The FFCRA is Congressional response to COVID-19 that allows employees to receive paid sick leave or expanded family medical leave for specified reasons relating to COVID-19.

Under the FFCRA, employees are granted Emergency Paid Sick Leave.

Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) allows all employees who work for the district to be eligible for up to two weeks of paid sick leave for specified reasons relating to COVID-19.

1. The employee is subject to Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19;
2. The employee has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine related to COVID-19;
3. The employee is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and is seeking a medical diagnosis;
4. The employee is caring for an individual subject to an order described in (1) or

self- quarantine as described in (2);

5. The employee is experiencing any other substantially similar condition specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Treasury.

Full-time employees are eligible for 80 hours of leave under Emergency Paid Sick Leave

Part-time employees are eligible to receive the number of hours of leave that the employee works on average over a two-week period.

The amount of pay you will receive depends on the reason you are applying for EPSL.

If you are applying for EPSL for the following reasons, you will receive your normal rate of pay, up to $511 per day and $5,110 in the aggregate (over a two-week total period).

1. You are subject to a Federal, State or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19;
2. The employee has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine related to COVID-19; OR
3. The employee is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and is seeking a medical diagnosis.

If you are applying for EPSL for the following reasons you will receive 2/3 of your pay, up to $200 per day and $2,000 in the aggregate (over a two-week period)

4. You are caring for an individual subject to an order described in (1) or self- quarantine as described in (2);
5. You are experiencing any other substantially-similar condition specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Treasury.

Yes, you have the option to elect to supplement your pay with any accrued paid leave that you may have from the District. Please indicate on your EPSL Leave Request Form in the appropriate section that you would like to do so. The District will not automatically substitute any accrued leave you may have, so the employee must choose to do so.

Yes, if you would like, you have the option to elect to substitute any pay decease you would incur because of the 2/3 and $200 per day maximum with your own accrued paid leave that you may have from the District. Please indicate on your EPSL Leave Request Form in the appropriate section that you would like to do so. The District will not automatically substitute any accrued paid leave you may have, so the employee must choose to do so.

No, you do not have to use all your EPSL at one time. You may use up to 40 hours per week, twice. For example, an employee may elect to take 40 hours of EPSL for only one week, then use their remaining 40 hours at a later time.

All EPSL MUST be taken before June 30, 2021 or it will be lost. 

No. Any EPSL that is not used before June 30, 2021 expires.

Yes, you will be required to submit medical certification and/or other documentation. All documentation must clearly indicate the leave request is for COVID-19 related reasons. Failure to submit proper documentation may result in leave denial.

Find information and how to submit a FFCRA Leave Request Form.

No, it is District Policy that you must exhaust all of your accrued leave time before receiving 2/3 EFML pay.

No, you may use your 12 weeks of EMFL leave in the same manner as FML leave.