AN ACT providing maternity leave for public school employees.

Amend KRS 161.155 to provide 20 maternity days to district employees who give birth; establish the terms and conditions for use of maternity days.

Introduced: February 4, 2025

Last action: February 7, 2025

To Primary And Secondary Education (H)

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This bill would give public school district employees who give birth 20 paid maternity days off work. It sets the rules for how and when those days can be used. This would be a new leave benefit specifically tied to childbirth for Kentucky's public school workforce. Who it may affect: public school employees who give birth, including teachers and other district staff.

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