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Caddo Parish committee recommends tightening staff leave rules, adds independent verification option
Summary
The Caddo Parish School Board Policy Review Committee voted to recommend revisions to employee personal and sick-leave policies that add 24-hour notice rules, stricter documentation for extended sick leave and an option to require independent medical verification for suspicious extended absences.
The Caddo Parish School Board Policy Review Committee on June 3 recommended that the full board consider revisions to two personnel policies aimed at reducing employee absenteeism and stabilizing classroom instruction.
Superintendent Burton told the committee the district is confronting “huge chronic absenteeism and truancy” among students and has identified parallel absenteeism among staff that disrupts instruction. "Attendance matters," Burton said, arguing the proposed changes will improve consistency and accountability across schools.
The proposal would: require 24-hour notice for professional leave except in emergencies; require a written request form (not a text message) for approved leave; clarify that a physician's note is required after six consecutive sick days and specify what that note must include (physician letterhead, employee printed name and a return-to-work date); and, for absences on the day before or the day after a holiday, require a…
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