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HB196 • 2026

TEACHERS/LEAVE: Provides relative to personal leave days for teachers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

TEACHERS/LEAVE: Provides relative to personal leave days for teachers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Beau Beaullieu
Last action
2026-05-27
Official status
Sent to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on the consequences of not giving notice, nor does it explicitly state how personal leave is deducted from sick leave.

Teacher Personal Leave Days

This bill changes the number of personal leave days teachers can take without losing pay to four days per school year.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law so that teachers get up to four personal leave days each school year without losing pay.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Teachers employed by parish or city school boards in Louisiana who do not receive annual leave.

Terms To Know

Personal Leave
Time off from work that teachers can take for personal reasons without losing pay, up to four days per year.
Sick Leave
Paid time off when a teacher is ill or needs medical care. Personal leave uses some of this time.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the consequences if teachers do not give notice before taking personal leave.
  • It's unclear how the change will affect teachers who already have annual leave.
  • This bill has been passed by the Legislature but needs approval from the Governor.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-27 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. 2026-05-26 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. 2026-05-26 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  5. 2026-05-25 S

    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  6. 2026-05-20 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  7. 2026-05-19 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  8. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported favorably.

  9. 2026-03-25 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

  10. 2026-03-24 S

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  11. 2026-03-24 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  12. 2026-03-23 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.

  13. 2026-03-23 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  14. 2026-03-18 H

    Reported favorably (11-0).

  15. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

  16. 2026-02-20 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

  17. 2026-02-18 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

  18. 2026-02-18 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

TEACHERS/LEAVE: Provides relative to personal leave days for teachers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 196
BY REPRESENTATIVES BEAULLIEU AND CHASSION
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:1208, relative to personal leave for certain teachers; to
3 provide for the number of days of personal leave that may be used without loss of
4 pay; to provide for sick leave for certain teachers; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:1208 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §1208. Amount of personal leave
8 Every teacher employed by a parish or city school board of this state, except
9 those employees who receive annual leave, shall be entitled to and shall be allowed
10 to use up to two four days absence during each school year to be used for such
11 purposes as may be determined by the individual teacher without loss of pay. The
12 teacher requesting such leave shall give his principal at least twenty-four hours
13 notice prior to taking the leave without loss of pay. Personal leave shall be charged
14 to and deducted from the teacher's sick leave for the current year or sick leave
15 accumulated as provided in R.S. 17:1201. Personal leave shall not be accumulated
16 from year to year, nor shall personal leave be compensated for upon death or
17 retirement or paid in any other manner except as provided for in this Section.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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