Section A - Any case of assault/injury on an employee on or off school property when the employee is engaged in school business shall be promptly reported in writing by the principal to the appropriate administrator. An injury that is a result of disruptive behavior by a student(s) or adult, where the employee was not a contributing factor, shall be considered an assault. Any dispute as to disruptive behavior and/or contributing factor shall be settled by a joint committee of two administrators appointed by the Superintendent and two employees appointed by the Association President.

Section B - The Employer shall provide assistance for the purpose of advising the employee of rights and, upon request, to accompany the employee in court appearances. The Employer shall assist the employee by obtaining from the police and the principal relevant information concerning the alleged offender and by acting in other appropriate ways as liaison between employee, school officials and police. This assistance is intended to apply solely to the criminal aspect of any cases arising from such assault/injury.

Section C - Time required for appearance in any criminal aspect of a legal proceeding connected with an assault/injury on an employee sustained in the course of employment shall be granted as leave and shall not be deducted from sick or emergency leave days.

Section D - There shall be no loss of wages to an employee for work time lost because of personal injury incurred on the employee while in performance of assigned duties for a period up to and including one hundred eighty five (185) days subsequent to the first day of absence related to the assault/injury. This benefit will be coordinated with worker's compensation plan and the regulations related thereto. An employee shall not incur the loss of emergency, personal or sick leave days as a result of the injury while performing duties on the job.

Wages lost because of disability resulting from the assault/injury for a period longer than one hundred eighty five (185) days shall be reimbursed to the extent of Employer and/or state employee benefits programs.

The Employer may require the Employee to submit to a physical exam by the Employer's physician to determine ability to return to work. Such exam shall be paid by the Employer.

Section E - Employees shall be reimbursed for the costs of medical, surgical, hospital or rehabilitative services exceeding the amount of any insurance reimbursement to which the employee is entitled under coverage provided by the Employer and/or the state for personal injury incurred as the result of an assault sustained in the course of employment.

Section F - In the case of a serious assault/injury every effort will be made to allow an employee to transfer to another work location. Such an assault/injury must have occurred while the employee was performing his/her duties.