SB211 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald H. AllenSenator

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Sick leave for education employees; direct donation of sick leave authorized, sick leave banks and catastrophic sick leave further provided for, State Board of Education required to adopt a policy, education authorities required to implement a policy, duties of sick leave bank committees revised

Description

Under existing law, certain state public educational authorities may implement a sick leave bank to facilitate the transfer of sick leave or catastrophic leave from one employee to another, subject to certain limitations.

This bill would expand the definition of "educational authority" to include local boards of education, two-year and four-year public institutions of higher education, and certain other public schools in this state.

This bill would require the State Board of Education to adopt a model sick leave policy providing for the use of sick leave banks, catastrophic leave, and the donation of sick leave.

This bill would remove the cap limiting how much catastrophic sick leave an employee may donate to another employee.

This bill would require the sick leave policy to allow employees to donate sick leave directly to another employee, subject to certain limitations, even if the donor and receiving employee work for different education authorities.

This bill would require each educational authority to implement a sick leave bank policy that SB211 INTRODUCED does not contradict the requirements of this bill.

This bill would also revise the duties of sick leave bank committees and require policies developed by local sick leave bank committees to be approved by the educational authority.

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Subjects

Education