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1 1 Section 1. Section 260C.12, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 Members of the board, other than the secretary and the
1 4 treasurer, shall be allowed their actual expenses incurred in
1 5 the performance of their duties and may be eligible to receive
1 6 per diem compensation. A member of the board, upon written
1 7 application to the person's employer, shall be granted leaves
1 8 of absence from regular employment to perform the official
1 9 duties of the board, except if leaves of absence are
1 10 prohibited by federal law. The leaves of absence shall be
1 11 granted with pay and shall be granted without loss of net
1 12 accredited service and benefits earned.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 273.8, Code 2001, is amended by adding the
1 14 following new subsection:
1 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. DIRECTORS – PAID LEAVE. A director
1 16 of the board of the area education agency, upon written
1 17 application to the person's employer, shall be granted leaves
1 18 of absence from regular employment to perform the official
1 19 duties of a director of the board, except if leaves of absence
1 20 are prohibited by federal law. The leaves of absence shall be
1 21 granted with pay and shall be granted without loss of net
1 22 accredited service and benefits earned.
1 23 Sec. 3. Section 279.32, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2001,
1 24 is amended to read as follows:
1 25 Actual and necessary expenses, including travel, incurred
1 26 by the board or individual members thereof in the performance
1 27 of official duties may be paid or reimbursed. A member of the
1 28 board, upon written application to the person's employer,
1 29 shall be granted leaves of absence from regular employment to
1 30 perform the official duties of a member of the board, except
1 31 if leaves of absence are prohibited by federal law. The
1 32 leaves of absence shall be granted with pay and shall be
1 33 granted without loss of net accredited service and benefits
1 34 earned.
1 35 EXPLANATION
2 1 This bill provides that members of local school boards,
2 2 area education agency boards, or community college boards must
2 3 be granted paid leaves of absence by their employers upon
2 4 written application for the time that they are absent from
2 5 work while performing the official duties of a board member,
2 6 unless leaves of absence are prohibited by federal law.
2 7 Currently, members of some boards are entitled to leaves of
2 8 absence which may be without pay, upon application to that
2 9 person's employer, pursuant to Code chapter 55.
2 10 LSB 2923SS 79
2 11 av/pj/5
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