(a) Compassionate Leave up to a total of three (3) days in any school year, at a cost not to exceed that of a substitute, may be granted by the Superintendent for arrangement for care of spouse, dependent child, parent or sibling during emergency or serious illness.
(b)
i. Compassionate leave up to a total of five (5) days without loss of pay shall be granted by the Superintendent in each case of death (including imminent death) of the teacher's spouse, common-in-law partner, fiancée or fiancé, child, mother or father.
ii. Compassionate leave up to a total of three (3) days without loss of pay shall be granted by the Superintendent in each case of death (including imminent death) of the teacher's brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild or grandparent.
iii. Compassionate leave of one (1) day without loss of pay shall be granted in each case of the actual death of a son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. Relatives such as in-laws living with the teacher involved, or other close relatives may also be included. Leave beyond this amount on compassionate grounds, may be granted at the discretion of The District and at a cost not to exceed that of a substitute teacher.
(c) Where the distance is greater than three hundred (300) kilometres one way, travel time, in addition to the above amounts of compassionate leave, shall be granted by the Superintendent, at a cost not to exceed that of a substitute teacher. The maximum amount of travel time granted shall be two days.
(d) Leave of up to a total of five days per school year without loss of pay may be provided for teachers for the purposes of attending to urgent family matters such as illness of a family member, care of elderly parents or family emergencies. Such leave is to be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent upon written application from the teacher stating the reasons for and the expected duration of such leave. Leave for this purpose will be considered only after the teacher has used all accumulated Special Leave as granted under Clause 6.04.