Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District

for that position. The district must receive a written request for reinstatement, and proof of honorable
discharge or release from military service, within 90 days from the date of that discharge or release.
When short periods of military training or duty cannot be scheduled to coincide with vacation time
or during the summer periods, the employee shall be entitled to a paid leave of absence from his or
her respective duties without loss of time, efficiency rating, vacation time, personal time, sick leave,
or salary on all days during which they shall be engaged in authorized training or duty ordered or
authorized by proper authority, not to exceed fifteen (15) workdays in any one federal fiscal year.
O. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE
1. General Provisions
An employee who has been employed for at least 12 months and has worked at least 1,250
hours during the previous twelve-month period may take an unpaid family or medical leave
of absence for a total of twelve work weeks during any twelve-month period. Separate
periods of employment are counted unless there is a break that exceeds seven years.
A family leave of absence may be taken for the following reasons;
a) because of the birth of a son or daughter of the employee and in order to care for
such son or daughter; or,
b) because of the placement of a son or daughter with the employee for adoption or
foster care.
A family leave expires at the end of the twelve month period after the birth or placement.
A medical leave of absence may be taken for the following reasons:
a) in order to care for the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent if such spouse,
son daughter, or parent has a serious health condition; or,
b) because of a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform
the functions of the position of such employee.
"Parent" means the employee's biological parent or the person who stood in loco parentis to
the employee when the employee was a son or daughter. "Son or daughter" means the
biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing
in loco parentis, who is under 18 years of age or is incapable of self-care because of a
mental or physical disability.
A serious health condition is an illness, injury, impairment or mental condition that involves
either an overnight stay in a medical care facility, or continuing treatment by a health care
provider for a condition that either prevents the employee from performing the functions of
the employee’s job, or prevents the qualified family member from participating in school or
other daily activities. Subject to certain conditions, the continuing treatment requirement
may be met by a period of incapacity of more than three consecutive calendar days
combined with at least two visits to a health care provider or one visit and a regimen of
continuing treatment, or incapacity due to pregnancy, or incapacity due to a chronic
condition. Other conditions may meet the definition of continuing treatment.
A military exigency leave may be taken because of a qualifying exigency, as defined by
federal regulations, arising out of the fact that the spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of
the employee is on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to active
duty) in the Armed forces in support of a contingency operation.
A service member family leave may be taken by an eligible employee. An eligible
employee is entitled to a total of 26 workweeks of leave during a 12-month period to care
for a covered service member who is the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next
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