Bill Text: VA HB5078 | 2020 | 1st Special Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: School boards; paid leave for teachers or other school board employees, COVID-19.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-11-09 - Left in Education [HB5078 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB5078-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 5078
Offered August 18, 2020
Prefiled August 18, 2020
A BILL to require school boards to provide up to 14 days of
COVID-19-related paid leave to certain employees.
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Patron-- Coyner
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. Each school board shall provide to each teacher or other school board employee who is employed in a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division up to 14 days of paid leave, in addition to any other paid leave to which such individual is otherwise entitled, that may be used in the event that the employee (i) contracts COVID-19, (ii) is required to self-quarantine while awaiting the results of diagnostic testing for an active infection with COVID-19, or (iii) is required to provide care for a family member who contracts COVID-19.
