Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB326 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB326
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5	5	By Representatives Sellers, Tillman
6	6	RFD: Commerce and Small Business
7	7	First Read: 25-Feb-25
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15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	Existing law does not expressly permit employees
17	17	to take time off to attend school-related activities.
18	18	This bill would establish the Parental Right to
19	19	Participate in Schools Act.
20	20	This bill would permit employees who are parents
21	21	or guardians of school-age children to take up to 48
22	22	hours of leave annually from employment to attend
23	23	school-related activities.
24	24	This bill would permit employers to deny leave
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26	26	This bill would require employers to post and
27	27	maintain notice of this act, and provide a penalty for
28	28	noncompliance.
29	29	This bill would also require enforcement of the
30	30	act by the Alabama Department of Workforce.
31	31	A BILL
32	32	TO BE ENTITLED
33	33	AN ACT
34	34	Establishing the Parental Right to Participate in
35	35	Schools Act; to permit certain employees to take leave to
36	36	attend school-related activities; to provide for
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66	66	attend school-related activities; to provide for
67	67	implementation; and to provide for enforcement by the Alabama
68	68	Department of Workforce.
69	69	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
70	70	Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as
71	71	the "Parental Right to Participate in Schools Act."
72	72	Section 2. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
73	73	following terms have the following meanings:
74	74	(1) EMPLOYEE. Employee as defined in Section 11-80-16,
75	75	Code of Alabama 1975.
76	76	(2) EMPLOYER. Any individual, partnership, association,
77	77	corporation, or business entity that employs one or more
78	78	employees within the state.
79	79	(3) PARENT or GUARDIAN. Is any of the following:
80	80	a. A biological mother or father of a child.
81	81	b. An individual with legal custody of a child.
82	82	c. An individual who acts as a guardian of a child.
83	83	d. An aunt, uncle, or grandparent of a child.
84	84	e. An individual married to or in a domestic
85	85	partnership with any individual listed in paragraphs a.
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87	87	(4) SCHOOL-RELATED ACTIVITY. A parent-teacher
88	88	conference, school-sponsored performance, rehearsal, sporting
89	89	event, or any other school function where the child is a
90	90	participant.
91	91	(b)(1) An employee who is a parent or guardian may take
92	92	up to 48 hours of leave within a 12-month period to attend
93	93	school-related activities for his or her child.
94	94	(2) The leave may be unpaid or substituted with any
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124	124	(2) The leave may be unpaid or substituted with any
125	125	available paid leave, including vacation, personal, family,
126	126	compensatory, or leave bank leave, at the discretion of the
127	127	employee.
128	128	(3) An employee shall provide at least 10 days' advance
129	129	written notice of the leave request unless the school-related
130	130	activity was not reasonably foreseeable.
131	131	(4) An employer may deny leave if granting such leave
132	132	would create a substantial disruption to business operations
133	133	or make production or service unusually difficult.
134	134	(c)(1) Employers shall post and maintain notice of this
135	135	act in a conspicuous place within the workplace.
136	136	(2) An employer who willfully fails to post the
137	137	required notice may be fined up to one hundred dollars ($100)
138	138	for each day the notice remains unposted.
139	139	(d) The Alabama Department of Workforce shall enforce
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141	141	(e) Employees may file complaints regarding violations
142	142	of this act with the Alabama Department of Workforce.
143	143	Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
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