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Terrebonne board delays vote on expanded sick‑leave payout after legal, cost questions
Summary
A proposed revision to sick‑leave policy that would have allowed up to 20 additional paid days at retirement was debated July 5; board members asked for attorney review and cost clarification and voted to table the measure to the August meeting.
Terrebonne Parish School Board members on July 5 paused consideration of a revised sick‑leave policy after heated debate about cost, timing and whether the change could be applied retroactively.
The board was presented a draft revision to policy file F‑11.4 that would add up to 20 additional paid sick days toward severance at retirement. A staff member presented an estimate saying the change would have cost the district about $232,764.58 for the 2021–22 school year if it had been in effect for that year.
Board members said they supported measures that reward long‑service employees but raised repeated legal and fiscal questions.…
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