Licensed personnel will be allowed to take a maximum of four (4) days family illness leave for an emergency illness or injury per school year. Family shall be defined as spouse, children, mother, father, brother, and sister. Additional use of up to four (4) days of personal illness leave for immediate family illness will be allowed.
Requests for family illness leave shall be made to the principal. The principal has the discretion to grant additional family illness leave. In making this determination, the principal shall consider the financial position of the school district, the effect of the licensed employee’s absence on the educational program and the operations of the school district, and other factors deemed relevant by the principal.
Licensed personnel who wish additional family illness leave may be required to pay the costs of the substitute licensed personnel necessary to carry out their duties.
Legal Reference: 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.
29 C.F.R. § 825.
Iowa Code §§ 20; 85; 216; 279.40.
Whitney v. Rural Ind. School. District, 232 Iowa 61, 4 N.W.2d 394 (1942).
Cross Reference: 409.2 Licensed Employee Personal Illness Leave
409.8 Licensed Employee Unpaid Leave
414.3 Classified Employee Family and Medical Leave
Approved: 3-31-92
Reviewed: 12-09-19, 12-12-22
Revised: 08-14-95, 07-15-02, 12-12-16
