FILE:  GBRK

 

ANNUAL LEAVE

 

 

The Rapides Parish School Board shall grant annual leave to all full-time administrative, supervisory and other personnel employed in a 12 month position in the Rapides Parish School System as follows:

 

  1. One (1) week vacation if employed in a 12-month position for at least  six (6) months prior to June 1;

  2. Two (2) weeks vacation if employed in a 12 month position for one (1) full  year prior to June 1;

  3. Three (3) weeks vacation if:

 

    1. employed for ten (10) or more consecutive years in a 12-month position prior to June 1; or

    2. employed for five (5) years in a 12-month position prior to June 1 combined with fifteen (15) or more consecutive years in the parish school system.

 

Part-time office workers employed on a twelve-month basis with one (1) or more years of employment shall be eligible for one (1) week vacation.

 

The Superintendent must approve any exception to any provisions above.

 

An employee shall be required to apply for annual leave in advance of the time annual leave is desired.  Said application must be approved by the employee's immediate supervisor.  Should annual leave be denied, other arrangements shall be mutually agreed upon.

 

Annual leave may be accumulated to a maximum of 120 days.  Vacation year shall be June 1 to May 31.  Upon retirement or termination of employment, the employee may choose to be paid for any unused accumulated annual leave days or convert such unused accumulated annual leave to service credit for retirement purposes, in which case such conversion shall be governed by applicable statutes and/or rules and regulations of the respective retirement system.  Any unused annual leave paid at the time of separation (termination, resignation, retirement, or death) shall be paid to the employee or his/her heirs on or before the next regular payday for the pay cycle during which the employee was working at the time of separation or no later than fifteen (15) days following the date of separation, whichever occurs first, at the employee’s daily rate of pay.

 

 

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§11:754, 11:786, 11:788, 17:81, 17:425.1, 23:631

Board minutes, 9-18-96, 3-5-02, 3-7-06

 

Rapides Parish School Board