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Board clarifies paid parental leave: monthly pay at 100% for birth or adoption
Summary
Board members clarified that parental leave for birth or adoption is paid at 100% of regular salary on a monthly basis and now includes both mothers and fathers; previously leave had been four weeks.
Board members clarified the district's parental leave terms for employees following questions about leave for birth or adoption. Unidentified Speaker 1 asked whether leave for the birth or adoption of a child was covered; Unidentified Speaker 2 replied that it "is not" restricted and stated the district provides monthly compensation at 100% of an employee's regular salary to care for a child at birth or adoption. Speaker 2 contrasted the new arrangement with the prior practice: "Because in the past, it was 4 weeks."
Speaker 2 also noted the extension covers both parents, saying the change "also include not just the female, but the male. So the mother and the father will be eligible for that." The excerpt does not specify eligibility conditions (length of service, job classifications) or how long the paid monthly benefit continues; the transcript records the clarification but not implementing policy language or an administrative resolution during the excerpt.
