Sick Leave Bank Enrollment Memo - St. Lucie County School Board

Excellence in Education 

The School Board of St. Lucie County 

4204 Okeechobee Road 

Fort Pierce, Florida 34947-7299 (772) 429-7500 

Board Members 

Troy Ingersoll, Chairman 

Kathryn Hensley, Vice Chairman 

Dr. John Carvelli 

Carol A. Hilson 

Dr. Judi Miller 

Superintendent 

Michael J. Lannon 

MEMORANDUM 

TO: 

FROM: 

ALL ADMINISTRATORS 

Maurice Bonner, Director of Personnel 

DATE: January 20, 2011 

RE: 

SICK LEAVE BANK ENROLLMENT PERIOD 

Please inform all employees (CTA/Classified Unit, and CWA) of the enrollment period for their respective 

Sick Leave Banks. Each school year the open enrollment window runs for the first twenty (20) days of 

each semester. The second enrollment period for the 2010 – 2011 school year is: 

– January 24 through February 18, 2011 

Any full-time member of a bargaining unit is eligible for membership in the Sick Leave Bank after one (1) 

full year of employment provided they have accrued a minimum of four (4) days of unused sick leave. In 

addition, through agreement with the CTA/CU, administrators and other non-bargaining unit employees 

(such as school executive secretaries) are eligible to join the CTA/CU Sick Leave Bank under the same 

conditions. 

Forms for enrollment in the Sick Leave Banks are available at each work site. Please ask your secretary to 

ensure that an interested employee receives the correct application form for their bargaining unit. If 

additional forms are needed, please obtain these from the publications center or go to the Personnel Web 

page through the School District’s web site and click on forms from the Personnel Web page, 

http://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/departments/personnel/index.aspx 

Enclosed are notices to affected employees regarding the conditions for use of their Sick Leave Bank. 

Please post these in a location easily accessible to your staff. 

The Personnel Department will verify applicants’ eligibility for enrollment in the Sick Leave Bank as soon 

as the enrollment period ends. At that time the initial two (2) day contribution will be deducted by the 

payroll department. 

Thank you for your cooperation and support. 

c 

Vanessa Tillman, CTA & CTA/CU 

Rick Poulette, CWA 

School/Department Secretaries 

ACCREDITED SYSTEM-WIDE BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS 

St. Lucie County is an Equal Opportunity Agency













PLEASE POST FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE CWA SICK LEAVE BANK 

TO: 

FROM: 

Continuing Members of the CWA Sick Leave Bank 


Rick Poulette, President, CWA 


RE: 

Annual Contribution of One (1) Sick Day 

As provided in the CWA contract, Article 27, each continuing member of the Sick Leave Bank shall 

contribute one (1) day of his/her accrued sick leave to the bank at the end of the fall enrollment period. 

This donation will be taken in the month of October. This contribution of one (1) day per active member 

will serve to keep the bank healthy and available for use by its members. 

New Members for this school year will contribute their initial two (2) days and will not be assessed another 

day at this time. 

The second sick leave bank enrollment period for the 2010-2011 school year will be from January 24 

through February 18, 2011. Persons meeting the criteria and wishing to join at that time should obtain an 

enrollment form from the secretary at their site, the Personnel Department, the forms page of the Human 

Resources’ web page (http://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/includes/personnel/index.asp) or the district’s form web 

page. Use form PER0036.1. Rev. 01/09. 















PLEASE POST FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMBINED CTA & CTA/CU SICK LEAVE BANK 

TO: 

FROM: 

Continuing Members of the CTA & CTA/CU Sick Leave Bank 


Vanessa Tillman, President, CTA/CU 


RE: 

Continued Contribution 

As provided in Article XII of the CTA and CTA/CU contracts, continuing members shall contribute one (1) 

day of his/her accrued sick leave, if the sick leave bank drops below one (1) day per member or if during 

the school year the total number of days falls below 150 days. The Payroll Department will notify the 

bargaining units ten (10) working days prior to deducting the one (1) accessed day from sick leave bank 

members. 

New members for this school year will contribute their initial two (2) days and will not be assessed another 

day at this time. 

The second sick leave bank enrollment period for the 2010-2011 school year will be from January 24 

through February 18, 2011. Persons meeting the criteria and wishing to join at that time should obtain an 

enrollment form from the secretary at their site, the Personnel Department, the forms page of the Human 

Resources’ web page (http://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/includes/personnel/index.asp) or the district’s form web 

page. Use form PER0036 Rev. 01/09. 















