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BCEA opposes reopening contract over paid maternity leave; board approves consent agenda and moves to closed session
Summary
The Boone County Education Association told the board it will not agree to reopen the collective bargaining agreement to provide paid maternity leave and urged the district to explore policy-based options; the board also approved the consent agenda and several routine items, and adjourned to closed session on procurement matters.
Kelly Reed, speaking for the Boone County Education Association (BCEA), told the board the association "does not agree to reopen the agreement" to negotiate paid maternity leave and warned that tying maternity leave to concessions on transfer rights or association leave would weaken long-standing employee protections.
Reed said some districts have implemented paid maternity leave without reopening contracts and encouraged the district to use policy-based or board-adopted mechanisms that would not…
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