Sick Leave Sharing Program
The Sick Leave Sharing Program is a program that allows full-time employees, who opted in the program during enrollment period, to receive sick day leave in the event that they used all of their own sick days.
Members who did not enroll during the 2019 enrollment period may not access sick bank days until the employee has been a member of the sick leave sharing bank for one year.
GUIDELINES
The minimum number of days in the sick leave sharing bank must be 100. Should the number of days drop below this minimum, each member will be required to contribute another day in order to remain a member. The maximum amount of days a member will be asked to contribute in a year will be limited to two days.
Any member who has no sick leave days accumulated when these days are assessed may remain a member for the remainder of the current school year and shall contribute two days at the beginning of the next school year.
Days contributed or assessed become the property of the sick leave sharing bank and no longer count toward the individual member’s accumulated or current sick leave.
Only qualifying members of the sick leave sharing bank may receive donations under this policy. During his/her lifetime employment with the district, the employee is limited to two requests from the sick leave sharing bank.
Employees who have previously used their limit of two sick day donation requests will not be eligible to join the sick leave sharing bank. Days cannot be used from the sick leave sharing bank until an employee exhausts all earned sick leave pursuant to Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 6-104. Donations from the sick leave sharing bank will not be permitted for employees who have been released to work for any portion of the work day.
USE OF DAYS
The number of days granted per request shall be based on the following tier system:
- 1-4 years of sick bank membership: Maximum of 30 days
- 5+ years of sick bank membership: Maximum of 60 days
HOW TO UTILIZE SICK BANK
Employees will need to submit a Sick Leave Sharing Bank Request Form to benefits@baschools.org to request use of days from the bank. With this request, you must attach a medical certification form from a licensed physician or healthcare practitioner verifying the severe or extraordinary condition of the employee or their relative and the expected duration.
ANNUAL OPT-IN
Eligible employees who did not enroll in the initial year or as a new hire will have the opportunity to participate in the sick leave sharing bank by opting in during the annual enrollment period from Oct. 1 - Oct. 30 each year. Employees must contribute one day of sick leave.
Members may not access sick bank days until the employee has been a member of the sick leave sharing bank for one year.
Employees who were previously in the bank and chose to opt-out will be required to be in the bank for one year upon re-enrollment to access days. The number of years in the bank will not be bridged and will start new.
OPT-OUT
Members will remain enrolled in the bank unless a Sick Leave Sharing Bank Opt-Out Form has been submitted to benefits@baschools.org. The opt-out effective date will be July 1 of the upcoming school year. Any days donated will remain the property of the bank.
Please refer to Board of Education Policy 5310 for complete details. If you have questions, please contact the HR department at 918-259-5704.