Jury Duty

When a teacher is summoned for jury duty, they must request a substitute for the period of time they are scheduled to appear. On the day of service, the teacher is required to call the jury service line at 11:30 a.m. as instructed. If the teacher is directed to report for jury duty, they must attend as required and submit the official Notice of Appearance to the school upon return. If the teacher is not required to report, they must return to their classroom and will be reassigned duties as appropriate.

Please do not submit the postcard with the summons. Leave will only be approved with a valid "Notice of Appearance" form. 

Language from WCTA Contract

I. JURY DUTY LEAVE: 

1. District employees covered under this Agreement who are called to serve on a jury shall be entitled to be absent from duty without loss of pay. 

2. Any compensation minus any mileage expense received by an employee as a member of a jury shall be remitted to the District. 

Language from CSEA Contract 

D. JURY DUTY/SUBPOENA LEAVE 

Employees receiving subpoenas for appearance in court as witnesses or notification to report for service as a juror will receive full pay for such absence from duty. In order to receive payment for these types of absences, it is necessary to comply with the following: 

1. Notify the Immediate Supervisor so that the proper absence report record may be prepared. 

2. Forward to the Business Office the actual subpoena or the actual notice of your selection for jury duty. 

3. Any compensation received by an employee as a member of a jury shall be remitted to the District. 

4. Before utilizing provisions of this Section as a witness, an employee must first exhaust two (2) days of Personal Necessity Leave under the provisions of B.3 of this Article. 

5. Any employee assigned a shift which begins at/or after 1:00 P.M. who serves for a period of five (5) or more hours of jury duty on any day on which he/she is regularly assigned to work, shall be excused from his/her duties without loss of wages. An employee, assigned to a shift ending at/or before 5:00 P.M. shall upon completion of jury duty for that day prior to the end of such shift, return to his/her assignment.