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The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles KCPS employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. This leave can be for an extended period of time or intermittently. There are specific guidelines, but if you qualify and need an FMLA leave, you should contact Marilyn Overton at moverton@kcpublicschools.org.

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One of the primary ways that principals try to get around our contract is by holding "voluntary" meetings. Don't be bullied into attending. You cannot be held accountable or reprimanded for not attending a voluntary meeting. Once members stop showing up, the voluntary meetings will stop. It's up to you.

Paraprofessionals, secretaries and other classified staff who are paid hourly should never work beyond their workday without permission. And all hourly employees, except Security Officers, must follow the correct procedure.

• If your principal/supervisor asks you to work overtime, you must complete the Overtime Request Form (see bookkeeper or click here), and it must be signed by you and your principal/supervisor before doing the overtime.

• A Request for Payment of Overtime form (click here) must also be signed by both you and your supervisor and must be submitted in that pay period's regular time

Texting is a great way to communicate with our parents (and sometimes with students), but please be careful. Stick to education-related messages - nothing personal. And giving out your personal phone number can create problems. Last year, we had a parent who literally stalked a teacher. There are now apps that let teachers text-message students (and their parents) without exchanging actual telephone numbers. The one I'm most familiar with is a free one called Remind. Remind allows teachers to send messages by logging onto the Remind website, or by using the iPhone or Android app. Messages can

In the event of a death of either an immediate family member or a person who was a close non-family member to a regular, full-time employee:

1.     The employee shall be granted bereavement leave of absence with pay and without loss of Paid Time Off (PTO) benefits for up to a maximum of three (3) regularly scheduled days within a two (2) week period:

2.     The employee shall be allowed to use an additional two (2) days PTO or vacation allowance or, if the employee has no remaining PTO or vacation allowance, the employee may take an unpaid leave of absence for such two (2) additional days; and

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Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, is a tax break that a city can give to developers to help communities restore their most run-down areas or jumpstart economically sluggish parts of town. KCPS and the KC Library both receive local money from property taxes, and when the KC City Council agrees to a TIF, they're taking money away from our schools and libraries - millions and millions of dollars. KCFT & SRP is not against all TIFs and tax abatements. When they are used in areas of the city that are truly blighted or as a jobs creation tool, they can be beneficial. Unfortunately, our city council

Employees hired after January 1, 2009

(1)  Employees shall use the one hundred seventy-five (175) day limitation for accumulated sick days when computing their pay.

(2)  Employees shall receive three percent (3%) credit for each year of service, from their most recent appointment date in the District, up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) years.

(3)  Employees shall use an average of their daily rate of compensation issued over the course of their employment when computing severance pay.

(4)  Severance pay shall be computed using the following formula:

Years of service, from the most recent