1.  An employee shall obtain leave forms from the Fort Bend ISD website.
2. The employee completes and signs an Employee Request for Leave Application (DEC-E-2) and submits to leaves office. The supervisor will complete a DC-E-2 form placing the employee on leave.
3. The employee has the attending physician complete and sign a medical certification form and submits it to the Leaves Office. (Forms not signed by the physician will be returned to the employee.) Click on the link below for the appropriate medical certification form:

• • Employee’s Serious Health Condition (Form WH-380-E) - Includes Maternity
  • Family Member’s Serious Health Condition (Form WH-380-F)
  • Certification for Serious Injury or Illness of Covered Servicemember for Military Family Leave (Form WH-385)
  • Certification for Serious Injury or Illness of a Veteran for Military Caregiver Leave (Form WH-385-V)
  • Certification of Qualifying Exigency For Military Family Leave (Form WH-384) - this form does not need to be completed by a healthcare provider

*Leaves are processed as quickly as possible. However, please note that we cannot process a leave without all required documents.*

1. The employee obtains a medical release and submits it to Human Resources (Leaves Office) five days before return to work. Employees will not be allowed to return to work without a release from the attending physician. All medical releases with restrictions/limitations must be reviewed by the Leaves Office before allowing the employee to return to work.The supervisor completes a DC-E-2 form returning the employee from leave and submits all paperwork to the Leaves Office.
2. For questions regarding employee leaves, you may email us at Leaves.HR@fortbendisd.com , or fax to (281) 327-7777
   
   *Please note that employees will not be reactivated in the payroll system and may not receive paychecks without completion of the above steps.*

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

FMLA is for employees employed by the District for 12 months, and the employee has worked 1250 hours in the 12 months immediately preceding the need for leave. This leave is for maternity, illness of a member of the immediate family (mother, father, spouse, and children) or illness of self. The term parent does NOT include a parent “in-law”. The term son or daughter does include individuals 18 years or over, if they are “incapable of self-care” because of mental or physical disability that limits one or more of the “major life activities”.

Maximum duration: 12 work weeks

Temporary Disability Leave (TDL)

This leave is only for full-time educators who have exhausted FML or have been with the District less than one year. This leave is for the illness of the employee only. Maximum duration: 180 calendar days

Non-Discretionary Leave

This type of leave allows very little or no advance planning and will be granted to employees in the same manner as sick leave. Salaried employees are required to report their absences in ReadySub. Hourly employees’ absences are entered into Kronos by the supervisor or entered on a timesheet.

This leave may be used for the following reasons only:

1. Employee illness
2. Illness in the employee’s immediate family
3. Family emergency (i.e., natural disasters or life-threatening situations)
4. Death in the immediate family
5. Childcare or adoption of a child
6. Active military service

Non-Discretionary Leave Request Form

Other Leaves

Please check Board Policy DEC (LOCAL) regarding the specifics on other leaves such as military.

Please contact the Leaves Department regarding the CIS benefit.

The Sick Leave Program offers local sick days donated by employees to extend compensation to another employee experiencing catastrophic illness or injury. This program allows employees the opportunity to request and receive up to a maximum of (30) additional days should a catastrophic illness cause an absence during the program plan year.  Days may be donated in one of two ways:

Sick Leave Bank Donations

After meeting membership guidelines, employees are eligible to donate a minimum of one earned local leave day and a maximum of ten earned local leave days to the sick leave bank per school year. As a result of membership, the donating employee is also eligible to receive days from the bank in the case of catastrophic illness or injury.

Voluntary Transfer of Days

An additional option for an employee to assist is to voluntarily transfer days to another employee who is experiencing catastrophic illness. The donating employee is not required to be a member of the Sick Leave Bank and is able to identify the employee they are donating day(s) to. New for the 2023-24 school year: Employees are now able to voluntarily transfer days to another employee who has experienced a death in the immediate family. 

**Click for Additional Sick Leave Program Details***

For specific Sick Leave Program questions, please use the “Sick Leave Program” interest area in Talent Connection.

For Leaves: 

FBISD does not offer paid leave. An employee is paid for any accrued state and local days. For instance, if an employee has 20 accrued days and is out for 24 days, then “sick leave” days will be taken from the accrued state and local leave days; hence, he/she will not be paid for 4 days. Contact your HR Advisor with any questions regarding leave days and/or salary information.

• DEC (Local) and DEC (Legal)
• DECA (Legal)
• DECB (Legal)
• FMLA Notice
• FMLA Notice (Spanish)