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Committee advances teacher benefit bill setting 30-day maternity baseline, tightening sick-day and annual-leave rules
Summary
Senate Bill 9, as amended by a committee substitute, would set a baseline of up to 30 days of maternity leave for teachers, standardize rollover rules for sick days toward retirement, prohibit counting annual leave toward retirement in certain cases, and require district reporting. The committee recommended the bill favorably, 15-0.
The House State Government Committee recommended Senate Bill 9 favorably after sponsor Senator Jimmy Higdon described changes to teacher retirement and leave policies, including a new baseline for maternity leave.
Senator Higdon told the committee the bill "allows maternity leave, up to 30 days" and creates a statewide minimum that school districts may exceed by local action. The bill also permits districts to roll over up to 13 sick days to be counted toward retirement, and it requires districts to report the number of sick days, annual leave days and their sick-day policies.
Higdon said the bill would stop…
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