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he principal shall provide written notice within five school days following such meeting to any employee whose excuse for absence was deemed unacceptable, and subsequently may require a medical certificate.
Medical certification shall be defined as a written documentation of illness and/or inability to attend work which details the medical condition and treatment plan with periodic updates from a physician, nurse, chiropractor, dentist, or other health care provider.
In any situation which persists to the point where the principal deems it necessary to consider disciplinary action against a teacher for suspected abuse of sick leave, the School Department shall immediately notify the President of the Lawrence Teachers’ Union.

b. No action undertaken more than one year previously without recurrence of such abuse shall be considered in evaluating situations which suggest abuse in subsequent school years.
c. In applying this provision, the employer recognizes that the purpose of this provision is not to interfere with legitimate use of sick leave and agrees to reasonably interpret and apply this provision.
Each teacher will receive a statement of his/her accumulated sick leave, on request in September of each year.

6. Up to three days of accrued sick leave to be deducted from sick
leave each year may be used for illness in the employee's immediate family and/or household. The Superintendent or his/her designee reserves the right to require reasonable documentation of said family illness. Family illness days taken under this provision shall count as sick leave days and shall be deducted from sick leave accumulation and usage for the buyback provisions under Article II L and Article III A of the collective bargaining agreement.
In addition, employees may be eligible for leave in accordance
with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA 29 U.S.C. §§
2601 et seq.)