FILE:  GBRIC

MATERNITY LEAVE

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board shall grant leaves of absence to regularly employed women teachers for a reasonable time before and after childbirth.  The granting of such leaves does not affect any tenure rights which the teacher may have acquired prior to the granting of maternity leave.  Maternity leave does not interrupt the consecutive teaching semester requirement to gain sabbatical leave.

What constitutes a reasonable time for maternity leave is within the discretion of the School Board as long as such policies as the school board may establish are not unreasonable or arbitrary. The Superintendent reserves the right to request from the attending physician a written statement regarding the condition of the teacher's pregnancy and health to determine when leave is necessary.

Adopted:  September 21, 1978

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:1171, 17:1211, 23:334, 23:341, 23:342

St. John the Baptist Parish School Board