4945.10 | Sick Leave

  1. Each employee is entitled to and shall earn sick leave credits from the first full pay period of employment. For calculating sick leave credits, two thousand eighty hours (2,080) hours (52 weeks x 40 hours) shall equal one (1) year. Fourteen (14) prorated sick leave days shall be credited at the beginning of the employment period for those classified employees working twenty (20) hours or more per week. Employees shall be entitled to sick leave with full pay of one (1) day, as projected for the employment year for each month of service in which they work a majority portion of that month. Each employee’s portion of unused sick leave shall accumulate from year to year without limit. [Idaho Code 33-1216]
  2. An employee may not accrue sick leave credits during a continuous leave of absence without pay, which exceeds fifteen (15) calendar days.
  3. Absence from employment because of illness shall not be chargeable against unused vacation leave credits unless approved by the employee, except after forty (40) days of continuous coverage by the Sick Leave Bank where unused vacation leave credits will be used prior to the 41st day of coverage from the Bank. (See Appendix C – Sick Leave Bank)
  4. Classified employees working 20 or more hours per week will be allowed two (2) hours off for irregular or occasional doctor appointments (once each pay period). If an employee will miss more than two (2) hours of work for a doctor appointment, the entire time off work will be charged to sick leave, personal leave or vacation leave. The two (2) hours provided for irregular or occasional doctor appointments may not be combined with any other type of leave.
  5. Part-time employees are entitled to prorated leave benefits if they have a regularly scheduled work assignment, and normally work in excess of twenty (20) hours each week and are not seasonal, emergency, or casual workers whose period of employment is less than five (5) consecutive months.
  6. Should the employee desire to use any or all the sick leave that is credited to his/her account during the period of leave of absence, the number of days to be charged against sick leave shall be specified in a letter requesting leave. All days during the leave not covered by accumulated sick leave shall be considered leave without pay.
  7. The Superintendent may at any time require a doctor’s certificate for proof of illness. Abuse of sick leave by an employee may be cause for dismissal.
  8. Participation in the District Sick Leave Bank (Appendix C) is at the option of each employee as outlined in the “Operational Guidelines” for operation of the bank and approved by the Board of Trustees. References to “contract” and “contract year” for certified personnel will be defined as “terms of employment” for classified personnel. 
  9. A new employee may transfer to the District all accumulated sick leave accumulated in another Idaho K-12 public school or PERSI institution, provided the employee is hired by the District during the school year immediately following the year of the previous employment termination. [Idaho Code 33-1217, 33-1218]