Contract Corner: Approved Absences

All regularly employed teachers shall be entitled to approved absences of fourteen (14) working days per year with unlimited cumulative allowance for the duration of the teacher’s employment without loss of salary. The fourteen (14) working days referred to herein shall include (11) days for illness and three (3) days for personal business.

Approved Absences- Non-Deductible from Cumulative Allowance Without Loss of Salary

• Death in Immediate Family or “Substitute Parent”
  Five (5) working days of absence will be approved for each death in the immediate family or of “substitute parent”.
• Death of Relatives
  A maximum of three (3) working days of absence will be approved for each death of a relative. Relative is defined as a grandparent, mother-in-law, or father-in-law of