17.1 Eligibility

All members of the bargaining unit shall earn paid vacation time under this Article. Although vacation is credited for the full fiscal year on July 1 of each year, vacation is actually earned for each month of service during the fiscal year. If vacation is taken in advance of entitlement, a unit member who terminates after using advanced vacation time shall reimburse the District for those days taken over the actual amount earned.

17.1.1 Unit members in a regular work status who work less than eight (8) hours per day will have their vacation time prorated.

17.1.2 Earned vacation shall not become a vested right until completion of the initial six (6) months of employment.

17.2 Paid Vacation

Where desired by the unit member and approved by the District, the paid vacation shall be granted in the fiscal year in which it is earned.

17.3 Accumulation

Vacation time shall be earned and accumulated on a monthly basis in accordance with the following schedules:

17.3.1 Commencing with the first year through the fourth year of service, vacation time shall be earned and accumulated at the rate of one (1) day vacation for each month of service (21.666 days) not to exceed twelve (12) days per fiscal year.

17.3.2 Commencing with the fifth year through the ninth year of service, vacation time shall be earned and accumulated at the rate of one and one-quarter (1 1/4) days vacation for each month of service (21.666 days) not to exceed fifteen (15) days per fiscal year.

17.3.3 Commencing with the tenth year through the eleventh year of service, vacation time shall be earned and accumulated at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) days vacation for each month of service (21.666 days), not to exceed eighteen (18) days per fiscal year.

17.3.4 Commencing with the twelfth year through the fourteenth year of service, vacation time shall be earned and accumulated at the rate of one and two-thirds (1 2/3) days vacation for each month of service (21.666 days) not to exceed twenty (20) days per fiscal year.

17.3.5 Commencing with the fifteenth year of service, vacation time shall be earned and accumulated at the rate of one and eight-tenths (1 8/10) days vacation for each month of service (21.666 days) not to exceed twenty-two (22) days per fiscal year.

17.3.6 Vacation time earned and accumulated shall be calculated as follows:

Unit member’s work year*  21.666 = Number of vacation days**

* Work year is all calendared workdays plus paid holidays

** Rounded off upward to the nearest quarter day 50

17.4 Amount of Vacation Pay

Pay for vacation days shall be the same as that which the unit member would have received had s/he been in a working status.

17.5 Vacation Pay Upon Termination

When a unit member terminates for any reason, s/he shall be entitled to all vacation pay earned and accumulated up to and including the effective date of the termination except that employees who have not completed six (6) months of employment in regular status shall not be entitled to such compensation.

17.6 Vacation Postponement

17.6.1 If a unit member’s vacation becomes due during a period when s/he is on leave due to illness or injury, s/he may request that his/her vacation date be changed and the District shall grant such request in accordance with the vacation dates available at that time.

17.6.2 If a unit member is unable to take all or any part of the scheduled vacation due to illness, personal emergency, or a work schedule with the District which precluded such action the amount not taken shall be accumulated for use in the following year.

17.7 Vacation Schedules

While a reasonable effort will be made to accommodate specific vacation dates requested by unit members, vacation time may be rescheduled under extenuating circumstances if the unit member’s absence on the dates requested is in conflict with the best interests of the District. A supervisor’s determination of what is in the best interests of the District shall be conclusive.

17.7.1 A school site unit member who wishes to use vacation time on a student attendance day, even though the unit member’s absence would interfere with District operations, may take two (2) days of vacation on a student attendance day, subject to the following:

17.7.1.1 The unit member shall have utilized all available non-workdays for vacation during the school year.

17.7.1.2 The written request shall be submitted to the unit member’s supervisor at least thirty (30) days in advance.

17.7.1.3 The two (2) days shall be scheduled with the approval of the unit member’s immediate supervisor.

17.7.2 For those unit member’s whose absence on a student attendance day would not normally interfere with the District operations, Section 17.7.1 does not apply.

17.8 Holidays

When an Article 18 holiday falls during the scheduled vacation, the unit member shall be granted a compensating day of vacation.

17.9 Interruption of Vacation

A unit member may interrupt or terminate vacation leave in order to begin another type of paid leave provided by this Agreement without a return to active service if the unit member supplies notice and supporting information regarding the basis for requesting such interruption or termination. Such leave shall be granted and verified on the same basis as would apply if an interruption of vacation were not involved. 51

17.10 Payment of Accrued Vacation

Beginning July 1 of a given fiscal year, commencing with July 1, 1983, the maximum vacation accrual for all unit members for use and/or payment upon termination shall be twice the annual entitlement.

17.10.1 All earned vacation as of June 30 of any given year shall be paid to all ten (10) and eleven (11) month employees by August 15 of each year.

17.10.2 As of June 30 in any given year, any unused earned vacation in excess of the maximum accrual stated in 17.10 above shall be paid to unit members by August 15 of each year.

17.10.3 All unit members will maximize their efforts to take vacation days by utilizing all available non-workdays during the school year.