[SchoolFinance] [EXT] Re: [EXT] Re: Covid Sick Time

Mon Sep 16 10:21:18 EDT 2024

Here's a link to the law:

https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/20-a/title20-Asec13605.html#:~:text=A%20school%20administrative%20unit%20shall,1
.

Important to remember that an employee who has 60 days of paid leave (sick,
EPL, vacation etc...) available does not qualify...

Happy Monday,
Dhyana Blanchard
RSU 20

On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM Katie Gourley <KATIE.GOURLEY at rsu25.org>
wrote:

> Does anyone have this from Drummond Woodsum? I feel like I did see this at
> some point, but I can't find it.
>
> Katie Gourley
> RSU 25
> Business Manager
> 207-469-7311
> katie.gourley at rsu25.org <katie at rsu25.org>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 11:25 AM Jennifer Pooler <jpooler at msad58.org>
> wrote:
>
>> My payroll specialist thought there was guidance a while ago from
>> DrummondWoodsum basically saying what Shelley noted. No federal, state, or
>> local quarantine or state of emergency, so no more use of COVID time.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM Shelley Cummings <s.cummings2 at msad17.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What if there is not a federal, state or local quarantine order?
>>> Our school district has dropped the mandated quarantine order and they
>>> now follow the "if your sick..." guidelines.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM Katie Gourley <KATIE.GOURLEY at rsu25.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you assign 15 days to newly hired staff as well?
>>>> Katie Gourley
>>>> RSU 25
>>>> Business Manager
>>>> 207-469-7311
>>>> katie.gourley at rsu25.org <katie at rsu25.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 11:53 AM Lucie Tabor <ltabor at vuesc.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, COVID is still present and causing employee absences, so we are
>>>>> having employees use COVID days (if they have not yet used 15) or Sick, if
>>>>> they have exhausted the COVID Leave days.
>>>>> See attachment - The COVID days are not 15 days PER YEAR, they are 15
>>>>> days available from *Jan 1, 2021 until a max of 15 days used*, so we
>>>>> have been tracking these separately, but always go back to Jan 1, 2021 and
>>>>> count any days used.  Once they have used 15 days in total, they must use
>>>>> their own Sick leave (or vaca or EPL) in order to get paid.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lucie
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 11:43 AM Katie Gourley <
>>>>> KATIE.GOURLEY at rsu25.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What are districts doing about covid sick time? Are people still
>>>>>> paying staff to be out when they test positive? If you are paying them and
>>>>>> not using their sick leave how many days are you paying up to? Are you
>>>>>> still giving them up to 15 days each year even if they had used 15 the year
>>>>>> prior?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Katie Gourley
>>>>>> RSU 25
>>>>>> Business Manager
>>>>>> 207-469-7311
>>>>>> katie.gourley at rsu25.org <katie at rsu25.org>
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>> MSAD 58/RSU 58
>> 1401 Rangeley Road
>> Phillips, ME 04966
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