| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 49 2268 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Senate Bill 247 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Senators Still of the 48th, Gooch of the 51st, Kennedy of the 18th, Hickman of the 4th, |
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| 4 | 4 | | Dolezal of the 27th and others |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | To amend Part 4 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Annotated, relating to sick, personal, and maternity leave for teachers and other school2 |
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| 10 | 10 | | personnel, so as to increase from three to five the number of accumulated sick leave days3 |
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| 11 | 11 | | teachers and other school personnel may take each school year for personal or professional4 |
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| 12 | 12 | | reasons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.5 |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1.7 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Part 4 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,8 |
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| 16 | 16 | | relating to sick, personal, and maternity leave for teachers and other school personnel, is9 |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended by revising Code Section 20-2-851, relating to use of accumulated sick leave for10 |
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| 18 | 18 | | personal or professional reasons, as follows:11 |
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| 19 | 19 | | "20-2-851.12 |
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| 20 | 20 | | During any school year, personnel may utilize up to a maximum of three |
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| 21 | 21 | | five days of any13 |
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| 22 | 22 | | accumulated sick leave for the purpose of absenting themselves from their duties for14 |
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| 23 | 23 | | personal or professional reasons if prior approval of their absence is given by the local15 |
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| 24 | 24 | | school superintendent or his or her authorized representative; provided, however, that the16 |
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| 25 | 25 | | S. B. 247 |
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| 27 | 27 | | absence is not in conflict with a local board of education policy concerning school days on |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17 |
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| 29 | 29 | | which the presence of the personnel requesting absence is essential for effective school18 |
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| 30 | 30 | | operation. No grant of approval for an absence permitted under this Code section shall be19 |
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| 31 | 31 | | conditioned upon disclosure of the specific purpose for which such absence is sought, nor20 |
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| 32 | 32 | | shall any such grant of approval be withheld or denied because of the failure or refusal of21 |
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| 33 | 33 | | personnel to disclose the specific purpose for which such an absence is sought; provided,22 |
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| 34 | 34 | | however, that personnel may be requested to state whether the absence is sought under the23 |
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| 35 | 35 | | category of 'personal' or 'professional' absence."24 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2.25 |
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| 37 | 37 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.26 |
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| 38 | 38 | | S. B. 247 |
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