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334, 434, 534. SICK LEAVE

This policy is designed to establish limitations with respect to the use of sick leave.

The Board reserves the right to require any employee claiming sick leave pay to submit sufficient proof, including a physician's certification, of the employee's illness or disability.

When the employee's own accumulated sick leave is exhausted, the Board shall consider the application of any eligible employee for an extension of sick leave, pursuant to policies 339, 439 and 539.

The Superintendent shall report to the Board the names of employees absent for noncompensable cause or whose claim for sick leave pay cannot be justified.

Misuse of sick leave shall be considered a serious infraction subject to disciplinary action.

A sick leave shall commence when the employee, or agent if the employee is sufficiently disabled, reports the absence. A sick leave day, once commenced, may be reinstated as a working day only with the approval of the Superintendent or designee.

Whatever the claims of disability, no day of absence shall be considered a sick leave day on which the employee has engaged in or prepared for other gainful employment, or has engaged in any activity that would raise doubts regarding the validity of the sick leave request.

The District's personnel records shall show the attendance of each employee; and the days absent shall be recorded, with the reason for such absence noted.

A record shall be made of the unused sick leave days accumulated by each employee, which shall be made available to the employee in accordance with law.

This policy is to be implemented in conjunction with Policy Nos. 335, 435 and 535 Family and Medical Leaves.