Board approves change to Board Policy 5.302 allowing employees to donate excess sick leave

An unspecified board voted to amend Board Policy 5.302 to allow employees with more than 10 days of accumulated sick leave to donate any portion of leave beyond that 10-day threshold to another employee.

Speaker 1 summarized the change as allowing "any employee with more than 10 days of accumulated sick leave [to] donate any portion of leave in excess of 10 days" while also specifying limits on who may receive donations. Speaker 1 added that "no supervisor or administrator may receive a donation of sick leave from anyone whom he or she supervises." The speaker also said the Director of Schools would "develop an appropriate procedure to document donation request and to account for the transfer of leave from one employee's record to another."

A motion to amend Board Policy 5.302 was made and attributed in the transcript to "Mister Miller"; the motion was seconded by "Mister Parkinson." The board took a voice vote with members saying "Aye," and the presiding speaker stated, "That motion carries." The transcript does not include a roll-call tally or names of each voter; the record indicates a voice approval but does not specify the vote count.

The approved language, as described in the meeting record, (1) permits donations only from accruals beyond a 10-day balance; (2) bars supervisory relationships where the donor reports to the recipient; and (3) assigns the Director of Schools responsibility for creating documentation and transfer procedures. The motion and vote were recorded in the meeting transcript without further debate.

The amendment will take effect according to the board's standard implementation process; the transcript does not specify an effective date or additional implementation steps.