Vetoed by Governor Andy Beshear

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that requires teachers to pay more toward their retirement and work longer before they can earn full benefits.

Highlights:

• Defines "sick leave bank" as an aggregation of sick leave days contributed by teachers or employees for use by teachers or employees who have exhausted all sick leave and other available paid leave days (Sec. 5-1.d).

• Defines “retirement system” as the payment of allowances to members (Sec. 6-1);

• Establishes an individual who becomes a non-university member of the Teachers' Retirement System on or after January 1, 2022, receives the retirement benefits provided by this section. The retirement benefits provided by this section shall be known as the supplemental benefit component (Sec. 3-1).

• Specifies supplemental benefits provides benefits from the following sources:

• Mandatory contributions made by the member;

• Voluntary contributions made by the member;

• Mandatory contributions made by the employer;

• Voluntary employer contributions; and

• Regular interest;

• Requires accumulated days of sick leave be granted to a teacher or employee if, before the opening day of the school year, an affidavit or a certificate of a physician is presented to the district board of education, stating that the teacher or employee is unable to commence his or her duties on the opening day of the school year, but will be able to assume his or her duties within a period that the board determines to be reasonable (Sec. 5-5).

• Establishes a sick leave donation program through a district board of education to permit teachers or employees to voluntarily contribute sick leave to teachers or employees in the same school district who require an extended absence from school (Sec. 5-8.a).

• Authorizes a teacher or employee to receive donations of sick leave if (Sec. 5-9.b):

• The teacher or employee or a member of his or her immediate family suffers from a medically certified illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that has caused or is likely to cause the teacher or employee to be absent for at least ten days; or

• The teacher or employee suffers from a catastrophic loss to his or her personal or real property, due to either a natural disaster or fire, that either has caused or will likely cause the employee to be absent for at least ten (10) consecutive working days.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires teachers to pay more toward their retirement and work longer before they can earn full benefits.

Highlights:

• Defines "sick leave bank" as an aggregation of sick leave days contributed by teachers or employees for use by teachers or employees who have exhausted all sick leave and other available paid leave days (Sec. 5-1.d).

• Defines “retirement system” as the payment of allowances to members (Sec. 6-1);

• Establishes an individual who becomes a non-university member of the Teachers' Retirement System on or after January 1, 2022, receives the retirement benefits provided by this section. The retirement benefits provided by this section shall be known as the supplemental benefit component (Sec. 3-1).

• Specifies supplemental benefits provides benefits from the following sources:

• Mandatory contributions made by the member;

• Voluntary contributions made by the member;

• Mandatory contributions made by the employer;

• Voluntary employer contributions; and

• Regular interest;

• Requires accumulated days of sick leave be granted to a teacher or employee if, before the opening day of the school year, an affidavit or a certificate of a physician is presented to the district board of education, stating that the teacher or employee is unable to commence his or her duties on the opening day of the school year, but will be able to assume his or her duties within a period that the board determines to be reasonable (Sec. 5-5).

• Establishes a sick leave donation program through a district board of education to permit teachers or employees to voluntarily contribute sick leave to teachers or employees in the same school district who require an extended absence from school (Sec. 5-8.a).

• Authorizes a teacher or employee to receive donations of sick leave if (Sec. 5-9.b):

• The teacher or employee or a member of his or her immediate family suffers from a medically certified illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that has caused or is likely to cause the teacher or employee to be absent for at least ten days; or

• The teacher or employee suffers from a catastrophic loss to his or her personal or real property, due to either a natural disaster or fire, that either has caused or will likely cause the employee to be absent for at least ten (10) consecutive working days.

Full Bill Text