Unpaid family and medical leave will be granted up to 12 weeks per year to assist employees in balancing family and work life. For purposes of this policy, year is defined as school year. Requests for family and medical leave are made to the superintendent.
Employees may be allowed to substitute paid leave for unpaid family and medical leave by meeting the requirements set out in the family and medical leave administrative rules. Employees eligible for family and medical leave must comply with the family and medical leave administrative rules prior to starting family and medical leave. It is the responsibility of the superintendent to develop administrative rules to implement this policy.
The employees shall be granted up to two (2) days per year, non-cumulative leave in the case of hospitalization, serious illness under direct care of a doctor or as a hospital outpatient, or for surgery for members of the immediate family. The immediate family shall be defined as spouse, children, parents, grandparents and grandchildren.
Legal Reference: Whitney v. Rural Ind. School. District, 232 Iowa 61, 4 N.W.2d 394 (1942).
26 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. (Supp. 1994)
29 C.F.R. Pt. 825 (1999).
Iowa Code §§ 20; 85.33, .34, .38(3); 216; 279.40 (2001).
1980 Op. Att'y Gen. 605.
1972 Op. Att'y Gen. 177, 353.
1952 Op. Att'y Gen. 91.
Cross Reference: 409.3 Licensed Employee Family and Medical Leave
414.2 Classified Employee Personal Illness Leave
414.9 Classified Employee Unpaid Leave
Approved 12-15-03
Reviewed 03-21-05; 03-19-07; 09-22-09; 07-11-11; 04-06-16
Revised 04-18-05; 10-22-09
