from the Officers desiring consideration for pool until all of the employee’s sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, from the pool within a twelve-month period and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool shall not be required to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing member. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave days from the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee usage may be required to repay submit to medical examination by a City doctor and may be required to produce medical records, doctor's orders, and any or all of other material necessary to render a decision by the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leavecommittee. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by ▇. Upon any Officer being absent from duty 18-work weeks as a result of a single illness or injury, the Association Chief may require the Officer to submit to a medical examination to determine whether the officer is permanently disabled. When it is determined that an Officer is permanently disabled, the Chief shall approve be entitled to terminate or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval retire the officer, whichever is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policyapplicable, according to law existing. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787I. Officers applying to the Sick Leave Pool Committee for reimbursement of hours used in excess of 120 hours must do so within one year of return to duty, following the illness or injury.

Sick Leave Pool. A. A In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave pool for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be established for use by participating full-time employeesfinal. B. Participation A faculty member may participate in the sick leave pool shall be Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary on the part of each full-time employeebasis. C. All full-time employees A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool Sick Leave Pool after one (1) year of employment by with the Okaloosa County School Board College, provided said employee the faculty member has accumulated accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued of unused sick leave. D. Any Each day of sick leave pooled pursuant that a faculty member contributes to this Article the Sick Leave Pool will be deducted from the contributing faculty member’s accrued sick leave balance. E. Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be removed from assessed with the accumulated sick leave balance same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred (200) days. G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the employee donating such leave Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty (60) calendar days of the Fall Term each year, and shall not be available make the four (4)- day contribution required by paragraph (F) above, or such greater contribution in excess of the four (4) days to the donating employee as same extent all other members are contributing in order to replenish the Sick Leave Pool. A faculty member is not eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool while on sick leave. E. Any H. To utilize sick leave time drawn from the pool by Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the participating employee must be used sick leave for the employee’s a personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. I. A participating employee faculty member shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from the pool until all of the employee’s Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has been depleted. An employee so situated used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. J. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the Sick Leave Pool shall be eligible to use three increments of up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, participating faculty member who uses sick leave from the pool within a twelve-month period and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute such daysthe sick leave used, except for a replenishment as a regular contributing memberdescribed in paragraph (G) above. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the state Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to have withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool, nor be eligible to draw from the pool transferred Sick Leave Pool in the future. M. After using three (3) draws of any amount up to that districtthe maximum of 25 days per draw, the faculty member will have to reapply to the Faculty Sick Leave Pool. To be accepted, the faculty member must have a minimum of one (1) year’s continued employment with the College, twelve (12) accrued sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the days and contribute four (4) sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, days to the employee may be required to repay any or all of Sick Leave Pool during the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leaveenrollment period. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policy. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787

Sick Leave Pool. A. A In accordance with the following provisions, a faculty member may elect to pool accrued sick leave pool for disbursement to any participating faculty member who needs sick leave time in excess of the amount of his accrued sick leave: A. The Office of Human Resources shall have the authority to administer and implement the Sick Leave Pool for faculty members in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement and the laws of the State of Florida. The decisions of Human Resources shall be established for use by participating full-time employeesfinal. B. Participation A faculty member may participate in the sick leave pool shall be Sick Leave Pool on a voluntary on the part of each full-time employeebasis. C. All full-time employees A faculty member shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool Sick Leave Pool after one (1) year of employment by with the Okaloosa County School Board College, provided said employee the faculty member has accumulated accrued a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued of unused sick leave. D. Any Each day of sick leave pooled pursuant that a faculty member contributes to this Article shall the Sick Leave Pool will be removed deducted from the accumulated contributing faculty member's accrued sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to the donating employee as sick leavebalance. E. Any Each participating faculty member shall make an equal contribution to the Sick Leave Pool. F. Each participating faculty member shall make an initial contribution of four (4) days of accrued sick leave time drawn to the Sick Leave Pool. No additional contributions to the Sick Leave Pool will be required unless replenishment is needed for the Sick Leave Pool. If the number of days of accrued sick leave in the Sick Leave Pool is reduced to twenty-five (25) days, all participants shall be assessed with the same number of days as is necessary to replenish the Sick Leave Pool to a minimum of two hundred G. A faculty member shall have an opportunity to enroll as a member of the Sick Leave Pool during the annual enrollment period, which shall occur during the first sixty ▇. ▇▇ utilize sick leave from the pool by Sick Leave Pool, a participating faculty member must use the participating employee must be used sick leave for the employee’s a personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. I. A participating employee faculty member shall not be eligible to use sick leave from Sick Leave Pool after his accrued sick leave and vacation leave have been depleted and the faculty member has used five (5) days of personal leave without pay for a personal illness or injury. ▇. Following review and approval by the Office of Human Resources, the maximum number of days that a participating faculty member may draw from the pool until all Sick Leave Pool shall be three increments of the employee’s up to twenty-five (25) days each. K. Except as provided in paragraph (M) below, a participating faculty member who uses sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, from the pool within a twelve-month period and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible to use sick leave days from the pool Sick Leave Pool shall not be required to re-contribute such daysthe sick leave used, except for replenishment as a regular contributing memberdescribed in paragraph (G) above. