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Return from Long-Term LeaveÌýa. An employee who plans to return to duty at the expiration of a long-term leave shall notify the administrator in writing by March 15 of the school year for which the leave was granted. In the event the leave was granted after March 15, the employee’s intent to return to duty at the expiration of the leave shall be deemed given upon requesting the leave. On or before February 15, the Board shall notify each employee on leave of this provision. The employee shall respond, indicating his/her intent to return, requesting an extension, or resigning from his/her position. Except for extenuating circumstances, an employee who fails to respond shall be considered to have resigned with an effective date of his/her last duty day of the fiscal year. b. An employee, upon expiration of his/her leave of absence, may return to duty without prejudice and shall be credited with all previous experience earned prior to the leave. c. An employee desiring to return from medical leave prior to the leave expiring shall be allowed to return to duty only when a vacancy exists for which s/he is certified and/or qualified. d. An employee desiring to return from personal leave prior to the leave expiring may be allowed to return to duty if a vacancy exists for which s/he is certified and/or qualified. e. Failure or refusal of an employee returning from long-term leave to accept a written offer of assignment made to his/her last known mailing address shall remove any obligations of the Board to provide further employment. f. For employees returning or who have recently returned from medical leave, a doctor’s statement may be required.

Return from Long-Term Leave.Ìý1. If an unpaid leave of absence is more than thirty (30) working days, or if the teacher's absence extends into two school years, then the following return provisions shall apply: 2. The teacher shall return to work on the first day of the school term as established by the Board of Education except for disability leave when the teacher shall return on the date established by the doctor's statement. 3. The teacher shall notify in writing by March 1st the Human Resource office of the school district if he/she wishes to return to active employment with the school district on the first day of the following school term. If the unpaid leave commenced after March 1st, then the notification date shall be June 1st. 4. The teacher shall be returned to his/her former position if it is vacant, or being filled by a certificated substitute. If not, then to a position for which he/she is qualified to fill within twenty (20) miles of the former position. The teacher shall have all rights under the transfer provision of this Agreement. Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting the District's authority to make involuntary transfers as provided under Article III.

Return from Long-Term Leave.ÌýAny time a bargaining unit member expects to be on any leave for more than forty-five (45) days, he/she shall declare, in writing, the date that he/she intends to return to work, retire, or resign. This declaration is subject to modification. The bargaining unit member must return from the leave at the beginning of a nine-week grading period or a semester, unless he/she has exhausted the leave available to him/her.

Return from Long-Term Leave.ÌýUpon return from an extended leave of absence, the Board shall assign a teacher to a position. If the former position is not available, the position assigned will be at the discretion of the Superintendent, considering the desire of the teacher and the needs of the school system. However, a teacher classified as eligible for return under this Article shall not thereby obtain rights superior or inferior to those rights such teacher would have under the reduction in force and recall provisions of this Agreement (said rights to be determined as if the teacher had not received an extended leave of absence under this Agreement). When the teacher does return he shall be placed on the next higher salary level above that he had attained if he had completed more than one-half the school year before going on leave. If he had not completed more than one-half the school year before going on leave he shall be placed on the same level he had been on prior to the leave. Any teacher returning from a long term leave of absence shall, reasonably far in advance, notify the Salem Superintendent of Schools, in writing, of the date upon which the teacher is ready to resume responsibilities. Failure to submit notification of intent to return to the system for the school year following the leave shall be considered a resignation and will be so treated. The notification of intent to return shall be made by the end of January in the calendar year in which the employee intends to return to work. Any teacher whose leave commences February 1, or after, who intends to return during the following school year, must submit notice of intent to return prior to the last day of school that school year. In addition to the requirements of this subsection, failure to return from the leave of absence upon its expiration shall be considered a resignation and will be so treated.