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Wasatch County Schools outlines changes under new state parental‑leave law
Summary
District staff told the board the state law taking effect July 1 provides paid postpartum and childcare weeks for birthing and nonbirthing employees and will be folded into local FMLA practice; staff recommended adopting the statute-aligned policy promptly so employees know the rules before summer.
Sean Kelly, the presenter on the personnel item, told the Wasatch County School Board the state legislature has enacted a new parental‑leave law that takes effect July 1 and that the district is preparing a policy to match it.
"So a female can get 6 weeks of paid, a male can get 3," Kelly said, summarizing the district's reading of the statute: a birthing employee receives three weeks of paid postpartum leave during the…
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