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255 COLLEGE of the VIRGIN ISLANDS Proposed Revision of the Sick Leave Policy for Teaching Faculty (Board of Trustees meeting, June 8, 1986) The current sick leave policy for teaching faculty, copy attached, provides for sick leave as follows: In the event of serious disability due to illness or accident, which prevents a faculty member from per- forming his/her duties, he/she shall be eligible for sick leave with pay, with the time and compensation determined by length of service to the College. Faculty members with one year or less of service shall receive up to thirty days leave and up to one- tenth of their annual salary. Faculty members with more than one year of service but less than two shall receive up to sixty days leave and up to one-fifth of their annual. Faculty members with more than two years of service shall receive up to ninety days leave and up to three-tenths of their annual salary. The leave and salary in all cases shall be calculated from the begin- ning of the period of disability, as evidenced by absence from the College. The College's Disability Insurance takes effect six months after the onset of a serious disability therefore should a member of the teaching faculty become seriously ill there is a gap be- tween the expiration of the sick leave and the benefits of the insurance. After a series of meetings with faculty representatives the administration decided to ask the Trustees to revise the Sick Leave Policy as follows: (Section) 16 a. In the event of serious disability due to illness or accident, which prevents a faculty member from performing his/her duties, he/she shall be eligible for sick leave. 2907 COLLEGE of the VIRGIN ISLANDS 2. Faculty with one year of service as of August 15, 1986 will be credited with twenty (20) days of accumulated sick leave, less any documented sick leave days granted during the first year of service. 3. Faculty members with two years of service as of August 15, 1986, will be credited with forty (40) days of accumulated sick leave less any documented sick leave days granted during their two years of service. 4. All faculty members with three to five years of service as of August 15, 1986, will be credited with sixty (60) days of accumulated sick leave less any documented sick leave days granted during their years of service. 5. In calculating "years of service", leaves of absence without pay will not be considered "years of service" for the purpose of this transition. 6. As of August 15, 1986, all additional sick leave will accrue in accordance with the revised section 16 of the Faculty Policy Manual.