ARTICLE 14 TEMPORARY LEAVES

Tiverton School District

A. A teacher may be granted up to four (4) days leave for personal reasons upon written notice to the Superintendent to conduct personal business that cannot be accomplished outside of school hours. Personal leave shall not be used for recreational purposes nor may it be combined with a vacation or holiday period without the written approval of the Superintendent. Unused personal days may accumulate to a maximum of six (6) days personal leave.

B. Teachers shall be entitled to one (1) day's leave with pay, to attend their own college graduation or the college graduation of a member of the teacher's immediate family. This leave shall be charged to personal leave.

C. Up to a maximum of three (3) days' leave, with pay, shall be granted for religious holidays, to those teachers whose religious obligations require abstention from daily work on such religious holidays.

D. The teacher will be granted the time necessary for appearance in any legal proceeding connected with the teacher's employment or with the school system, not due to the teacher's gross misconduct, which the teacher is required by law to attend.

E. A teacher called for jury duty shall, while serving as a juror, receive the difference between the salary she/he would normally receive during such service and the amount she/he receives for such service as a juror.