As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Accumulated sick leave' means the total number of days of unused sick leave that a school employee has to his or her credit;(2) 'Immediate family' includes the school employee's spouse, children, parents, and any other relatives in the same household;(3) 'School employee' includes any employee of a school district who works not less than twenty (20) hours per week and who is not compelled by law to secure a teaching license from the State Board of Education as a condition precedent to employment. This subchapter covers those school employees who are normally and usually designated as noncertified school employees; and(4) 'Sick leave' means absence with full pay from one's duties in a public school for the reason of personal illness or illness in his or her immediate family.Acts 1979, No. 391, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-1255.2.
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