Code No. 409.4
LICENSED EMPLOYEE BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
In the event of a death of a member of a licensed employee's immediate family, bereavement leave may be granted. Bereavement leave will be granted to a licensed employee for no more than five days, with "day" being defined as one work day regardless of full-time or part-time status of the employee, per occurrence, for the death of a member of the immediate family. The immediate family includes child, spouse, parent, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, or grandparent of the employee.
No more than three days of bereavement leave will be granted for the death of a close friend or other relative not listed above. It shall be within the discretion of the superintendent to determine the number of bereavement leave days to be granted.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 20.9; 279.8 (1993).
Cross Reference: 409 Licensed Employee Vacations and Leaves of Absence
Approved: 8/23/94
Reviewed: 03/11/96; 3/8/04; 4/14/09; 3/12/14; 7/2/19; 3/12/24
Revised: 03/15/99
MORNING SUN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS