[SchoolFinance] Covid Sick Time

[Sandy Mulligan]

Good morning

We have a long term sub teacher who is pending certification and then she
will be hired as a Teacher.  she has been absent due to COVID   Are you
paying her the COVID leave days  up to 15 days?
Thank you

Sandy


On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM Mark Bouchard <mbouchard at rsu39.org> wrote:

> Also remember that from April 15, 2022 forward, a school employee who has
> 60 (or more) days of accrued paid leave is not eligible for paid covid days
> pursuant to L.D. 1874.
>
> Regards,
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 11:53 AM Lucie Tabor <ltabor at vuesc.org> wrote:
>
>> Yes, COVID is still present and causing employee absences, so we are
>> having employees use COVID days (if they have not yet used 15) or Sick, if
>> they have exhausted the COVID Leave days.
>> See attachment - The COVID days are not 15 days PER YEAR, they are 15
>> days available from *Jan 1, 2021 until a max of 15 days used*, so we
>> have been tracking these separately, but always go back to Jan 1, 2021 and
>> count any days used.  Once they have used 15 days in total, they must use
>> their own Sick leave (or vaca or EPL) in order to get paid.
>>
>> Lucie
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 11:43 AM Katie Gourley <KATIE.GOURLEY at rsu25.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What are districts doing about covid sick time? Are people still paying
>>> staff to be out when they test positive? If you are paying them and not
>>> using their sick leave how many days are you paying up to? Are you still
>>> giving them up to 15 days each year even if they had used 15 the year
>>> prior?
>>>
>>>
>>> Katie Gourley
>>> RSU 25
>>> Business Manager
>>> 207-469-7311
>>> katie.gourley at rsu25.org <katie at rsu25.org>
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>> Lucie Tabor
>> *Director of Finance*
>> *Valley Unified Educational Service Center (VUESC)*
>> *Serving the School Districts of MSAD 27, MSAD 33 and Madawaska School
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