Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 874
       
       
       
       By Senator Benacquisto
       
       
       
       
       27-00598-12                                            2012874__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to sick leave for school district
    3         employees; amending s. 1012.61, F.S.; authorizing each
    4         district school system to provide a policy allowing
    5         the donation of accrued sick leave to any district
    6         employee; providing an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section
   11  1012.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         1012.61 Sick leave.—
   13         (2) PROVISIONS GOVERNING SICK LEAVE.—The following
   14  provisions shall govern sick leave:
   15         (e) Use by family member or other district employee.—
   16         1. Each district school system must provide a policy under
   17  which a district employee may authorize his or her spouse,
   18  child, parent, or sibling who is also a district employee to use
   19  sick leave that has accrued to the authorizing employee.
   20         2. Each district school system may provide a policy under
   21  which a district employee may authorize any district employee to
   22  use sick leave that has accrued to the authorizing employee.
   23  
   24  In developing the policy, the district school board must provide
   25  that the recipient may not use the donated sick leave until all
   26  of his or her sick leave has been depleted, excluding sick leave
   27  from a sick leave pool, if the recipient participates in a sick
   28  leave pool. Donated sick leave under this paragraph shall have
   29  no terminal value as provided in this subsection.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.