PLEASE POST 

page 1 or 2 

TO: 

FROM: 

ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CTA 

& CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CLASSIFIED UNIT, CTA/CU 



RE: 

PROCEDURES FOR USE OF THE SICK LEAVE BANK 

The following conditions as stated in the contract between the School Board of St. Lucie County and the Classroom 

Teachers Association & Classroom Teachers Association Classified Unit shall control the operation of the Sick 

Leave Bank and the right of members of the unit to utilize the Bank: 

1. After a participant is a member of the pool for a minimum of sixty (60) calendar days and upon depletion of their 

sick and vacation leave, they shall be eligible to draw from the Bank with the following stipulations: 

a. Use of the Sick Leave Bank is restricted to those members who have not used the Bank for at least three 

(3) years. 

b. Use of the Sick Leave Bank will be restricted to no more than thirty (30) days per school year. 

c. Complete an “Application for Use of Sick Bank” form and turn into the Personnel office. Forms may be 

obtained by your school/work site Secretary or the Personnel Department web page. 

http://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/includes/personnel/index.asp Use form PER0037 rev 01/09 

d. Complete and submit for approval a “Request/Reason for Absence”. 

2. An employee must have exhausted all individual accumulated sick and/or vacation leave and have been absent 

from employment without pay for four (4) consecutive working days as a consequence of the illness, accident or 

disability before being eligible for use of the Bank. 

3. A doctor’s statement certifying the illness and necessity for the protracted leave is required. Reapplication to the 

Sick Leave Bank must be accompanied by a doctor’s certification that the current illness/injury is not the same or 

related to an illness/injury used for the Sick Leave Bank benefits in the past. 

4. The employee shall not have to pay back in any manner the number of days used from the Bank. 

5. The use of the Bank shall be applicable to the illness, accident or injury of only the eligible employee. A 

member shall not use days from the Bank for maternity purposes and/or during the period they are receiving 

Workers Compensation. 















PLEASE POST 

cont’d page 2 

TO: 

FROM: 

ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, CTA 

& CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION CLASSIFIED UNIT, CTA/CU 



RE: 


A participating employee who chooses to no longer participate in the Sick Leave Bank must notify the Personnel 

Department using the “Withdraw Membership from Sick Leave Bank” form – PER0161; they shall not be eligible to 

withdraw any sick leave already contributed to the Bank. 

Alleged abuse of the use of the Sick Leave Bank shall be investigated by the Review committee and, on finding of 

wrong doing; the employee shall repay all of the sick leave credits drawn from the Sick Leave Bank and be subject to 

such other disciplinary action as determined by the Board to be appropriate. 

The Sick Leave Bank cannot be used retroactively. 







PLEASE POST 









TO: 

FROM: 

ALL MEMBERS OF THE C.W.A. 



RE: 


The following conditions as stated in the contract between the School Board of St. Lucie County and the 

Communications Workers of America shall control the operation of the Sick Leave Bank and the right of 

members of the unit to utilize the Bank: 

1. After a participant is a member of the pool for a minimum of sixty (60) days and upon depletion 

of their sick leave/vacation, they shall be eligible to draw days from the Bank not to exceed 

thirty (30) days in the course of a five (5) year employment period with the Board. 

2. An employee must have exhausted all individual accumulated sick leave and/or vacation and 

have been absent from employment without pay for four (4) consecutive working days as a 

consequence of the illness, accident or disability before eligible for use of the Bank. 

3. The employee shall not have to pay back in any manner the number of days used from the Bank. 

4. The use of the Bank shall be applicable to the illness, accident or injury of only the eligible 

employee. A member shall not use days from the Bank for maternity purposes and/or during the 

period they are receiving Workers Compensation. A doctor’s written verification must 

accompany the request. 

5. Complete an “Application for Use of Sick Bank” form and turn into the Personnel office. Forms 

may be obtained by your school/work site Secretary or the Personnel Department web page. 

http://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/includes/personnel/index.asp Use form PER0037 rev 01/09. 

6. Complete and submit for approval a “Request/Reason for Absence”. 

A participating employee who chooses to no longer participate in the Sick Leave Bank must notify the 

Personnel Department using the “Withdraw Membership from Sick Leave Bank” form – PER0161; they 

shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave already contributed to the Bank. 

Alleged abuse of the use of the Sick Leave Bank shall be investigated by the Review committee and, on 

finding of wrong doing; the employee shall repay all of the sick leave credits drawn from the Sick Leave 

Bank and be subject to such other disciplinary action as determined by the Board to be appropriate. 

The Sick Leave Bank cannot be used retroactively.

Sick Leave Bank Enrollment Memo - St. Lucie County School Board

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