Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 612 - State Department of Rehabilitation Services › Chapter 20 - Special Schools › Subchapter 2 - Contracted Instructional Personnel › Section 612:20-2-7 - Employee benefits

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Personal leave.
Contracted instructional staff will receive five
				days each academic year. Such leave shall vest at the beginning of each
				academic year and may be taken with the approval of the school superintendent.
				Personal leave may not be charged to sick leaveand will not be cumulative.
				Unused personal leave willbe paid to the employeeat the rate of $75 for each
				full day of unused leave after the end of each academic year.
(b)
Sick leave.
Contracted
				instructional staff will receive ten days sick leave per academic year. Such
				leave shall vest at the beginning of each academic year and unused sick leave
				shall be cumulative up to a total of sixty working days. Such leave is to be
				used when the employee is required to be absent from duty due to personal
				injury, illness or pregnancy, or injury or illness of an immediate family
				member requiring the employee's care. In instances where a contracted
				instructional staff person has exhausted all accrued sick leave and continues
				to be absent due to personal injury, illness, or pregnancy, that employee is
				entitled to an additional twenty days at full salary less the amount actually
				paid to employ a substitute to temporarily assume the absent employee's
				position; as long as the total leave does not exceed the total number of days
				in the contract period. Sick days may be accrued as credit toward retirement.
				Otherwise, all accumulated sick leave will be canceled upon separation from the
				Department.
(c)
Family and
				medical leave.
Family and medical leave will be granted in accordance
				with the Family Medical Leave Act.
(d)
Educational leave.
A teacher
				may apply for up to 80 hours per academic year for educational leave. Such
				leave must be pre-approved by the immediate supervisor and Superintendent.
(e)
Jury duty.
Contracted instructional personnel will be granted leave for jury service in a
				criminal, civil, or juvenile proceeding and will receive the full, current
				contract salary during such service; provided that the Department may deduct
				any compensation received for serving as a juror from the employee's salary
				during such service.
(f)
Armed forces leave.
Contracted instructional personnel who are
				members of the Reserve Forces of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the
				Coast Guard, the Air Force, or any other component of the Armed Forces of the
				United States, including members of the Air or Army National Guard, shall, when
				ordered by the proper authority to active duty or service, be entitled to a
				leave of absence from employment with the Department for the period of such
				service without loss of status or efficiency rating.
(g)
Shared leave.
The state
				leave sharing program permits state employees to donate leave to a fellow state
				employee who is suffering or has a relative who is suffering from an
				extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental
				condition which has caused, or is likely to cause, the employee to take leave
				without pay or terminate employment. Contracted instructional personnel may
				contribute sick leave under this program. The shared leave will be credited on
				a dollar for dollar basis.
(h)
Other leave.
Any leave not defined in this Section shall be
				treated as personal leave.
(i)
Health and life insurance.
Each Department employee receives
				health and life benefits coverage as prescribed by the agency at no cost. The
				employee may elect to purchase additional individual or family benefit options.
(j)
Retirement.
Contracted instructional personnel employed before July 1, 1995 may continue
				participation in either the State Teachers Retirement System or the Oklahoma
				Public Employees Retirement System. Contracted instructional personnel employed
				on or after July 1, 1995 will be enrolled in the State Teachers Retirement
				System. The employee and employer will contribute the amount prescribed by
				statute.
(k)
Longevity.
Contracted instructional personnel hired prior to July
				1, 1995 will retain longevity as long as they remain in continuous service. Any
				break in service will result in the loss of longevity. New hires after July 1,
				1995 will not be entitled to longevity unless provided by law.
Added at 13 Ok Reg 165,
				  eff 10-12-95 (emergency); Added at 13 Ok Reg 3087, eff
				  8-1-96