Overview
The District’s Program of “Donations for Catastrophic Illness” offers qualifying employees who have experienced a catastrophic illness or injury an opportunity to receive Donations from other co-workers. Donations of full-pay illness days provide the receiving employee some monetary assistance, often when the need is very important.
The District has implemented this Program to allow our employees to be compassionate and caring towards another employee who is very ill due to serious, long-term medical reasons. The Program literally extends full-pay salary benefits after the full-pay benefits end.
Once our Program staff confirms that the potential recipient meets the qualifying terms, co-workers can pledge to donate full-pay illness days. Within a short period of time, typically a few weeks after the pledge, the donating employees will need to confirm their pledges. On a written one-page form, the donor’s signature will authorize the binding and irrevocable transfer. It will then be processed for the sole purpose of assisting the specific, designated recipient.
The recipient must be currently absent for an extended period of time. The time of incapacity to qualify is 12 consecutive weeks. Other terms and conditions apply, such as the recipient must have a zero balance of full-pay illness and a zero balance of vacation.
To review other rules, and to understand better how the process works, please refer to the right side of this page. Click the appropriate link for Terms and Conditions of the Donations Program, or for the DCI Steps and Timeline.
The above summary provides an overview of the Program and does not make any guarantees regarding specific situations or potential cases. If you have questions, please feel free to contact us to learn more about the process and the formal requirements. You may email us at dci@lausd.net, or contact us by telephone at (213) 241-3954.
