Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama SB211: Sick leave for education employees; direct donation of sick leave authorized, sick leave banks and catastrophic sick leave further provided for, State Board of Education required to adopt a policy, education authorities required to implement a policy, duties of sick leave bank committees revised
Status: Signed into law, April 16, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, Relating to public education employees; to amend Section 16-22-9, Code of Alabama 1975; to revise the definition of "education authority" for purposes of sick leave; to require the State Board of Education to adopt a model policy relating to sick leave; to require the model policy to authorize the direct donation of sick leave between education employees employed by any educational authority; to require educational authorities to implement the model policy; to require policies developed by the sick leave bank committee to be approved by the educational authority…
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Relating to public education employees; to amend Section 16-22-9, Code of Alabama 1975; to revise the definition of "education authority" for purposes of sick leave; to require the State Board of Education to adopt a model policy relating to sick leave; to require the model policy to authorize the direct donation of sick leave between education employees employed by any educational authority; to require educational authorities to implement the model policy; to require policies developed by the sick leave bank committee to be approved by the educational authority; to further provide for the duties of sick leave bank committees; and to further provide for sick leave banks and catastrophic sick leave. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 16-22-9, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "§16-22-9 (a) The following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Education. (2) CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS. Any illness, injury, or pregnancy or medical condition related to childbirth, certified by a licensed physician, which causes the employee to be absent from work for an extended period of time and Page to be absent from work for an extended period of time and SB211 Enrolled which is unrelated to …