Library: Policy

OKDHS:2-1-40. Leave for teachers employed less than 12 months per year

Issued 6-11-92

(a) Personal leave (formerly "emergency leave"). Five working days each school year will be granted to teachers contracted/employed by the Department for less than the full twelve months of each year. Such leave shall vest at the beginning of each school year and may be taken with the approval of the school superintendent. Personal leave may not be charged to sick leave, and any unused personal leave will not be cumulative, and will not be paid to the teacher upon separation from the Department.

(b) Sick leave. Teachers contracted/employed by the Department for less than the twelve months of each year will be granted ten (10) days sick leave per school year. This leave shall vest at the beginning of each school year and unused sick leave shall be cumulative up to a total of sixty working days. Such leave is to be utilized when the teacher is required to be absent from duty due to personal injury, illness or pregnancy, or injury or illness of an immediate family member requiring the employee's care.

(1) In instances where a teacher has exhausted all accrued sick leave and continues to be absent due to personal injury, illness, or pregnancy, that teacher is entitled to an additional 20 day period at full salary less the amount actually paid to employ a substitute to temporarily assume the absent teacher's position; as long as the total leave does not exceed the total number of days in the school contract period.
(2) All accumulated sick leave shall be cancelled upon separation from the Department.