Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District
Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District
Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District
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perform the functions of the employee's position. For a request to take leave in order to<br />
care for the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent, the certificate also shall state<br />
whether the employee is needed to care for the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or<br />
parent.<br />
For any request to take leave intermittently or on a reduced schedule for planned medical<br />
treatment, the certificate also shall state the dates on which planned medical treatment is<br />
expected to be given and the duration of the treatment. For a request to take leave<br />
intermittently or on a reduced schedule for a personal health condition, the certificate also<br />
shall state the medical necessity for and the expected duration of the intermittent leave or<br />
leave on a reduced schedule. For a request to take leave intermittently or on a reduced<br />
schedule in order to care for the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent, the certificate<br />
also shall state whether the employee's intermittent leave or leave on a reduced schedule is<br />
necessary for the care of the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent who has a serious<br />
health condition, or will assist in their recovery, and the expected duration and schedule of<br />
the intermittent leave or reduced leave schedule.<br />
If the school district has reason to doubt the validity of any of the required information in<br />
the certification, the school district may require the employee to obtain the opinion of a<br />
second health care provider designated or approved by the school district. If the opinions<br />
of the health care providers conflict, the school district may require the employee to obtain<br />
a final and binding opinion of a third health care provider.<br />
5. Intermittent or Reduced Leave Schedule<br />
If medically necessary, an employee may take a medical leave of absence intermittently or<br />
on a reduced leave schedule due to the serious health condition of the employee or covered<br />
family member or the serious injury or illness of a covered service member. If the<br />
employee is not employed principally in an instructional capacity and the requested leave<br />
is foreseeable based on planned medical treatment, the employee may be required to<br />
transfer temporarily to an available alternative position for which the employee is<br />
qualified. An employee who is employed principally in an instructional capacity and<br />
whose requested leave is foreseeable based on planned medical treatment, may take leave<br />
for periods of a particular duration rather than intermittently or on a reduced leave<br />
schedule if the employee would be on leave for greater than 20 percent of the total number<br />
of working days in the period during which the leave would extend. Leave may not be<br />
taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule other than as authorized in this<br />
paragraph.<br />
6. Leaves Near End of Academic Semesters<br />
Classroom teachers and teachers' aides who desire to take family or medical leave more<br />
than five weeks prior to the end of an academic semester may be required to continue<br />
taking leave until the end of the semester if the leave is of at least three weeks duration and<br />
the return to employment would occur during the three-week period before the end of such<br />
semester. Classroom teachers and teachers' aides who desire to take family leave or<br />
medical leave for other than their own serious health condition less than five weeks prior<br />
to the end of an academic semester may be required to continue taking leave until the end<br />
of the semester if the leave is of at least two weeks duration and the return to employment<br />
would occur during the two week period before the end of such semester. Classroom<br />
teachers and teachers' aides who desire to take family leave or medical leave for other than<br />
their own serious health condition less than three weeks prior to the end of an academic<br />
semester may be required to continue taking leave until the end of the semester if the leave<br />
is of duration of at least five working days.<br />
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