duties during the period of absence for which compensation is
required to be paid under this section.
The board of school directors of each school district shall
maintain and supply annually to each professional and temporary
professional employe a copy of a cumulative record of sick leave
credited to and used by such professional or temporary
professional employe. In any case involving a dispute over the
amount of accumulated sick leave, a professional or temporary
professional employe shall have a right of appeal to the
Secretary of Education pursuant to such rules and regulations as
he may establish.
(b) Whenever a professional or temporary professional
employe shall be absent from duty because of a death in the
immediate family of said employe, there shall be no deduction in
salary of said employe for an absence not in excess of three
school days. The board of school directors may extend the period
of absence with pay in its discretion as the exigencies of the
case may warrant. Members of the immediate family shall be
defined as father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter,
husband, wife, parent-in-law or near relative who resides in the
same household, or any person with whom the employe has made his
home.
(c) Whenever a professional or temporary professional
employe is absent because of the death of a near relative, there
shall be no deduction in the salary of said employe for absence
on the day of the funeral. The board of school directors may
extend the period of absence with pay in its discretion as the
exigencies of the case may warrant. A near relative shall be
defined as a first cousin, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild,
aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
20170SB0229PN0212 - 3 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30