Sick leave is earned at the rate of one day for each month worked; accumulation is unlimited.At the termination of the employment of any employee, all unused sick leave accumulated by the employee shall be terminated. However, Knox County Schools shall upon re-employment grant a former employee the accumulated sick leave earned while he/she was a Knox County Schools' employee and lost by previous termination. If a Knox County Schools' employee terminates his employment with Knox County Schools providing notice 90 contract days prior to his intended retirement date, he will be paid $100 per day for each unused sick leave day up to a maximum of his annual salary. In the event that notice of intention to retire is provided by fewer than 90 contract days, he will be paid $60 per day for each unused sick leave day (not to exceed his annual contract amount).

Personal leave is earned at the rate of two days per year; personal leave does not accumulate. The balance of personal leave on June 30 of each year is transferred to sick leave.

Step raises are provided at the beginning of the school year. To be eligible for a step raise, the employee must have worked at least 100 days of the prior year's contract. If an employee has worked less than a full contract in more than one previous year, those portions of years will be added together to determine if the employee is eligible to receive a step raise. Employees do not become eligible to receive step raises during the contract year.

Hearing service/vision service/therapist service technicians will be paid from S3 scale.

Approved by the Knox County Board of Education September 5, 2007