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Board pulls sick-leave donation policy for further review after debate over 'in-law' eligibility
Summary
Manatee County School Board removed Policy 1430.03 from a batch of policy adoptions to allow staff and counsel to explore whether the district can broaden who may receive donated sick leave beyond the statute's specified categories.
The School Board of Manatee County voted on June 10 to remove Policy 1430.03 — the district's sick-leave donation policy — from a package of policy amendments so staff and legal counsel could review whether it should be expanded to include in-laws or an appeals mechanism.
Interim Superintendent Kevin Chapman and the board's general counsel briefed members on Florida Statute 1012.61(2)(e), which the legal team cited as establishing a required definition for certain leave-transfer policies: a district must provide a policy under which an employee may authorize a spouse, child, parent or sibling who…
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