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Draft expands and clarifies leave-without-pay categories, bidding and eligibility
Summary
Negotiators proposed detailed edits to Article 21 to clarify bidding for bus drivers, add protected/ADA/paid-leave-Oregon references, define professional leave categories and extend parity for classified employees in international and federal programs.
Negotiators reviewed extensive edits to Article 21 governing leave without pay.
The presenter (S2) said the changes clarify bidding rules for bus drivers and add references to Protected/ADA and paid-leave-Oregon processes. The draft removes the word "personal" in some places to standardize unpaid-leave language and adds several new sections, including professional leave and military leave, and provisions to allow classified employees access to certain international or federal teaching programs if qualified.
Speakers also discussed exhaustion of paid leave before unpaid leave is used, with exceptions for workers' compensation and paid-leave-Oregon claims, and noted some renumbering/formatting errors would be corrected in the next draft.
Next steps: negotiators will refine the language, fix numbering, and circulate redlines for review.
