Certificated Personnel

   PERSONAL LEAVE         

1. Eligibility - Permanent full-time and permanent half-time certificated employees (4 hours/day or more) are eligible for personal leave.
   
   
2. Leave Available – As per negotiated agreement, personal leave will be made available to full year certificated employees on July 1 of each year.  School year employees will be assigned two days of personal leave on the day that school begins or on the date of initial employment, if employed before January 1.
   
   
3. Mid-Year Hires - Employees hired before January 1 will be provided with the full amount of personal leave.  Employees hired between January 1 and June 30 shall receive one half of their allotment day of personal leave.
   
   
4. Application - Application for personal leave shall be made on the district application form, with the approval for leave required in advance of the requested leave day.
   
   
5. Termination - Employees who terminate shall forfeit all accrued personal leave.  Approved leave of absences are not terminations with respect to this paragraph.

KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Adoption Date:  10/13/99
Revision Date: 10/12/2011

 ANNUAL LEAVE         

1. Accumulation of Leave - Annual leave for full year employees may be accumulated up to a maximum of 50 working days.  Any annual leave accumulated by an employee beyond 50 working days shall be used or paid off before the end of the fiscal year.
   
   
2. Limitation of Compensation - No employee may draw annual leave pay while being on duty for additional compensation in any position by the school district.
   
   
3. Cash Value - Annual leave has no cash value except upon termination of employment.  Annual leave pay upon termination shall be computed to the nearest whole day, with less than 1/2 day being forfeited and any fraction over 1/2 day counted as a whole day.
   
   
4. Half-time Employees - Leave days for permanent employees working half-time shall be stated in half days.  Full year employees changing from half-time to full-time employment shall have their accumulated annual leave days divided by two.
   
   
5. Pay Off - Automatic calculation and subsequent pay off of accumulated leave will be accomplished through the business office.  Pay off will occur upon resignation or at the end of the fiscal year.
   
   
6. Special Arrangements - Employees who have scheduled use of accumulated leave for a lengthy leave may, with the permission of the Superintendent, if he/she commits to using the excess leave within a stipulated time.

KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Adoption Date:  10/13/99