Parental leave during the District 75/Chapter 683 summer program
If you have worked the Chapter 683 program for the past two years, we want to make you aware of an agreement regarding paid parental leave for those of you who are having a child, adopting a child or caring for a new foster child during or immediately prior to the program. You may now choose to take advantage of UFT parental leave during the Chapter 683 program, or you may wait to take UFT parental leave when the school year begins. Please inform the DOE and UFT of your intention by June 20, 2025.
In order to be eligible for Chapter 683 UFT parental leave, you must either:
Anticipate a covered event (birth, adoption or foster care placement) date that falls between June 25, 2025 and Aug 15, 2025; or
Have had a covered event during the school year for which you have been using Cumulative Absence Reserve (CAR) days or parental leave on the last day of school and still have some parental leave time available when Chapter 683 begins.
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If you are eligible for UFT parental leave during the Chapter 683 summer program and have an anticipated covered event date that falls between June 25, 2025 and Aug. 15, 2025, you will be paid, on top of your regular summer pay, an additional amount comparable to your regular pay from the date of the covered event through Aug. 15, 2025, or six weeks after the birth, whichever comes first.
For example, someone who gives birth on Aug. 1, 2025 would be paid this additional sum from Aug. 1, 2025 through Aug. 15, 2025. Someone who gives birth on July 5, 2025 would be paid the additional sum from July 5, 2025, through Aug. 15, 2025 (six weeks after the birth).
If you are eligible for parental leave during Chapter 683 for a covered event toward the end of the 2024-25 school year, and you were using CAR days or were on parental leave on the last day of school, and you still have parental leave time remaining, you will be paid, on top of your regular summer pay, Chapter 683 parental leave at your regular school year pay rate from July 1, 2025, through the last day of your parental leave eligibility. For example, someone who has a covered event on June 15, 2025, and uses no CAR days would be paid their parental leave payment from June 15 to the final day of school, their regular summer pay and Chapter 683 parental leave at their regular school-year pay rate from July 1, 2025, through July 26, 2025 (six weeks after the covered event).
If you have an anticipated covered event during Chapter 683 but you begin the program on July 1, 2025, you will not be able to use Chapter 683 parental leave. You may, however, take advantage of parental leave in September, depending on the anticipated date of the covered event. For example, someone who gives birth on Aug. 1, 2025, could possibly use CAR days from Sept. 2, 2025 (the first day of school) through Sept. 11, 2025 or Sept. 25, 2025 in the case of a C-section, followed by parental leave for six weeks beginning the next day.
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