ARTICLE XV – LEAVES

SECTION A - SICK LEAVE

1. "Sick Leave" shall be interpreted to mean personal illness, quarantine at home, or serious illness or death in the immediate family or household. Immediate family shall include parents, spouse, brothers, sisters, children, parents-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-law, grandparents, and legal guardians.

2. At the beginning of each school year, all Teachers of School District 115 shall be credited with thirteen (13) school days of sick leave. Proration of sick leave shall occur for less than full time teachers. Unused days will accumulate from year to year without limit.

3. Teachers shall receive full pay from District 115 for sick leave days as provided in Items 1 and 2 above and such pay shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to any disability benefits received pursuant to the provisions of any income protection policy provided by the District. (c.f.: Article XV, Section B.)

4. If in the performance of his/her duties, and if the Teacher is not acting contrary to specific administrative direction, a Teacher is assaulted by a student or any outsider on school property or at a school related function, the Teacher shall be paid in full for such lost time and such paid absence shall not be deducted from the Teacher's accumulated sick leave, provided any Worker's Compensation or disability payments for which the Teacher may be eligible shall be deducted there from.