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POLYTECH board unanimously adopts Paid Parental Leave policy to align with Delaware law
Summary
The POLYTECH School District Board on Sept. 9 approved revisions to Board Policy 4513 to conform to Section 1333 of Title 14, granting eligible employees up to 60 consecutive scheduled workdays of paid parental leave and clarifying concurrency with FMLA and STD.
The POLYTECH School District Board of Education unanimously approved revised Board Policy 4513, updating the district—s paid parental-leave procedures to align with Delaware—s Section 1333 of Title 14. Mrs. Sandy Walls moved to approve the second reading; Mrs. Carolyn Forbes seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
The policy entitles eligible full- and part-time employees who have worked at least 12 consecutive months to 60 scheduled workdays of paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child age 6 or younger. The policy defines 60 workdays as 12 consecutive weeks and specifies that leave generally must be taken in a continuous block; an exception allows leave to pause at the end of a school year and resume at the next scheduled workday when a full 60-day block is not possible because of the academic calendar. Multiple births or adoptions do not increase the length of leave.
The revisions make the use of paid parental leave concurrent with Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitlement and short-term disability (STD). Under the policy, when STD applies, STD will pay 75% of daily salary and paid parental leave will pay 25% so that the combined pay equals 100% while both are in effect. The policy also states employees who are not eligible for paid parental leave may use accumulated sick leave under §1333(c) and that paid parental leave generally cannot be used intermittently or to create a reduced schedule except in the narrow school-year boundary case described above.
Documentation and notice requirements are included: employees must provide written notice at least 30 days in advance when the birth or adoption is foreseeable and submit supporting birth or adoption documentation within 30 days or as soon as reasonably available. The policy clarifies that a stepchild is not a legal child for paid parental-leave purposes unless adoption is completed.
The board noted the change is intended to ensure the district—s procedures conform to state law. The policy record shows prior district adoption and revision dates (adopted March 12, 2019; revised Jan. 14, 2020; revised Aug. 4, 2020; revised May 13, 2025) and the board approved the current amendment Sept. 9, 2025.
Next steps: the updated policy will be reflected in district personnel procedures and communicated to staff; the minutes record no separate individual dissent or additional conditions to the motion.
