A temporary illness or
temporary incapacity is an illness or other capacity of ill‑being that
renders an employee physically or mentally unable to perform assigned
duties. During such a period, the
employee can use accumulated sick leave benefits. However, income received from
other sources (worker's compensation, District-paid insurance programs, etc.)
will be deducted from the District's compensation liability to the employee. The
School Board's intent is that in no case will the employee who is temporarily
disabled receive more than 100 percent of gross salary.
Those insurance plans privately purchased by
the employee and to which the District does not contribute, are not applicable
to this policy.
If illness, incapacity, or any other
condition causes an employee to be absent in one school year, after exhaustion
of all available leave, for more than 90 consecutive school days, such absence
may be considered a permanent disability and the Board may consider beginning dismissal proceedings
subject to State and federal law, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Superintendent may recommend this
paragraph's use when circumstances strongly suggest that the employee returned
to work intermittently in order to avoid this paragraph's application.
Any employee may be required to have an
examination, at the District’s expense, by a physician who is licensed in
Illinois to practice medicine and surgery in all its branches, an advanced
practice nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating
physician that authorized the advanced practice nurse to perform health
examinations, or a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority by
his or her supervisor to perform health examinations if the examination is
job-related and consistent with business necessity.
LEGAL REF.: Americans with Disabilities Act, 42
U.S.C. § 12102.
105 ILCS 5/10-22.4, 5/24-12, and 5/24-13.
Elder v. School
Dist. No. 127 1/2, 208 N.E.2d 423 (1st
School District No. 151 v. ISBE, 507
N.E.2d 134 (1st
CROSS REF.:
5:180
Adopted:
Revised:
Revised:
Revised:
Revised: December
14, 2005