Wautoma Area School District
Approved 11/10/88
Revised 07/26/01
It is the philosophy of the Board of Education that the non-certified support staff employees have a primary commitment to provide those services for which they were hired. Adequate provisions for appropriate absences are provided for in the master agreement between the Wautoma District Employees (WDE) and Wautoma Area School District Board of Education.
Therefore, requests for unpaid leaves of absence should only be approved based upon highly unusual circumstances. Vacations should be planned so as not to interfere with providing of those services to the District.
The following guidelines shall govern the decisions made concerning requests for unpaid leave of absence under highly unusual circumstance:
1. Requests shall not exceed five (5) consecutive workdays.
2. Said leave, if granted, shall be without pay.
3. Not more than two (2) non-certified employees may be on an unpaid leave of absence at one time.
4. Appropriate advanced notice, in writing, must be given to the District.
5. Probationary employees are not eligible for unpaid leave of absences.
6. Only employee's supervisors and the District Administrator shall take action on unpaid leave requests.
7. Decisions by the employee's supervisor and District Administrator may be appealed to the Board of Education.
8. In the event that there is a conflict with the WDE-Board of Education Master Agreement language and this policy, master contract language will prevail.
9. Violations pf this policy may lead to disciplinary action by the Board of Education and such action may include the dismissal of said employee.
10. This policy does not apply to unpaid leaves of absence required by law such as the Family Medical Leave Act.
