Second, there was no mention that we had built in two reserve funds in addition to the 6.5 day allocation per teacher and teacher assistant. Our reserve fund would cover all long-term absences after the first six days. The general reserve fund would deal with unusual circumstances if 80 percent of a school's staff is out during a flu epidemic, for example. The principal would request additional days from his or her assistant superintendent. If passed, this policy does not affect the number of days of sick leave earned.
State law provides that all full-time employees earn one day a month.
This policy does not include the expectation that teachers or teacher assistants come to school sick or neglect a loved one who is sick. We would hope to reduce the number of mental health days that occur frequently on Fridays. We have not tracked sick leave cost by school. Instead, we track sick leave by employees, and that information is easy to compile for a school. However, the number of sick leave days used at a school is not the same as the number of days a substitute was paid.