File:  GDD - Staff Vacations and Holidays for 12-Month Employees

A 12-month support staff employee shall be granted ten (10) days of vacation leave per school year to be earned at the rate of 10/12 of a day per month (prorated based on full time equivalency (FTE) and hire date). All requests for vacation leave must have the prior approval of the employee's immediate supervisor. Vacation leave shall be earned as follows:

Complete Years of Employment

Vacation Days Accrued Per Year

0-5

10

6-10

15

11+

20

Vacation leave shall not be allowed to accrue beyond the time normally earned in a two (2-year period unless a deferred vacation plan is pre-approved by the superintendent or designee. No employee shall take consecutive weeks of vacation leave unless it is specifically pre approved by the employee's supervisor.

Custodians will seek approval from their supervisor during the school year and will seek approval from the Facilities Manager or designee for vacation time the employee wishes to take during the summer months with all requests for vacation leave being subject to prior approval.

Vacation leave shall be scheduled at the convenience of the District and as nearly as possible for the convenience of the employee.

Support staff employees who resign or whose employment is terminated shall receive the paid vacation to which they have earned in the employee's next regularly scheduled paycheck. Accumulated vacation leave is paid at the employee's regular hourly rate of pay upon separation.

Holidays

All 12-month employees shall be paid for the following holidays and all District offices shall be closed on these days or as designated on the District calendar: Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the Friday after Thanksgiving (granted in lieu of President's Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day.

Adopted: February 28, 1984
Revised: November 10, 1987
Revised: January 23, 1990
Revised: May 12, 1992
Revised: January 8, 2003
Revised: August 11, 2009
Revised: October 22, 2013
Revised: April 5, 2018
Revised: January 31, 2023
Revised: June 15, 2023

LEGAL REF.: C.R.S. 22-1-112 (school year - national holidays)