HB327 Summary

• Creates the Alabama K-12 Public School and State Employee Paid Parental Leave Act of 2025, providing paid parental leave to eligible state and local education agency employees for birth, stillbirth, miscarriage, or adoption of children three years of age or younger, effective July 1, 2025.

• Female eligible employees receive 8 weeks of paid parental leave for birth, stillbirth, or miscarriage; male eligible employees receive 2 weeks; both sexes receive 8 weeks for adoption, with joint adopters splitting entitlements as 8 weeks to one parent and 2 weeks to the other.

• Parental leave is paid at 100 percent of base pay, does not require use of other leave balances, and unused leave has no cash value and does not roll over; employer continues health insurance contributions during leave.

• Requires employees to submit a written plan for leave use and sign a return-to-work agreement committing to remain employed for at least 8 weeks after leave ends, with possible recovery of wages if the employee fails to comply.

• Mandates State Personnel Department and State Board of Education adopt implementing rules and requires annual reporting to the Governor and Legislature on parental leave usage through October 1, 2030.