HB 103 — Relating to public education employee sick leave; to amend Section 16-1-18.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the use of up to eight weeks of sick leave for attending to an ill child for whom a petition for adoption has been filed and for attending to an adopted child.

HB103 ENGROSSEDENROLLED RBDFNN-2RBDFNN-3 By Representatives Baker, Collins RFD:

07-Mar-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 HB103 EngrossedEnrolled 2Enrolled, 4An 6Act, A3 BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public education employee sick leave;

the Alabama Youth Services Department District Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Page 1 HB103 Engrossed Services Department District;

for purposes of subsection (c) only, the Alabama State Senate, the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Page 1 HB103 Enrolled Senate President Pro Tempore, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Alabama House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference Service Services Agency;

the Lieutenant Page 2 HB103 Engrossed Governor;

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Page 3 HB103 Engrossed (b) Sick leave for employees.

Sick Page 3 HB103 Enrolled leave taken for the purpose of attending to an adopted child, as provided in paragraph (a)(5)e., may be taken for a maximum of eight weeks, or 320 consecutive hours.

Nothing in this section shall permit an employee to takeuse sick leave that he or 95 she has not earned.earned or has not been donated.

(1) An employee shall be allowed to may accumulate an 95 unlimited number of sick leave days.

As pertains Page 4 HB103 Engrossed to receiving retirement credit for accrued sick leave, the Teacher's Board of Control shall have the authority to may adopt such policies and procedures necessary to effectuate a uniform policy pursuant to this section.

(2) Employees of the Alabama State Senate, the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Senate President Pro Page 4 HB103 Enrolled Tempore, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Alabama House of Representatives, and the Legislative Reference Service Services Agency may only accrue unlimited sick leave under this section until January 1, 2013.

Other notification procedures and forms shall be as established by written policy of the Page 5 HB103 Engrossed employer.

The executive officer may, at his or her discretion, may require a second opinion from another Page 5 HB103 Enrolled physician at the expense of the employer.

Any reasonable on-the-job injury costs incurred by the employer, (to hire a substitute), per absent injured employee in a fiscal year Page 6 HB103 Engrossed shall be reimbursed to the employer by the state during the next succeeding fiscal year upon application by the employer to the appropriate State Board of Education department on a form adopted by the state board, (not to exceed 90 work days).

The department shall subsequently submit the request to the Legislature as a line-item in its budget request for Page 6 HB103 Enrolled reimbursement to the employer, and, if approved by the Legislature, shall reimburse the employer at the amount per day for sick leave authorized and funded in the annual budget act for public schools and colleges.

The employer Page 7 HB103 Engrossed shall have the authority, under the rules and regulations promulgated adopted from time to time by the State Board of Education, to may provide for paid leaves of absences and vacations for its employees.

The employer may provide for leaves of absence during the times the schools are, or are not, in session when the teacher Page 7 HB103 Enrolled or employee devotes the leave to instructing in or attending schools for appropriate training, or when approved by the State Board of Education as beneficial to the state's educational objectives.

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by Page 8 HB103 Engrossed the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

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