Employees are entitled to their regular compensation plus any fees received for jury duty. Any fees received when serving in an official capacity as a witness must be returned to the local school system. If, however, an employee is a defendant or a plaintiff in a case and must be absent from work, no salary is received unless that time is charged to vacation or personal leave. Leave with pay is granted to members of reserve components of the US Armed Forces for certain periods of active duty training and for state military duty. These days must be used in one-half or whole day units and can be accumulated to a maximum of five days and are transferable among school systems.
Personal leave is granted upon authorization of an employee's immediate supervisor.
This type of leave is not normally provided on the first day teachers are required to report for the school year, required teacher workdays, the last working day before or the next working day after holidays or scheduled vacation days. The immediate supervisor may make exceptions to these days when necessary. An employee must complete Voluntary Shared Leave forms and send them to the Personnel Office for approval. Application may also be made by a third party acting on the employee's behalf. Any eligible employee in the school system may donate annual vacation leave to any approved employee in the same school system.