Regular attendance is essential in providing District students with a high quality of instruction.  All full time staff will have available 12 days of personal leave per school year. Days of leave are not to be used in during State testing or the week before Christmas break or week before school ends in May without special permission by the superintendent and board. Staff members who are employed for more than 9 months a year will receive an additional day of leave for each additional month of employment. 12 month employees will also have 10 days of vacation which cannot be carried over and must be used prior to the first day of school the following year. Staff members who are not full time will receive personal leave on a prorated basis determined by the Superintendent with Board approval.  Staff may use their personal days according to Regulation 4320. However, if the staff members absent, (using any type of leave except vacation), for more than 3 consecutive school days, then they must provide a doctor’s excuse for the fourth consecutive day (unless waived by administration).  If no excuse can be provided then the staff member may have a pay deduction for the fourth and any further consecutive days. As of July 1 of each year personal days will be converted to sick days.

There will be a maximum of 80 sick days that can be carried from year to year.    Staff members who leave the district and have worked for the district for a minimum of 3 years with 10 or more days of accumulated leave will be paid half of the cost of a sub for their position per day for their unused days. If a staff member accumulates more than 80 days of sick leave, the excess will be paid out at half of the cost of a sub for their position per day.

When employees are absent more than 10% of days in any semester or more than 25% of days per school year, their absence is considered excessive. The Superintendent/designee will review each incident of excessive absence and may require the employee to provide medical documentation or may consider disciplinary actions up to and including termination.

Prairie Home R-V BOE Approved 05/20/2015

Revised on 5/16/2018

Revised 5/19/2021

Revised 1/17/2024