Galena Park ISD board adopts DEC (local) leave payout revisions on first and final reading
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Summary
The board approved revisions to district policy DEC (local) allowing retiring employees to be paid for accumulated leave under specified conditions; the motion passed 7–0.
The Galena Park Independent School District Board of Trustees approved revisions to DEC (local) — Compensation and Benefits: Leaves and Absences — on first and final reading on Aug. 26, 2025.
Jared Link, assistant superintendent for human resources, presented the proposed revision. He said the change allows an employee who retires from the district to be paid out for accumulated leave at a rate described in the policy (presenter referenced a per‑day payout figure of $100 up to a number of days tied to years of service). Link said one stipulation to the payout is that in the employee’s final year before retirement they may not use more than 20 local or state days to qualify for the payout.
Amanda Arabia moved to approve the revisions as presented; Norma Hernandez seconded. The motion carried 7–0 with no abstentions.
The transcript records the policy text in summary and the board vote; it does not include the full statutory cross-references or the complete chart of payout days by years of service in the meeting excerpt. The district indicated the policy is being adopted at first and final reading.