Subd. 1. Initial Allowance.

Upon initial employment each full-time faculty member shall be credited with twenty (20) days of sick leave allowance. At the beginning of the third academic year of employment and each academic year thereafter, each full-time faculty member shall be credited with ten (10) days of sick leave. Unused sick leave may accumulate to a maximum of one hundred twelve (112) days.

1. For a faculty member who is eligible for the initial allowance, one (1) additional day of sick leave shall be credited for every multiple of twenty (20) days of extended or summer session assignments or every multiple of three (3) credits of extended or summer session assignments. If less than full-time, it shall be prorated.
2. A faculty member who is reinstated or re-appointed within four (4) years from the date of resignation or retirement may have the accumulated but unused sick leave balance restored and posted to the faculty member's credit provided such sick leave was accrued in accord with the provisions of the Agreement.
3. Faculty member's accrued sick leave from the transferring districts shall be credited to current sick leave and shall continue to accrue. Sick leave transferred or earned over the maximum will be considered lapsed but shall be recorded to the faculty member's credit. In the event that a faculty member with an illness exhausts the current accumulated sick leave and has lapsed sick leave recorded to the faculty member's credit, additional sick leave shall be granted to the extent required by the faculty member's illness, but not to exceed the total amount of lapsed sick leave. The president may request a statement from a medical practitioner before granting additional sick leave.

Subd. 2. Utilization.

1. Sick leave is accrued and deducted based on an eight (8) hour day.
2. When medical (including therapy) or dental appointments cannot be scheduled outside of the faculty member's duty day, sick leave may be used in one-hour increments.
3. Other sick leave will be taken in one-half (1/2) day increments.
4. Sick leave shall be granted for absences made necessary by reason of illness, injury, for dental or medical care, by exposure to contagious disease so that attendance on duty may endanger the health of other faculty members or the public, or the illness of the faculty member's spouse, or parent for such periods as the faculty member's attendance shall be necessary.
5. An employee may use sick leave benefits provided by the Employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's child for such reasonable periods as the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee's own illness or injury.
6. Sick leave may be used in accordance with the state-wide policy on the Family Medical Leave Act.

Subd. 1. Critical Illness Definition.

Critical illness shall be defined as in-patient or emergency hospitalization with the leave being taken during the hospitalization or immediately thereafter.

Subd. 2. Utilization.

A faculty member shall be granted up to five (5) days of approved leave as necessary for bereavement/critical illness purposes. Immediate family bereavement/critical illness leave of up to five (5) days shall not be deducted from sick leave. The term "immediate family" shall mean: spouse, parents, parents of spouse, guardian, children, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, grandparents, or wards of the faculty member or faculty member's spouse, or the named beneficiary in the faculty member's retirement program. Other approved bereavement/critical illness leave may be deducted from sick leave.

Subd. 1. Jury Leave.

A faculty member shall be excused from work for jury service. For the duration of such leave the faculty member shall be paid her/his regular pay. Payments received for jury service will be retained by the faculty member.

Subd. 2. Court Appearance Leave.

Leave shall be granted for appearance before a court, legislative committee, or other judicial or quasi-judicial body in response to a subpoena or other direction of proper authority for job related purposes other than those instituted by the employee or the exclusive representative. Leave shall also be granted for attendance in court in connection with an employee's official duty, which shall include any necessary travel time. Such employee shall be paid for the employee's regular rate of pay but shall remit to his/her Appointing Authority the amount received, exclusive of expenses, for serving as a witness, as required by the court. Unpaid leave shall be granted or personal leave requested for appearances before a court, judicial, or quasi-judicial body in response to a subpoena, except for situations in which paid leave is granted under this Subdivision.