Leaves and Absences

An employee shall be granted up to three days of bereavement leave upon the death of a member of the employee’s immediate family.

Please click the link below to request bereavement days

Bereavement Request form

Immediate family is defined per CHISD Local policy as:

• Spouse
• Son or daughter, including biological, adopted, or foster child, son- or daughter-in-law, stepchild, legal ward, or a child whom the employee stands in loco parentis.
• Parent, step-parent, parent-in-law or other individual who stand in loco parentis to the employee
• Sibling, stepsibling and sibling-in-law
• Grandparent and grandchild
• Any person residing in the employee’s household at the time of illness or death.

FMLA is unpaid leave, unless accumulated person or sick leave is available and used concurrently. It may be taken intermittently or on a reduced schedule.

To qualify for FMLA you must have worked for the district for a minimum of one year and worked 1,250 hours in the prior twelve (12) months. Leave may be taken for serious health conditions affecting the employee or an immediate family member.

During FMLA leave, the employee must continue to pay the employee’s share of group health plan premiums.

If the employee fails to provide the district with complete and sufficient certification from a health care provider, the district may deny the taking of FMLA leave.

Please click the link below to request to qualify for FMLA

FMLA Request Form

Any CHISD employee who has exhausted all accumulated paid leave, who suffers from a catastrophic illness or injury may apply for the Sick Leave Pool. The pool will be established for that employee and will cease to exist when the employee no longer needs leave for the purpose requested, used the maximum number of days allowed under a pool, or exhausts all leave days donated to the sick leave pool.

Employees wishing to donate to a designated pool may donate up to two (2) days of local leave.

A maximum of 30 days may be contributed to a specific sick leave pool.

To qualify for the setup of a Sick Leave Pool please email benefits@chisd.net

Any full-time employee shall be eligible for Temporary Disability leave if you have exhausted FMLA or do not qualify for FMLA. The maximum length of TDL shall be 180 calendar days including weekends and holidays. It must be taken as a continuous block of time and may not be taken intermittently or on a reduced schedule. It shall run concurrently with FLMA.

TDL is only for employee medical leave and does not cover the mental or physical disability of a family member.

While TDL does protect your job, employees must use their own earned time off.

To qualify for TDL please email benefits@chisd.net