Frequently Asked Questions

New changes were effective July 1, 2024. The change will be effective with the first payroll for the 2024-2025 school year. For affected employees who work 225 or 245 days, the new pay will be seen on July 15 payroll. For affected employees working 183 - 220 days, new pay will be seen on the August 15 payroll.

Salaries are annualized and calculated based on dividing the budgeted salary amount by the number of pay periods for the position. A daily rate is determined by dividing the budgeted salary amount by the number of contracted days worked for the position.

The salary and compensation study took into consideration many factors, such as: salary comparison to relevant labor markets and competitors; identification of positions where recruitment and retention are concerns; and development of a competitive compensation and classification plan. These factors were taken into consideration for all positions included in the study.

A pay schedule groups jobs in similar positions that fall in line with comparable jobs in the district. The pay schedule ranges from 104 - 136 for support and administrative employees.

If you have any questions or need clarification, please contact Humanresources@richland2.org. We are here to support you.

Please contact your finance representative

• Teachers, Professional & Aides -  Mandy McCarter ext-13282
• Administrators, DO Employees & Transportation - Alison Tabor ext-13281
• Security & Timeclock - Tracy Cross  ext-13301
• Maintenance, Custodial, 9 & 10 Month Classified - Indera Webster ext-13330

For general questions regarding the Classification and Compensation Study, you may also contact Steven Strother at sstrother@richland2.org or Sandy Johnson at sajohnson@richland2.org.

Sickness or Personal reasons as requested by the employee and approved by the supervisor. (Examples:  Doctor’s appointment, funeral of a friend, vacation, need to take your car to the shop for maintenance, repairman coming to your house, etc..) 

With approval from your supervisor, PTO can be used at any time with the following exceptions: in-service days, the first five or last five days of student attendance, and the day before or day after the Thanksgiving holiday, winter holidays, or spring break. Only in rare instances can PTO be used for these time periods.  In the event you are sick or injured during these time periods and you want to use PTO or sick leave, you’d be required to submit medical documentation.

For the upcoming 2024-2025 school year, the allotment for the entire school year will be advanced at the beginning of the year. Only the current year’s accrual will be PTO. For the 2025-2026 school year, PTO will be accrued on a monthly basis and not advanced. 

Any unused PTO is rolled into an accumulated sick leave balance.  Your sick leave continues to rollover annually up to a maximum of 90 days.

No, if you have available sick leave and you are out for illness, injury, or doctor’s appointment for yourself and/or eligible family members, you can choose to use your available sick leave in lieu of PTO.

If an employee has met the requirements to earn annual leave, compensation for up to 45 days of annual leave is received upon separation from employment. In most cases, an additional payout would occur for unused PTO and sick days for employees who meet the same requirements, with the exception of an employee transferring to another SC public school district of SC state entity, if applicable. Payout is not an option if unused PTO and sick days are eligible to be transferred to one of these entities.

Yes:  For example, a 190-day employee accrues 12 days per school year (divided between sick and personal).  They will accrue 12 PTO days per school year. At the end of that current school year, any unused PTO is rolled into the employee’s accumulated sick leave balance.

Employees that accrue vacation will still accrue those days. PTO only replaces the current year accrual of sick and personal days. Any PTO unused at the end of the fiscal year will be rolled into the employee’s accumulated sick leave balance.

Absences using available PTO leave do not require documentation unless the employee indicates it was a medical reason or the absence falls during one of the blackout periods in question 2. The employee will be docked for any absence(s) in which no leave is available. If the absence is related to medical, then the employee can use accrued sick leave, if available.

Yes, employees will be granted a maximum of three days for the death of an immediate family member as defined in the policy or one day for other family relationships as defined in the policy. Any additional time requested for leave due to this reason may be taken using the employee’s accrued leave balance.

Yes, employees will now be eligible for annual leave once they serve 10 years of consecutive creditable service in a permanent position with Richland School District Two. Accumulated sick leave in excess of 45 days will be converted to annual leave.

Examples:  

For school year 2024-2025, employees will be advanced their allotment of leave at the beginning of the school year based on their contracted days below:

Yes. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, PTO will be accrued each month versus being advanced at the beginning of the year. Employees will receive the monthly allotment based on their contracted days.

For year round employees, vacation will still be accrued per month, as it is currently.

Scenario: 1st year employees

Year 1: New employees will only receive PTO, which they can use for personal reasons or for medical absences due to illness, injury, or doctor’s appointments. At the end of their first year, any unused PTO will be transferred to their accumulated sick leave balance to be available for use the next year.

Year 2, 3, …..etc.: Employees will have a PTO leave category, accrued at their monthly allotment. If they had any PTO from prior year(s) to roll into sick leave, then they will also have this balance available to use for illness, injury, or doctor’s appointment.

Year 10 (consecutive based on anniversary date with Richland Two):

An accumulated sick leave balance in excess of 45 days will be converted to annual leave for employees meeting this criteria. Employees generally may use annual leave for any reason requiring them to be away from work, after proper notification and approval by their immediate supervisor. An employee may accrue up to 45 days of annual leave.