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Board tables review of sick‑day payout for dual‑contract employees after CPPC request
Summary
A representative from the CPPC asked the board to consider changing policy so employees with dual contracts (for example, bus driver + maintenance) would not lose unused sick days on their secondary contract at retirement; the board discussed partial payouts and caps and voted to table the matter for a dedicated work session with stakeholder input.
A community/employee representative asked the board to review policy 8.5 on unused sick days and a related vacation/carryover practice that affects year‑round employees.
The presenter described a scenario in which a long‑service employee with two contracts (for example, maintenance and bus driving) accrued sick leave separately under each contract but, upon retirement, was only paid out the days from their primary contract and forfeited days from the secondary contract. “All we’re asking for is consideration on paying out their days on both contracts, not just their primary,” the representative said.
Board members discussed several approaches, including paying out a percentage of the secondary contract’s accumulated days, capping payouts, or converting leave structures to allow limited carryover instead of the current use‑or‑lose practice for some employees. Members asked staff to research how other districts handle the matter and to draft concrete options for the work session, including certified/classified parity. The board then moved to table the item for a future work session so CPPC and PPC can provide input and staff can draft policy language; the motion to table was seconded by Connie and passed.
No policy change was adopted at the meeting; staff and board agreed to pursue stakeholder input and return with language and financial impact estimates at a subsequent work session.
