(a) Where a teacher is sick, he or she shall be entitled to sick leave during his or her sickness and be paid his or her salary during such sick leave; but subject to subsection 20.01 (b), the leave shall not exceed twenty (20) teaching days in any school year.
(b) Where the employment of a teacher is continued for more than one year, the non-used portion of the sick leave in any year(s) shall be carried forward and accumulated from year to year to a maximum of forty (40) days in the second year; sixty (60) days in the third year; eighty (80) days in the fourth year, one hundred (100) days in the fifth year and one hundred thirty days (130) in subsequent years. (Effective September 2016)
(c) Part time teachers or those employed on a fixed or short term contract, shall receive the same benefits on a pro-rata basis.