Parental Leave

Parental Leave
The University follows the District of Columbia Parental Leave Act. This act provides an employee who is a parent, guardian, custodian, aunt, uncle, grandparent or spouse of any of the aforementioned, with a total of 24 hours of leave during any 12-month period to attend or participate in school-related events for his or her child. A school-related event is an activity sponsored by either a school or an associated organization such as a parent-teacher association.

An employee should submit parental leave requests on the University's Leave Request Form to his or her supervisor at least 10 calendar days advance notice unless the need to attend the school-related event could not be reasonably foreseen. A supervisor may deny parental leave if it will create an undue hardship on the department's operations. Parental leave is unpaid although an employee may elect to use his or her paid annual leave for school related events.