Cortez (SB 172) Act No. 741
Prior law provided that any member of the teaching staff of the public schools who is injured
or disabled while acting in his official capacity as a result of assault or battery by any student
or person shall receive sick leave without reduction in pay and without reduction in accrued
sick leave days while disabled as a result of such assault or battery.
New law retains prior law, but further provides that if the member of the teaching staff who
is receiving sick leave without reduction begins to draw his benefit from the Teachers'
Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL), then such leave shall cease.
Prior law provided that any member of the teaching staff in the public schools who is injured
or disabled while acting in his official capacity shall be entitled to weekly wage benefits
under the worker's compensation law and/or to sick leave benefits, at his option, but in no
event shall such benefits exceed the total amount of the regular salary the member of the
teaching staff was receiving at the time the injury or disability occurred. In any case in which
a member of the teaching staff supplements worker's compensation with accumulated or
extended sick leave, the amount of sick leave used shall be calculated on an hourly basis.
New law retains prior law but specifies that the teacher may personally elect to supplement
workers compensation with accumulated sick leave only, not extended sick leave.
Prior law provided that any employee of a parish or city school board in this state, who is
injured or disabled while acting in his official capacity as a result of assault or battery by any
student or person, shall receive sick leave without reduction in pay and without reduction in
accrued sick leave days while injured or disabled as a result of such assault or battery;
however, when such employee is absent for six or more consecutive days as a result of such
injury or disability, he shall be required to present a certificate from a physician certifying
such injury or disability.
New law retains prior law, but further provides that if the employee who is receiving sick
leave without reduction begins to draw his benefit from the TRSL or the Louisiana School
Employees' Retirement System, then such leave shall cease.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 17:1201(C)(1)(a) and (D) and 1206.1(A)(1))