Teacher Contract - Coventry Public Schools

3-1.2. Any teacher absent due to personal illness for more than four (4) consecutive
school days shall be required upon request to present a doctor’s statement of the necessity of
absence. The Superintendent shall have the right to have the school physician examine a
member of the bargaining unit who is out sick beyond four (4) days. In the event that a member
of the bargaining unit or his/her doctor disputes the decision of the school physician, then, the
judgment of a neutral doctor to be chosen by both physicians shall be final.
3-2. Severance Pay
A teacher with 25 years of service, the last 15 of which are in Coventry, shall be entitled,
upon retirement, to severance pay equal to one-half (1/2) of his/her accumulated short-term sick
leave multiplied by the teacher’s daily rate of pay, this amount to be paid from the general fund.
For the purpose of calculation, only the number of unused short-term illness days (up to ten (10)
per year) shall be allowed to accumulate to a maximum of one hundred (100) days, and shall
apply to the last fifteen (15) years before retirement. Notification of intention to resign shall be
made to the Superintendent by the member of the bargaining unit by December 31 st of the
academic year of retirement, whereupon the employee shall be eligible to receive said severance
payment at his/her discretion following July 1 of the same academic year.
3-3. Extended Sick Leave without Pay
3-3.1. Any member of the bargaining unit whose personal illness extends beyond that
time for which he/she receives full pay sick leave will be granted a leave of absence without pay
until such time as he/she is fully recovered and been pronounced physically fit to return to
his/her position by his/her own physician and a physician designated by the School Committee.
In the event that such position is no longer open, a person returning to service will be
assigned to a substantially equivalent position.
3-3.2. Upon returning to duty after sick leave with full pay or extended sick leave without
pay, a member of the bargaining unit will be returned to the same position held before the
beginning of sick leave. If the position no longer exists, the teacher shall be assigned to a
substantially equivalent position.
3-3.3. All rights, privileges, and benefits to which a teacher was entitled at the time
his/her absence commenced will accrue to him/her upon his/her return to his/her position.
3-4. Sick Care Leave
Sick care leave of one (1) year or less without pay or increment may be granted to a
teacher for the purpose of caring for a sick member of his/her immediate family.
3-5. Workers’ Compensation
unit.
Workers’ Compensation benefits shall be provided for all members of the bargaining
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