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First Substitute S.B. 77

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             1      SCHOOL DISTRICT LEAVE POLICIES
             2      2010 GENERAL SESSION
             3      STATE OF UTAH
             4      Chief Sponsor: Margaret Dayton
             5      House Sponsor: Keith Grover
             6     

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends provisions in the State System of H. Public .H Education code related
             9a      to association
             10      leave.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    prohibits a local school board from granting paid association leave for certain
             14      employee association or union duties;
             15          .    requires reimbursement to a school district of the costs for certain employees,
             16      including benefits, for the time that exceeds 10 business days that the employee is
             17      on:
             18              .    unpaid association leave; or
             19              .    participating in certain paid association leave activities;
             20          .    defines terms; and
             21          .    makes technical changes.
             22      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             23          None
             24      Other Special Clauses:
             25          None

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- 2 -      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             27      AMENDS:
             28          53A-3-425, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2002, Chapter 312
             29     

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             30      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             31          Section 1. Section 53A-3-425 is amended to read:
             32           53A-3-425. Association leave -- District policy.
             33          (1) As used in this section[, "association leave"]:
             34          (a) "Association leave" means leave from a school district employee's regular school
             35      responsibilities granted for that employee to spend time for association, employee association,
             36      or union duties.
             37          (b) "Employee association" means an association that:
             38          (i) negotiates employee salaries, benefits, contracts, or other conditions of employment;
             39      or
             40          (ii) performs union duties.
             41          (2) (a) H. [ A ] Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a .H local school board may not
             41a      allow paid association leave for a school district
             42      employee to perform H. an .H employee association or union H. [ duties ] duty .H .
             42a      H. (b) A local school board may allow paid association leave for a school district employee
             42b      to perform an employee association duty if:
             42c          (i) the duty performed by the employee on paid association leave will directly benefit
             42d      the school district, including, representing the school district's licensed educators:
             42e          (A) on a board or committee, such as the school district's foundation, a curriculum
             42f      development board, insurance committee, or catastrophic leave committee;
             42g          (B) at a school district leadership meeting; or
             42h          (C) at a workshop or meeting conducted by the school district's local school board;
             42i          (ii) the duty performed by the employee on paid association leave does not include
             42j      political activity, including:
             42k          (A) advocating for or against a candidate for public office in a partisan or nonpartisan
             42l      election;
             42m          (B) soliciting a contribution for a political action committee, a political issues
             42n      committee, a political party, or a candidate, as defined in Section 20A-11-101; or

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             42o          (C) initiating, drafting, soliciting signatures for, or advocating for or against a ballot
             42p      proposition, as defined in Section 20A-1-102; and

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- 2a -          (iii) the local school board ensures compliance with the requirements of Subsections
             42r      (3)(a) through (g).
             43           [ (b) ] (c) .H Prior to [any] a school district employee's participation in paid or unpaid
             44      association leave, a local school board shall adopt a written policy that governs association
             45      leave.
             46           H. [ (c) ] (d) .H A local school board policy that governs association leave shall require
             47      reimbursement to the school district of the costs for an employee, including benefits, for the
             48      time that exceeds 10 business days during a fiscal year that the employee is:
             49          (i) on unpaid association leave; or
             50          (ii) participating in a paid association leave activity described in Subsection (3)(g) that
             51      does not provide a direct benefit to H. [ education within ] .H the school district.
             52           H. [ (d) ] (e) .H A reimbursement required under Subsections (2) H. [ (c) ] (d) .H or
             52a      (3)(g) may be provided by
             53      an employee, association, or union.
             54          (3) If a local school board adopts a policy to allow paid association leave, the policy
             55      shall include procedures and controls to:
             56          (a) ensure that the duties performed by employees on paid association leave directly

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- 3 -      benefit H. [ education within ] .H the school district;
             58          (b) require the school district to document the use and approval of paid association
             59      leave;
             60          (c) require school district supervision of employees on paid association leave;
             61          (d) require the school district to account for the costs and expenses of paid association
             62      leave;
             63          (e) ensure that during the hours of paid association leave a school district employee
             64      may not engage in political activity, including:
             65          (i) H. [ actively campaigning for candidates ] advocating for or against a candidate .H
             65a      for public office in H. a .H partisan H. [ and ] or .H nonpartisan
             66      H. [ elections ] election .H ; H. [ and ] .H
             67          (ii) H. [ fundraising for political organizations, political parties, or candidates; ] soliciting a
             67a      contribution for a political action committee, a political issues committee, a political party, or a
             67b      candidate, as defined in Section 20A-11-101; and
             67c          (iii) initiating, drafting, soliciting signatures for, or advocating for or against a ballot
             67d      proposition, as defined in Section 20A-1-102; .H
             68          (f) ensure that association leave is only paid out of school district funds when the paid
             69      association leave directly benefits H. [ education within ] .H the district; and
             70          (g) require the reimbursement to the school district of the cost of paid association leave
             71      activities that do not provide a direct benefit to education within the school district.
             72          (4) If a local school board adopts a policy to allow paid association leave, that policy
             73      shall indicate that a willful violation of this section or of a policy adopted in accordance with
             74      Subsection (2) or (3) may be used for disciplinary action under Section 53A-8-104 .

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