FILE: GBRB
Cf: GBN
EMPLOYEE ATTENDANCE
Employees of the Catahoula Parish School Board shall be expected and required to report to their designated work locations in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed time work activity is to commence. Employees shall also be expected to remain at work for the entire work period excluding any rest and meal periods permitted. Tardiness, unexpected absence, or failure to report to work as scheduled may result in disciplinary action. In cases of anticipated absence or where the employee cannot report to work as scheduled, the employee shall notify his/her supervisor as soon as possible after the employee becomes aware that he/she will be absent from work. Continual absence by the employee shall be conveyed to the employee’s supervisor on a regular basis. The frequency of contact that may be required shall be determined by the supervisor.
ABSENCES DURING DAY
No teacher or other employee shall leave the school campus or work location without having first obtained permission from the principal/building administrator or designee. Teachers shall be required to sign out, stating the reason for leaving school. Upon returning, the teacher shall sign back in and note the time of his/her return. An employee's immediate supervisor may authorize an absence during the business day. The Superintendent or designee must grant permission for a period of one day or more.
It shall be the policy of this School Board that whenever it is necessary for personnel to leave the school premises for school or non-school business, an employee shall report such absence as follows:
Professional Personnel
The School Board shall require professional personnel leaving the school on school business to notify the secretary and receptionist as to their whereabouts. Written permission shall be obtained from the Superintendent in order to attend any out-of-parish meeting.
Professional personnel shall be required to obtain approval from the Superintendent for each and every occasion when the employee plans to leave the school on non-school business.
Principals
School Business: Any principal leaving the school for two (2) hours or less shall notify the school secretary and assistant principal (if there is one) as to their whereabouts.
If the principal expects to be away from school for more than two (2) hours, he/she shall notify the Superintendent (as well as the school secretary and assistant principal).
Non-School Business: All principals must get approval from the superintendent for each and every occasion when they plan to leave school on non-school business.
Teachers
Should it be necessary for a teacher or staff member to leave the school during regular working hours, he/she shall have the approval of the principal or assistant principal.
A teacher or staff member leaving school, with approval of principal or assistant principal for more than one hour for any reason other than school business shall be reported to the school board office at the end of each reporting period.
If any of the above policies are abused by a school employee, his or her immediate supervisor shall call that employee into the office to clarify the situation.
Unauthorized Absence
Any employee who is absent from work and who has not received an authorized leave shall be considered on unauthorized leave. Any employee on unauthorized leave shall receive no pay for those days which constituted the unauthorized leave and may be subject to dismissal and/or other disciplinary actions.
Job Abandonment
If an employee is absent for ten (10) or more days without explanation or approved leave, the School Board may consider the job as abandoned and the employee terminated, unless the employee can provide acceptable and verifiable evidence of extenuating circumstances, as determined by the Superintendent.
New policy: September 4, 2012
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:1186, 17:1201, 17:1202, 17:1203, 17:1204, 17:1206, 17:1208, 17:1208.1
Board minutes, 9-4-12
Catahoula Parish School Board