20200685D
SENATE BILL NO. 5094
Offered August 18, 2020
Prefiled August 18, 2020
A BILL to require school boards to provide up to 14 days of COVID-19-related paid leave to teachers; emergency.
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Patron-- Dunnavant
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. Each school board shall provide to each teacher in the local school division up to 14 days of paid leave, in addition to any other paid leave to which such individual is otherwise entitled, that may be used in the event that the teacher (i) has been exposed to the COVID-19 virus and is required to self-quarantine, (ii) contracts COVID-19, or (iii) is required to provide care for a family member who contracts COVID-19.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.