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within L. If a participating faculty member elects no longer to participate in the state Sick Leave Pool, the faculty member shall not be eligible to have withdraw any sick leave days contributed to the Sick Leave Pool nor be eligible to draw from the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave poolSick Leave Pool in the future. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits drawn from the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policy. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787

Sick Leave Pool. 10.1 The Committee and the Association agree to establish a Sick Leave Pool for the members of the bargaining unit which shall be administered by the Superintendent, or his/her designee, according to the following guidelines: A. A Each secretary may voluntarily become a member of this Sick Leave Pool for Secretaries. B. As requirement of membership in the Sick Leave Pool each participating member shall voluntarily donate one day per year from their own sick leave entitlement to the pool which shall be effective on the first day of school of a school year. After five (5) years of membership in the pool, members will no longer need to donate annually unless the pool of available days drop below 100. C. An individual shall not lose membership in the pool should that participating member be out for an extended period of time. D. Each sick leave pool shall be established for use by participating full-time employees. B. Participation in the sick leave pool shall be voluntary on the part member may receive a Sick Leave Pool benefit of each full-time employee. C. All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee has accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued sick leave. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available to the donating employee as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by the participating employee must be used for the employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. 1. Employees shall be eligible to join the sick leave pool during the first twenty (20) school days of each school year. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the pool. G. A participating employee shall not be eligible to use sick leave days from the pool until all of the employee’s sick leave has been depleted. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) daysten days in a school year. All requests for access to the Sick Leave Pool must be approved by the Association’s Officers before submitting the Sick Leave Pool request form to the Business Administrator. The Business Administrator will submit the Sick Leave Request to the Superintendent for approval, in 20-day incrementsboth the Superintendent and the Association Officers must approve the sick leave request. E. The existence of the Sick Leave Pool is a privilege rather than a convenience, therefore, days will be granted from the pool within Pool only in cases of serious injury or illness verified by a twelve-month period physician’s certificate which demonstrates a genuine disability and only for approved absences includes clarification of five continuous workdays what the patient can do or morecannot do in relation to assigned duties. H. A participating employee F. The use of the Sick Leave Pool is limited to one hundred eighty-two days maximum per illness, and limited to employees who is have been employed five years or more in the Methuen Public Schools. Employees who have been employed less than one year, are not eligible to use sick leave for days from the pool shall not Sick Leave Pool. Employees who have been employed more than one, but less than five years, will be required entitled to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing member. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave only fifty days from the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave poolSick Leave Pool. J. Abuse G. Each party agrees to allow the emergency granting of the use of the sick leave pool may be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits drawn ten (10) days from the sick leave pool at if approved the employee’s regular daily rate of paychair/co-chairs and the Superintendent in order to not interrupt paychecks for an individual. Rules adopted Once the member has submitted all the proper documentation, the member can apply for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A more sick leave pool committee selected days should the member show a need. H. All participating members shall sign an affidavit indicating their desire to join the pool. Continued membership from year to year shall be automatically assumed as long as the participating member is employed as a member of the bargaining unit. A participating member shall sign an affidavit indicating their termination of membership in the Sick Leave Pool if the individual will be continuing as a member of the bargaining unit but desires not to continue voluntary participation in the Sick Leave Pool. I. Procedures: a. Obtain a Sick Leave Pool Request Form from the personnel office (Business Administrator). Fill out this form providing all information requested and attach physician’s certificate which explains: (1) the nature of the illness and (2) the expected number of days requested to be out of work. b. Return the Sick Leave Pool Request Form and the physician’s certificate to the personnel office (Business Administrator) with a copy to the Methuen Educational Secretaries Association. A second medical certificate may be requested form a physician approved by the Association shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policyMethuen Public Schools. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787c. A doctor’s certificate may be required upon return from an absence of three or more days. The employee must notify his/her Supervisor on or before the first day of the absence informing the Supervisor as closely as possible when the employee expects to return to work. The employee is expected to keep his/her Supervisor informed during his/her absence as to the expected duration of such absence. If deemed to be in the best interest of the Superintendent or his/her designee, a physical examination of the employee may be required, such examination to be administered by a Committee selected physician and without charge to the employee. d. An employee shall not suffer any loss of sick leave accumulation during any period of absence from work due to any injury arising out of and in the course of the performance of assigned duties for a period of one calendar year from the date of said injury. It is understood that while there shall be no loss of sick leave accumulation during said period, there shall be no additional accumulation of said leave during said period.

