The Bank shall be administered by the Sick Leave Bank Board of Trustees who shall act upon all withdrawal applications.

1. Sick Leave Bank days shall be granted only for the personal catastrophic illness of members of the Teachers' Sick Leave Bank.

2. An individual shall not be eligible for consideration by the Sick Leave Bank until such time as s/he shall have been absent for 30 consecutive school days due to extended illness or accident unless the first day of illness did commence with hospitalization.  This may be waived if the illness commenced with and included an extended hospitalization.

3. Medical proof of illness is required.  Furthermore, the Sick Leave Bank Board of Trustees reserves the right to require an individual applicant to be examined by a physician chosen by the Trustees.

4. Each instance of Sick Leave Bank use must be approved by a majority of the Sick Leave Bank Board of Trustees.  In the event of a tie, a fifth party, agreed upon by Trustees, will render a decision.

5. No participating individual may draw more than one-third of the total days in the Bank, except by unanimous agreement of the Trustees.

6. Minutes shall be kept of all Sick Leave Bank Board of Trustees meetings and the President of the Wappingers Congress of Teachers shall be copied.