SPONSOR:

Rep. S. Moore

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 173

AMEND House Bill No. 173 on line 15 by deleting “ (3) and inserting in lieu thereof “ (3) a.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 173 on lines 17 through 19 by deleting “ A request to be absent for a floating holiday must be approved by building level administrator, provided that the building level administrator cannot ask the reason for the request. A request to be absent for a floating holiday may only be denied if school operational requirements cannot be met.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No.173 by inserting the following after line 19:

(3) b. Local education agencies shall submit the request for contractual substitute reimbursement to the Department of Education and funding shall be transferred to the local education agencies for eligible costs. For local education agencies funding available for floating holiday reimbursement shall be limited to a maximum value of the daily rate of a Class A substitute as specified in §1326 of this title and current year other employment costs.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment eliminates the requirement for the building administrator to approve the employee absence for a floating holiday. This Amendment also adds a fiscal provision that allows local education agencies to seek reimbursement from the Department of Education for the cost of a substitute teacher, at the contractual rate, when an employee is absent for a floating holiday.