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Bereavement

An absence due to a death in your immediate family is classified as a "non-attendance day," -- you receive full pay and it is not deducted from your Cumulative Absence Record (CAR). If your parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, spouse or domestic partner, or parent of spouse or domestic partner or any other relative or step-relative of your immediate household should die, you are granted the day of death plus the next three calendar days (excluding weekends and holidays).

As of the 2023 contract, members may delay taking all or part of their bereavement leave to any point within three months of the death if the delay is in connection with a funeral or a memorial service that is scheduled later. The superintendent may grant additional time with appropriate documentation.

You may be granted an excused non-attendance of no more than one day to attend the funeral of a niece, nephew, aunt or uncle who is not a member of your personal household or the funeral of a spouse's or domestic partner's brother, sister, son, daughter, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt who is not a member of your personal household.

For the funerals of others, you may apply for an excused absence without pay.

Your school secretary can provide you with the forms and documentation required for these absences.

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