43-1. Vacation Benefit for Full-Time Employees Working Fewer Than Fifty-Two Weeks

43-1.1. Maximum Benefit. 

Except for full-time bargaining unit employees who work a fifty-two-week schedule, full-time employees, excluding day-to-day substitutes, not already covered by Board Rule 4-11, shall receive a maximum of ten days’ paid vacation at their current rates of salary, it being further provided that those regularly and currently employed on extended day programs, including eight-hour day positions and regularly scheduled overtime classes, shall be paid at the rate of salary prescribed for such programs and classes in accordance with the provisions and subject to the exceptions listed in Article 33-8. A maximum of five days shall be granted when the schools are closed during spring recess and a maximum of five days shall be granted for winter recess.

43-1.2. Eligibility. 

Only bargaining unit employees who are full-time employees of the BOARD at the time of a vacation period shall be eligible for vacation with pay with a further proviso, however, that such full-time employees of the BOARD who are absent on a leave of absence permitted by the Rules of the Board of Education shall be eligible for vacation pay earned prior to said leave and during accumulated sick leave days used while on a sick leave.

Effective July 1, 2004, TATs who are eligible for vacation pay under this Article and who are absent on the day vacation checks are issued shall be permitted to receive vacation pay by proxy, provided, however, that said TAT has returned to his or her work assignment following the vacation period prior to the date the checks are issued.

Effective July 1, 2004, TATs absent on an approved illness leave of absence who have completed five or more years of full-time consecutive service immediately preceding the commencement of said leave shall receive vacation pay upon written application filed with the Office of Employee Engagement within ninety days after the vacation period ends.

Effective July 1, 2004, TATs with less than five years of consecutive service immediately preceding the commencement of the vacation period must return to their work assignment following the vacation period in order to receive vacation pay.

43-1.3. Calculation of Vacation Benefit. 

Bargaining unit employees who satisfy the following criteria shall be eligible for the corresponding number of vacation days:

43-1.3(a).  Winter Recess. 

For winter recess vacation pay, employees must work the following number of days between April 19 of the prior school year and November 22 of the current school year in which the winter recess vacation is to be taken to be eligible for the corresponding number of paid vacation days:

43-1.3(b).  Spring Recess. 

For spring recess vacation pay, employees must work the following number of days between November 5 and March 25 of the school year in which spring recess is to be taken to be eligible for the corresponding number of paid vacation days:

43-1.3(c).  Carryover for Months of May and June. 

Vacation credits earned for the school months of May and June shall be carried over to the ensuing school year.

43-1.4. Scheduling. 

Employees who are scheduled to work when the schools are closed for spring and winter recess shall arrange time off with their department head. Seniority shall be the determining factor to the extent permitted by the needs of the department. Vacations shall be on a consecutive-week basis unless otherwise requested by the employee to the extent permitted by the needs of the department.