ARTICLE X PERSONAL INJURY BENEFITS

Newport School District

A.  Whenever a teacher is absent from school as a result of a personal injury caused by an assault or accident occurring in the course of his/her employment and arising through no fault of his/her own, he/she shall be paid his/her full salary for the period of such absence up to one (1) year from the date of injury, and no part of such absence shall be charged to his/her annual sick leave. The teacher is required to apply for worker's compensation and must turn over to the District all workers' compensation checks received. The teacher must provide to the Director of Human Resources a detailed note from his/her physician documenting such injury which note is to be placed in the individual teacher's HIPPA file. The note must include the specific diagnosis, prognosis and expected date of return. Any teacher who wishes to return prior to the expected date of return must have a note from his/her physician and approval of the Superintendent. Salary paid shall be minus the amount of any settlement from the other party involved.

B.  The Committee shall have the right to have the teacher examined by a physician designated by the Committee for the purpose of establishing the length of time during which the teacher is temporarily disabled from performing his/her duties. If the Committee’s physician and the teacher’s physician do not agree, the opinion of an impartial physician shall be sought and the opinion of said physician as to the said period shall control.