In the event of a death of a member of a licensed employee's immediate family, bereavement leave may be granted.
In case of the death of an employee's spouse, parent, step-parent, child, or step-child, the employee shall be entitled to a leave of absence of five (5) consecutive school days, with pay. Said leave may be taken within a reasonable time after the death, but if not taken within ten (10) calendar days after the death, shall be lost.
In case of the death of the employee's brother, sister, or grandparent, grandchild, step-grandchild, niece or nephew, the employee shall be entitled to a leave of absence of three (3) consecutive school days, with pay. Said leave days may be taken within a reasonable time after the death, but if not taken within ten (10) calendar days after the death, shall be lost.
In case of the death of the employee's spouse's brother, sister, parent, step-parent or grandparent, niece or nephew the employee shall be entitled to a leave of absence of three (3) consecutive school days, with pay. Said leave days may be taken within a reasonable time after the death, but if not taken within ten (10) calendar days after the death, shall be lost..
In case of the death of a person with whom the employee had an unusually close personal relationship, the employee shall be entitled to a leave of absence, with pay, for the time necessary to attend the funeral, but not to exceed one (1) day per occurrence..
It is within the discretion of the superintendent to determine the number of bereavement leave days to be granted.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 279.8.
Cross Reference: 409 Licensed Employee Vacations and Leaves of Absence
Approved: March 1996.
Reviewed: April 2009, January 2011, January 2014, January 2017, May 2020
