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Is it possible to donate days from my CAR bank to a sick colleague?

Pedagogical employees may donate CAR days to another employee only if the recipient has a catastrophic sickness. The recipient does not have to be a pedagogical employee and may belong to a different payroll bank. However, DOE employees cannot donate or receive accrued time to or from an employee at another NYC agency.

  • For every 2 sick days/CAR days donated, the recipient receives 1 day of leave.
  • The donor cannot have a balance of more than 180 days or less than 50 days. 
  • The recipient must have exhausted all earned sick leave and optional borrowed time.


To donate CAR days: 

  1. Use the DOE's CAR transfer form.
  2. Complete the form, following the instructions and submit it to your payroll secretary or timekeeper. 
  3. Forms can be faxed to DOE payroll at 718-935-5561 - fax is the preferred method. You can send the forms via email to payrollinquiry [at] schools [dot] nyc [dot] gov (payrollinquiry[at]schools[dot]nyc[dot]gov) only if you do not have access to a fax. Please note that processing of the forms submitted via email may experience a considerable delay.