Bargaining unit members may donate accrued sick leave to another bargaining unit worker for use by that worker as paid sick leave, pursuant to the requirements of this section. 

Eligibility for Using Donated Time 

1. The member must have exhausted all accrued sick leave. 
2. The member must be off work (not  actually rendering service to the District) for purposes of caring for a seriously ill parent, child, or spouse, or due to a personal serious health condition.  (Federal Medical Leave Act definitions, as incorporated in this article, shall apply to this section only). There is no minimum or maximum number days that must be donated, received, or used. 

Procedure for Donation of Days 

1. CEA shall inform workers on a case-by-case basis when the need for donated time arises. 
2. CEA shall be responsible for collecting donated time.  Members shall authorize donations in writing - signed and dated. 
3. CEA shall compile the list of donated time in order of donations received and submit the list to the District along with supporting written authorizations. Once the first-round list is received by the District and all deductions have been made, if more donations are needed the process shall repeat itself. 
4. The District will convert the donated hours to dollar amounts, based on the pay rate(s) of the donor workers.  Thereafter, the District will deduct sick leave from donors, according to the list, and credit it to the worker on leave, according to the pay rate of the worker on leave. 
5. The total hours (converted to dollars) donated by each worker shall be used before moving to the next donors on the list. 
6. Donor workers on the list whose hours were not used will have their original authorization forms returned to them as a confirmation that their donated hours were not used. 
7. At the completion of the Catastrophic Leave, the District will return to CEA the original list indicating which donor workers hours were used.