3715 -研究生育儿假

A. 目的. The purpose of the Graduate Student 育儿 Leave 政策 is to enable graduate students, 包括国际学生, to maintain status in their degree program while taking leave from that program to bond with a new child.

B. 范围. This policy applies to all graduate students at the University of Idaho.

C. 定义

C-1. 研究生. A student admitted to the College of Graduate Studies or the College of Law.

C-2. 研究生委任. A graduate research, teaching, or support assistant as defined by FSH 1565 H-2.

C-3. 孩子. 一个生物, 采用, or foster child; a stepchild; a legal ward; or a child of a person st和ing in loco parentis, 谁未满18岁, or age 18 or older 和 incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability.

C-4. 育儿. 孩子出生后的亲密期, 采用, 或者把孩子寄养在家里.

C-5. 父母离开. Leave taken by a graduate or professional student pursuant to the terms of this policy for the purposes of parenting.

D. 政策

D-1. 资格及期限

a. 研究生s enrolled full time at the University of Idaho are eligible for parenting leave on or after 180 days from their matriculation date.

b. Eligible graduate students are entitled to four weeks of parenting leave within the first twelve months following the birth, 采用, 或者收养一个孩子.

c. 如果父母双方都是bet365亚洲官网的研究生, 每个人都有四周的育儿假. There can be no transfer of time of leave from one parent to another in order to extend one parent’s parenting leave period to longer than four weeks.

d. Students should apply for an official leave of absence from their studies if they anticipate being absent for more than four weeks.

e. 父母离开 is not intended to provide leave for medical problems or complications due to childbirth. Graduate programs may choose to provide additional unpaid time off beyond the parenting leave period based on the student’s documented needs, 但这种休假并不是这项政策的主题.

f. 父母离开 may not be used for both foster care 和 采用 consecutively if foster placement leads to the 采用 of the child.

D-2. 保护

a 请育儿假的学生将:

i. 保持目前攻读学位的学生身份;

ii. 维持适用的学费减免;

3. 如果是研究生任命, 在休育儿假期间，保持原职位, 哪一个是没有报酬的, 和

iv. Be shielded from discrimination or retaliation in response to parenting leave both before 和 after the parenting leave period.

b. 在育儿假结束后, students are expected to resume the full duties of their graduate student appointments 和 graduate studies in accordance with the 育儿 Leave Academic Plan described in E-2.d.

E. 过程.

E-1. 申请前

a. 接受联邦财政援助的学生. A student receiving federal financial aid of any kind must meet with the 金融援助 Office prior to submitting the application to discuss the potential consequences of the leave of absence on the student’s financial aid, including the effects that the student's failure to return from a leave of absence may have on the student's loan repayment terms. The student’s application must have the signature of a financial aid staff member indicating that the student met with that office.

b. 国际学生. A student in the US on a visa must comply with US Immigration regulations to maintain legal status including full-time enrollment for the duration of their academic program 和 must meet with the International Programs Office to discuss potential consequences prior to applying for leave under this policy. The student’s application must have the signature of an International Programs Office staff member indicating that the student met with that office.

c. Students receiving benefits from the Department of Veteran Affairs. A student receiving educational benefits from the Department of Veteran Affairs must meet with the Military 和 Veteran 服务 Office to discuss potential consequences prior to applying for leave under this policy. The student’s application must have the signature of a Military 和 Veteran 服务 Office staff member indicating that the student met with that office.

d. 所有的学生. A student applying for parenting leave must work with their mentors, 课程讲师, 主要顾问, 适当的, to make appropriate alternative arrangements during the parenting leave period in the form of a written 育儿 Leave Academic Plan approved by the student’s 课程讲师, 如果适用的话, 以及主要的顾问.

E-2. 应用程序

a. A student must apply for parenting leave by submitting the Request for Graduate Student 育儿 Leave form as well as an approved 育儿 Leave Academic Plan to the College of Graduate Studies or College of Law, 适当的. The application must be signed 和 dated by the student 和 contain the reason for the request for leave.

b. 当可以预见需要休育儿假时, the student must submit the application prior to the start of the leave. It is recommended that the application be submitted at least ten weeks in advance of the need for leave. 当需要育儿假是不可预见的, 学生必须尽快提交申请.

版本历史

2022年7月. 采用.