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Arkansas House Bill HB1017

Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 904 of the Regular Session
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5-State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H1/16/25 H1/23/25 H3/31/25 1
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3+State of Arkansas 1
64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1017 3
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9-By: Representatives A. Collins, Springer, Gonzales Worthen, Barnett, Brooks 5
10-By: Senator B. Davis 6
7+By: Representative A. Collins 5
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1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
1311 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID MATERNITY 9
1412 LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; TO REQUIRE THE 10
1513 DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO PAY 11
1614 FOR ALL INCURRED COSTS FOR APPROVED PAID MATERNITY 12
1715 LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; AND FOR OTHER 13
1816 PURPOSES. 14
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2119 Subtitle 17
2220 TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID 18
2321 MATERNITY LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL 19
2422 EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION 20
2523 OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO 21
2624 PAY FOR INCURRED COSTS FOR APPROVED PAID 22
2725 MATERNITY LEAVE. 23
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2927 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 25
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3129 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 6 -17-122 is amended to read as follows: 27
3230 6-17-122. Paid maternity leave — Definitions. 28
33- (a)(1) Education personnel employed by An employee of a public school 29
31+ (a) Education personnel employed by An employee of a public school 29
3432 district or an open-enrollment public charter school that elect to 30
3533 participate under this section shall be eligible for up to twelve (12) weeks 31
3634 of paid maternity leave when the employee: 32
37- (A) Has been employed by a public school district or an open -33
35+ (1) Has been employed by a public school district or an open -33
3836 enrollment public charter school for one (1) year or more; 34
39- (B) Is female, and the leave is to be used for maternity 35
40-purposes following the: 36 As Engrossed: H1/16/25 H1/23/25 H3/31/25 HB1017
37+ (2) Is female, and the leave is to be used for maternity 35
38+purposes following the: 36 HB1017
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41+ (A) Birth of the employee's biological child; 1
42+ (B) Placement of an adopted child under one (1) year of 2
43+age in the home of the employee; or 3
44+ (C) Foster placement of an infant under one (1) year of 4
45+age; and 5
46+ (3) Has not been disciplined for any leave abuse during the past 6
47+year from the time of application. 7
48+ (b) As used in this section: 8
49+ (1) “Cost-sharing” means joint, equal responsibility for the 9
50+cost shared between the State of Arkansas and a public school district or 10
51+open-enrollment public charter school that employs an individual considered 11
52+education personnel under this section; 12
53+ (2)(1) “Education personnel” "Employee" means an individual 13
54+employed full-time by a public school district or an open-enrollment public 14
55+charter school in Arkansas for more than one (1) year; and 15
56+ (3)(2) “Maternity leave” means partially or fully compensated 16
57+time away from work within the first twelve (12) weeks following the: 17
58+ (A) Birth of a biological child to an individual 18
59+considered education personnel under this section employee; or 19
60+ (B) Placement of an adoptive adopted child under one (1) 20
61+year of age in the home of an individual considered education personnel under 21
62+this section employee; or 22
63+ (C) Foster placement of an infant under one (1) year of 23
64+age in the home of an employee . 24
65+ (c)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall create 25
66+and sign a standard cost-sharing agreement for paid maternity leave expenses 26
67+between paid by the division and to a public school district or an open-27
68+enrollment public charter school that elects to participate under this 28
69+section. 29
70+ (2) At a minimum, the cost-sharing agreement required under 30
71+subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall obligate the state and the public 31
72+school district or open -enrollment public charter school to each pay fifty 32
73+percent (50%) division to pay one hundred percent (100%) of incurred costs 33
74+for approved paid maternity leave. 34
75+ (3) The division shall promulgate rules outlining: 35
76+ (A) Management of a cost-sharing the agreement required 36 HB1017
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45- (i) Birth of the employee's biological child; 1
46- (ii) Placement of an adopted child under one (1) year of 2
47-age in the home of the employee; or 3
48- (iii) Foster placement of an infant under one (1) year of 4
49-age; and 5
50- (C) Has not been disciplined for any leave abuse during the past 6
51-year from the time of application. 7
52- (2) An employee shall not be eligible for an additional twelve 8
53-(12) weeks of paid maternity leave under this section following the adoption 9
54-of a child if the employee took twelve (12) weeks of paid maternity leave 10
55-under this section after the initial foster placement of the same child in 11
56-the employee's home. 12
57- (b) As used in this section: 13
58- (1) “Cost-sharing” means joint, equal responsibility for the 14
59-cost shared between the State of Arkansas and a public school district or 15
60-open-enrollment public charter school that employs an individual considered 16
61-education personnel under this section; 17
62- (2)(1) “Education personnel” "Employee" means an individual 18
63-employed full-time by a public school district or an open-enrollment public 19
64-charter school in Arkansas for more than one (1) year; and 20
65- (3)(2) “Maternity leave” means partially or fully compensated 21
66-time away from work within the first twelve (12) weeks following the: 22
67- (A) Birth of a biological child to an individual 23
68-considered education personnel under this section employee; or 24
69- (B) Placement of an adoptive adopted child under one (1) 25
70-year of age in the home of an individual considered education personnel under 26
71-this section employee; or 27
72- (C) Foster placement of an infant under one (1) year of 28
73-age in the home of an employee . 29
74- (c)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall create 30
75-and sign a standard cost-sharing agreement for paid maternity leave expenses 31
76-between paid by the division and to a public school district or an open-32
77-enrollment public charter school that elects to participate under this 33
78-section. 34
79- (2) At a minimum, the cost -sharing The agreement required under 35
80-subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall obligate the state and the public 36 As Engrossed: H1/16/25 H1/23/25 H3/31/25 HB1017
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85-school district or open -enrollment public charter school to each pay fifty 1
86-percent (50%) division to pay one hundred percent (100%) of incurred costs 2
87-for approved paid maternity leave. 3
88- (3) The division shall promulgate rules outlining: 4
89- (A) Management of a cost-sharing the agreement required 5
90-under subdivision (c)(1) of this section; 6
91- (B) Reimbursement processes; and 7
92- (C) Other related procedures required to implement this 8
93-section. 9
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79+under subdivision (c)(1) of this section; 1
80+ (B) Reimbursement processes; and 2
81+ (C) Other related procedures required to implement this 3
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