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§1206.1. School employees; sick leave
A.
(1)An employee of a city, parish, or other local public school board, as the word
"employee" is defined in R.S. 17:1205, who is disabled while acting in his official capacity
as a result of assault or battery by any student or person, shall receive sick leave without
reduction in pay and without reduction in accrued sick leave days while disabled as a result
of such assault or battery; however, if the employee is absent for six or more consecutive
days as a result of such disability, he shall be required to present a certificate from a
physician certifying the disability. If the employee who is receiving sick leave without
reduction as described in this Section begins to draw his benefit from the Teachers'
Retirement System of Louisiana or the Louis
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§1206.1. School employees; sick leave
A.(1) An employee of a city, parish, or other local public school board, as the word
"employee" is defined in R.S. 17:1205, who is disabled while acting in his official capacity
as a result of assault or battery by any student or person, shall receive sick leave without
reduction in pay and without reduction in accrued sick leave days while disabled as a result
of such assault or battery; however, if the employee is absent for six or more consecutive
days as a result of such disability, he shall be required to present a certificate from a
physician certifying the disability. If the employee who is receiving sick leave without
reduction as described in this Section begins to draw his benefit from the Teachers'
Retirement System of Louisiana or the Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System, the
leave shall cease.
(2) The sick leave authorized by this Section shall be in addition to all other sick
leave authorized by R.S. 17:1206, provided that additional sick leave for disability as a result
of assault or battery shall not be accumulated from year to year, nor shall such additional sick
leave be compensated for at death or retirement, or compensated for in any other manner
except as authorized in this Section.
B. An employee of the parish or city school boards of this state, as the word
"employee" is defined in R.S. 17:1205, who is disabled, as defined in R.S. 17:1200(C), while
acting in his official capacity as a result of physical contact with a student while providing
physical assistance to a student to prevent danger or risk of injury to the student shall receive
sick leave for a period up to one year without reduction in pay and without reduction in
accrued sick leave days while disabled as a result of rendering such assistance. Such
employee shall be required to present a certificate from a physician certifying the disability.
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a city or parish school board from extending this period
beyond one year.
C. At any time during the period of certified disability, if the school board questions
the validity or accuracy of the physician certification, the board may require the employee
be examined by a physician selected by the board. In such a case, the board shall pay all costs
of the examination and any tests determined to be necessary. If the physician selected by the
board certifies the disability, the leave shall be granted or continued as appropriate. If the
physician selected by the board disagrees with the certification of the physician selected by
the employee, the board may require the employee to be examined by a third physician whose
name appears next in the rotation of physicians on a list established by the local or state
medical society for such purpose and maintained by the board. All costs of an examination
and any tests required by a third physician shall be paid by the board. The opinion of the
third physician shall be determinative of the issue.
D.(1) The school board shall not reduce the pay or accrued sick leave of an employee
who is absent from his duties to seek medical attention or treatment as a result of an injury
as provided in this Section.
(2) If the employee's physician determines that he is able to return to active service
as a school employee with restrictions and the board does not allow the employee to return
to active service as a school employee subject to those restrictions, then the employee's leave
shall be granted or continued, as appropriate, as provided in this Section.