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MMSD board hears proposal for 60-workday paid parental leave; staff to return with cost and eligibility details
Summary
A proposed Madison Metropolitan School District parental-leave policy would give employees with one year of service up to 60 paid workdays per child (120 for multiples), 10 days for foster placements, seven days pregnancy-loss bereavement and a 60-day NICU extension; HR warned of added administrative costs and asked for details on eligibility and funding.
Board member Blair presented a comprehensive parental-leave proposal during the Jan. 15 Madison Metropolitan School District board workshop that would give eligible employees paid time off after a birth, adoption or foster placement.
"For each child that is born or adopted, the employee who has worked for at least 1 calendar year would be eligible for 60 workdays of paid leave for each child," Blair said during the presentation, summarizing the draft policy. The proposal would allow employees to elect sick leave instead but positions paid parental leave as the…
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