What is the difference between State and Local Leave?
For payroll purposes, there is no real difference. If you resign, you are not paid for either type of leave.* However, if you retire, you can be paid for unused State Leave time.
Here’s how it works: No matter which leave bank you elect to deduct your absences from, for the purposes of retirement, they are first deducted from the five days of State Leave you are advanced at the beginning of each new school year.
If you do not use either type of leave over the course of any given school year, upon retirement, you would be paid for five days of State Leave. If you used one day of either State or Local Leave in a given year, upon retirement, you would be paid for the four remaining days of State Leave (and so on, until it the balance was down to zero).
It’s important to note that the leave totals “reset” each year, so technically, you could be paid for five days for every year that you worked, if you never used State or Local Leave.
* Employees who resign from HISD but go to work at another ISD in the State of Texas may also take any unused State Leave days with them.
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If you acquired for example 100 days of state leave and you decided to retire after 35 years of service, how many days would you be paid for those days?
In this example, it would depend on how many days you used during each year of service. Unless you had perfect attendance, or only ever deducted your sick/personal business days from accrued vacation time, you would have used some leave days to cover absence from duty. The first five days, regardless of which account you asked for them to be taken from (state or local), would be deducted from those you could be paid for upon retirement. If you have additional questions or need clarification, please contact the HR Answer Line at hranswerline@houstonisd.org.
I have 240 vacation hours, can I get paid at retirement for that time?
Yes. You are eligible to be paid for unused, accrued (not advanced) vacation time upon retirement. If you would like details or need clarification, please send an email to hranswerline@houstonisd.org.
My question is what about if you just leave HISD are you saying that you won’t get your state leave. I thought you won’t get paid your local leave? Please clarify.
The key factor is wheteher you resign or retire. If you resign (quit), you are not eligible to get paid for any unused state or local leave you may have accumulated. If you retire, you are eligible to be paid for up to five days of state leave each year you worked (depending on how many days you used).
How do I find out exactly how many days I have accumulated?
You would need to contact Human Resources at 713-892-7378 (choose the payroll option), or hranswerline@houstonisd.org. They can give you specifics.
I have accumulated 26 state days to date, in 26 years. I understand when I retire I will get paid for these days, but at what rate? Will it be at substitute pay or at my current salary rate?
Please contact Human Resources at 713-892-7378 (choose the payroll option), or hranswerline@houstonisd.org. They can give you specifics on your particular situation.