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Board approves amended staff‑leave policy for further review; strips blackout dates, retains resignation‑leave restriction
Summary
Trustees amended the district's staff-leave policy (GCC/GCD) and approved it on second reading after removing blackout-date restrictions and adding a provision about paid leave adjacent to vacation periods; an attempt to remove a resignation‑leave restriction failed.
The Laramie County School District #2 Board of Trustees approved an amended version of the staff-leave policy (GCC/GCD) on second reading May 12, removing prior blackout-date language but retaining a restriction on taking paid leave to cover part or all of a two‑week resignation notice period.
Trustee Michael moved several redline changes that the board considered. One amendment that passed removed language governing blackout dates and added a sentence that "paid leave will not be granted immediately prior to or after a vacation period unless approved by the building administrator." Trustees said the change was intended to give building administrators more discretion while removing a previously rigid blackout rule.
A separate proposed amendment to strike the policy line that states "Employee shall not take any leave to fulfill part or all of a two week resignation notice period" was moved and debated but failed. Trustees and staff explained the resignation‑leave language aims to protect the district and its insurance coverage in cases where an employee stops working and the district would otherwise have difficulty documenting an approved leave to insurance carriers.
Board counsel and staff discussed operational implications, insurance continuity and the rare but real instances where the district would need proof of an approved leave to maintain benefits. Several trustees asked for a clean consolidated copy of the policy for final consideration; the motion ultimately adopted the policy on second reading rather than final reading to allow staff to provide a consolidated final document for the board’s next action.
The motion to approve on second reading passed (motion: Michael; second: Kendra). The policy will return to the board for a final reading after staff provides a clean, consolidated document that reflects the passed amendments.
