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Teacher urges change to sick-leave donation policy; board later approves edits to GCBDC
Summary
Teacher Amanda Dean testified that Bedford County's sick-leave donation policy is overly restrictive and proposed allowing donated days earlier and with fewer conditions. The board later approved a revision to policy GCBDC following review by the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee.
Amanda Dean, a Bedford County Public Schools teacher and Jefferson Forest High School graduate, told the school board at the May 8 meeting that the division—s sick-leave donation policy is too restrictive and can force staff into unpaid leave or to work while unwell.
Dean described her personal experience: after months of illness and a hospital stay she said she had to "exhaust all of my sick days and personal days before I was eligible to request donated days" and that "Only after missing 15 consecutive days could I…
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