18 - 7.3 Personal Days -- Where Necessary and Unavoidable A. Provided absence from service is necessary and unavoidable, the Superintendent or his designee shall authorize in each regular work year: (1) up to three (3) days leave without loss of salary because of the death of the employee's spouse, son, daughter, parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle; his/her spouse's parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle; or any other relative of the employee or his/her spouse who at the time of his/her death was domiciled in the employee's household; one of these days may be taken to attend the funeral of a close friend; (2) up to three (3) days leave without loss of salary because of the need personally to care for the employee's spouse, son, daughter, parent or any other relative of the employee or his/her spouse who is domiciled in the employee's household due to serious illness; and (3) up to two (2) days for formal religious observance of a high holy day. 2.12 Upon successful completion of the process resulting in such certification, the Board shall reimburse any social worker, school psychologist, and speech-language pathologist for required licensure and/or certification maintenance fees required for that bargaining unit member to bill for Medicaid services in which the district receives reimbursement, that exceed requirements to maintain Connecticut teaching certification, to include certifications from: the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH).