Plain English Breakdown
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Full Pay for School Employees on Long-Term Sick Leave
This law requires schools to pay full salary to eligible employees who are absent due to illness or accident after they have used up their regular sick leave.
What This Bill Does
- Requires that certificated and classified school employees, as well as academic and classified community college employees, receive their full salary during a specific period of absence.
- Applies this full pay rule for an additional 5 months after the employee has used all available sick leave due to illness or accident.
- Replaces the previous requirement where these employees received either half pay or the difference between their salary and substitute costs.
Who It Names or Affects
- Certificated school employees, such as teachers with credentials.
- Classified school employees in non-teaching roles like custodians or office staff.
- Academic community college employees, including instructors and professors.
- Classified community college employees in support positions.
Terms To Know
- Certificated employee
- A school worker who holds a specific teaching certificate or license required by the state.
- Classified employee
- A school worker in a non-teaching job, such as maintenance staff, bus drivers, or administrative assistants.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law only covers absences caused by illness or accident.
- Employees must use all of their available sick leave before this new pay rule starts.
- The official text does not state when the bill will officially take effect.