Sick Leave Pool. A. A The Administration and the UFF/BC agree to the formation of a sick leave pool effective January 1,1990. The following procedures shall be established for use by participating full-time employees. B. Participation in the sick leave pool shall be voluntary on the part of each full-time employee. C. All full-time employees shall be eligible for participation in the sick leave pool after one (1) year of employment by the Okaloosa County School Board provided said employee has accumulated a minimum of twelve (12) days accrued sick leave. D. Any sick leave pooled pursuant to this Article shall be removed from the accumulated sick leave balance of the employee donating such leave and shall not be available apply to the donating employee as sick leave. E. Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by the participating employee must be used for the employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident or injury. F. Each participating employee shall contribute one (1) day use of sick leave in the first month of eligibility. No other sick leave contribution will be required, except that each participating employee shall be required to contribute an additional day of accrued sick leave if the sick leave pool balance has been reduced below one (1) day for each two (2) participating employees. In the event a member does not have any days at the time of request for an additional day, they shall contribute the next day they earn to the sick leave pool. A. Membership 1. Employees Participation in the pool shall be eligible voluntary at all times. 2. In order to join the pool, a Faculty member must have been employed for at least one academic year and have accrued a minimum of 8 days of sick leave. 3. All participants in the pool shall donate 2 days of accrued sick leave to the pool and have their personal sick leave accrual reduced by the same amount. 4. If the sick leave pool during becomes depleted, all participating Faculty members shall contribute an additional 1-day of sick leave and have their personal sick leave accrual reduced by that amount. The pool shall be considered depleted when the first twenty (20) school total number of credits in the pool is 30 days or fewer. The pool shall not be replenished more than 2 times in any 12-month period. B. Utilization of each school yearPool 1. Use of sick leave pool credits is limited to the Faculty member's personal illness, accident, or injury. 2. The employee who cancels membership in the Faculty members must have been absent from scheduled duty days for a minimum of 20 duty days, and must have exhausted all accrued sick and vacation leave before being eligible to apply for sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw the days of sick leave the employee has contributed to the poolcredits. G. 3. A participating employee shall not Faculty member may apply for a maximum of 20 days credit at any one time. A maximum of 40 days may be eligible granted in any 12-month period to use sick leave days an individual Faculty member. 4. Participating Faculty members may resign from the pool until all of the employee’s sick leave has been depletedat any time. An employee so situated shall be eligible to use up to a maximum of sixty (60) days, in 20-day increments, Upon resignation from the pool within a twelve-month period or from the College, all contributions to the pool and only for approved absences of five continuous workdays or more. H. A participating employee who is eligible rights to use sick receive leave days credits from the pool shall not be required to re-contribute such days, except as a regular contributing memberforfeited. I. An employee who transfers into another school district within the state shall not be eligible to have sick leave days from 5. Alleged abuse of the pool transferred to that district’s sick leave pool. J. Abuse of the use of the sick leave pool may shall be investigated and on a finding of wrongdoing, the employee may be required to Faculty member shall repay any or all of the employee’s sick leave credits wrongfully drawn from the pool. Such abuse could also lead to appropriate disciplinary action against the Faculty member. 6. Applications to join the sick leave pool at the employee’s regular daily rate of pay. Rules adopted and application for the administration of this program shall provide for the investigation of the use of sick leave. K. A sick leave pool committee selected by credits shall be made to the Association Sick Leave Committee. The Committee shall approve or disapprove all requests for withdrawal and shall formulate any additional administrative guidelines as it shall deem necessary. Approval or disapproval is based upon qualifications as set forth be formed in OESP sick 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 leave pool policyaccordance with Policy 6Hx2-3. A. Salary Schedules 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787