RSU 24 School Board talks paid leave, adult ed
SULLIVAN At a Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Board of Directors meeting via Zoom last Tuesday night, Superintendent Mike Eastman informing the board that Maine’s Earn Paid Leave Law went into effect on Jan. 1.
Employees in a workplace with 10 or more employees will earn one hour of paid leave for every 40 hours worked, Eastman recapped. Employees may earn up to 40 hours of paid leave in a designated year.
Eastman explained that the district’s substitute teachers, coaches and afterschool program staff will now “be able to collect paid leave.”
When current collective bargaining agreements expire, “we will have to work with the language of the law,” Eastman said. A procedural rough draft has been developed, he added.