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Board questions lactation policy wording, asks for options to avoid docking pay
Summary
Board members asked administrators to revise the lactating-employees policy to include ways for employees to make up unpaid time; members expressed concern that current draft could cause pay deductions and requested options such as making up time during planning periods.
Board members raised concerns about the proposed lactation-policy language in the 2,000 series, saying the draft labels the time as unpaid but gives no mechanism for employees to make up those hours.
"I'd hate to see some lactating mother have to have their pay docked because it's unpaid time," one board member (S12) said, urging that the policy include options for making up time or clarify how the time will be handled.
Members suggested possible fixes including allowing flexible scheduling (planning periods or lunch-time make-up), clarifying that administrators should provide secure private spaces, and adding written options so staff would not automatically lose pay. Administrators responded they would discuss the language with building principals and administrative council and return with suggested edits.
The discussion was part of first- and second-reading policy items; the board requested staff draft clearer language to be reviewed before final adoption.
