School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Regulation 4-45.3

PERSONNEL

Terminal Pay for Unused Sick Leave

A. Payment for Accumulated Sick Leave

For the purpose of reducing the incidence of absenteeism, an employee, upon termination of employment, may elect to have accumulated sick leave purchased by the school board at twenty-eight ($28) dollars per day subject to the following conditions:

1. Sick leave purchased by the School Board must have been earned in Virginia Beach City Public Schools or the City of Virginia Beach.

2. Accumulated sick leave days will be purchased only from employees who are officially retiring under the provisions of the VRS. No other payment for accumulated sick leave will be paid to any other employee.

3. The request must be received in the Department of Human Resources no later than five (5) work days after the effective date of retirement.

Approved by Superintendent: July 16, 1991
Revised by Superintendent: September 15, 1992
Revised by Superintendent: April 19, 1994
Revised by Superintendent: December 13, 2002