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AL SB211
Bill
Status
3/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Gerald Allen
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AI Summary
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State Board of Education must adopt a model sick leave policy requiring educational authorities to allow employees to deposit up to 5 days of earned sick leave into a sick leave bank for use by participating members who exhaust their leave
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Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, employees may directly donate sick leave to any other employee of any educational authority for any reason, with recipients capped at 30 days per academic year
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Catastrophic sick leave allows employees to donate days designated for a specific employee suffering from a physician-certified illness, injury, or pregnancy-related condition causing extended absence, with recipients required to first exhaust all personal and sick leave
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Sick leave bank committees (5 members: 1 authority representative, 4 elected participating members) must have their guidelines approved by both a secret ballot of participating members and the educational authority
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Effective date: July 1, 2026; passed the Alabama Senate unanimously (35-0) on March 10, 2026
Legislative Description
Sick leave for education employees; direct donation of sick leave authorized, sick leave banks and catastrophic sick leave further provided for, State Board of Education required to adopt a policy, education authorities required to implement a policy, duties of sick leave bank committees revised
Education
Last Action
Pending House Ways and Means Education
3/11/2026