Napa Valley EA News
Representing NVUSD Teachers, Counselors, and Nurses
September 19, 2019
Article 10 - Leaves of Absence
This article defines all the different kinds of leave of absence that are available to members and how to access these leaves. The most asked about part of this section is 10.8 Personal Necessity Leave. Please take the opportunity to read through this section and send us any questions you may have about it. Contract 101 is a hot link to the CBA.
10.8 Personal Necessity Leave
Personal necessity leave will be charged against the unit member's accrued sick leave. Each unit member is entitled to a maximum of seven (7) days in any school year. Ed Code 44981
10.8.1 Personal Necessity Includes:
10.8.1.1 Death of a member of the immediate family (as defined in Section 10.3.3), this is in addition to normal bereavement leave.
10.8.1.2 Accidents involving the person or the person's property, or the person or property of a member of the immediate family as defined above, of such an emergency nature that the immediate presence of the unit member is required during the workday.
10.8.1.3 Illness of a member of the immediate family, as defined in 10.3.3, and of such a nature that the immediate presence of the unit member is required during the workday. An attending physician’s or practitioner’s verification of the immediate family member’s illness may be required if the unit member requests to be absent more than two (2) consecutive days.
10.8.2 Unit members will earn Discretionary Personal Necessity Leave (DPNL) days based on the formula that follows. DPNL are leave days that a unit member may use at their own discretion without providing written or verbal justification for such leave. Unit members will earn DPNL days based upon the number of sick leave days accumulated as of August 1st, inclusive of allocation for the new school year. DPNL days may not be accumulated or carried over from year to year and may only be used provided that qualified substitutes are available. The following scale will be used to determine the number of available DPNL days:
… One (1) to thirty (30) days accumulated sick leave = three (3) DPNL days
… Thirty-one (31) to sixty (60) days accumulated sick leave = four (4) DPNL days
… Sixty-one (61) to one hundred (100) days accumulated sick leave = five (5) DPNL days
… One hundred-one (101) or more days accumulated sick leave = seven (7) DPNL days.
If, prior to the end of the term of the contract, either party indicates that this arrangement does not meet the operation or fiscal needs of the District the parties shall return to the table to develop alternative models that meet the mutual interest of the parties or return to the prior categorization of these leaves.
10.8.3 Personal necessity leave including DPNL shall not be used for the following: political activities or demonstrations, vacation, recreation or social activities, extension of a school holiday or vacation, a convention related to such member's avocation, civic or organizational activities, unit member's Association activities, spouse's business, profession or avocation or pursuit of business interests or other employment. Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to authorize the use of leaves for the purposes of withholding services. Ed Code 44981
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