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Board advances undifferentiated leave policy changes for legal review
Summary
The board discussed and advanced proposed amendments that would replace separate sick and personal leave with an 'undifferentiated leave' system for staff; administrators will forward the draft to legal counsel and present any required changes for final readings.
Board and administration reviewed a set of proposed amendments to district leave policies that would consolidate sick and personal leave into a single "undifferentiated leave" category for many staff categories. Superintendent Segura and staff said the proposal clarifies accrual and buyback rules for annual (12‑month) and 245‑day positions and adjusts personal leave to comply with New Mexico administrative code (reducing personal days from 3 to 2 and offsetting via sick‑leave accrual changes).
Board members and staff discussed concerns raised in initial staff surveys (12 responses) about bereavement leave and clarity for administrators; members asked legal counsel to review the package (several policies were at 3rd reading) and requested clearer explanatory materials that show how the new policy compares with the prior one. The board voted to send the primary undifferentiated‑leave policy to legal counsel for review before final approval and to schedule the remaining related policies for first readings pending counsel guidance.
