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                         SENATE BILL 5838

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators McAuliffe, Eide and Rasmussen

Read first time 02/11/1999.  Referred to Committee on Education.

Permitting personal holiday leave sharing for school district employees.

    AN ACT Relating to personal holiday leave sharing for school district employees; and amending RCW 28A.400.380.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.400.380 and 1997 c 13 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:

    Every school district board of directors and educational service district superintendent may, in accordance with RCW 41.04.650 through 41.04.665, establish and administer a leave sharing program for their certificated and classified employees.  For employees of school districts and educational service districts, the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt standards:  (1) Establishing appropriate parameters for the program which are consistent with the provisions of RCW 41.04.650 through 41.04.665; ((and)) (2) permitting school employees to share personal holidays agreed to by a school district board of directors in excess of leave provided under RCW 28A.400.200 to the extent that agreeing to additional leave is permitted under RCW 28A.400.200; and (3) establishing procedures to ensure that the program does not significantly increase the cost of providing leave.

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