HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 61

AMEND Senate Bill No. 61 by deleting lines 37 through 58 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof:

“the employee. Such absences shall be included in the sick leave of the employee. Such absences must be approved by the chief school officers. These absences are included in the employee’s sick leave. Requests to be absent for personal reasons may be approved by building level administrators, provided that the building level administrator cannot ask the employee the reason for the request. Requests that are being considered for denial shall be forwarded to the chief school officer or the local education agency human resources administrator designated for processing such requests. The chief school officer and the human resources administrator may ask the employee the reason for the request, provided that the employee is not required to provide the reason for the request. A request to be absent for personal reasons may only be denied if school operational requirements cannot be met.

(j) Any absence not covered in subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) under subsections (a) through (f) of this section shall be is considered unexcused.”

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment modifies language in SB 61 relating to requests for personal leave by providing that:

(1) A building level administrator may approve personal leave requests, provided that the administrator does not ask the employee the reason for the request;

(2) Only chief school officers or human resources administrators may ask the employee the reason for the request and deny a personal leave request;

(3) Requests may only be denied if operational requirement cannot be met; and

(4) Employees are not required to provide reasons for the request.

This Amendment further removes Section 2 of the bill that provides employees with 5 days of leave after a pregnancy loss. It also removes Sections 3 and 4 from SB 61 that create conditional effective dates for Section 2 of the bill.