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Teacher testimony highlights sick-leave donation bill’s personal stakes; committee advances measure
Summary
Witnesses, including a teacher who detailed cancer treatment and financial strain, urged passage of HB 5606 to allow retiring teachers to donate otherwise-forfeited sick leave to campus pools; committee later reported the bill favorably.
A Senate bill that would let retiring teachers donate unused sick leave to campus leave pools drew emotional testimony Friday from a teacher who said expanded leave could have altered her medical options.
House Bill 5606, described to the Senate Committee on Education by Sen. Creighton, allows retiring teachers to donate unused sick days that otherwise would be forfeited into a campus sick-leave pool — but only if the district does not already have a local policy allowing such…
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