Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act

Summary: Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act This bill entitles an employee covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to take up to 8 hours during any 30-day period, and up to 48 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend school conferences or activities sponsored by a school or community organization and related to a program attended by the employee's child or grandchild.  An employee may elect, or an employer may require, substitution of any of the employee's paid or family leave or paid medical or sick leave for any leave allowed under this bill.  Nothing in this bill shall require an employer to grant paid sick leave or paid medical leave in situations where the employer would not normally grant it. The bill imposes on the employee requesting leave certain notification requirements. An employer may require certification supporting such requests. The bill also applies the parental involvement and family wellness leave allowance to federal employees. 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Leave for Parental 
Involvement in Education Act''.

SEC. 2. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL LEAVE UNDER THE FMLA FOR PARENTAL 
              INVOLVEMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS.

    (a) Leave Requirement.--Section 102(a) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Entitlement to additional leave for parental 
        involvement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B) and 
                section 103(g), an eligible employee shall be entitled 
                to leave under this paragraph to participate in or 
                attend a school conference or an activity that is 
                sponsored by a school or community organization and 
                relates to a program of the school or organization that 
                is attended by a son or daughter or a grandchild of the 
                employee.
                    ``(B) Limitations.--
                            ``(i) In general.--An eligible employee is 
                        entitled to--
                                    ``(I) not to exceed 8 hours of 
                                leave under this paragraph during any 
                                30-day period; and
                                    ``(II) not to exceed 48 hours of 
                                leave under this paragraph during any 
                                12-month period.
                            ``(ii) Coordination rule.--Leave under this 
                        paragraph shall be in addition to any leave 
                        provided under any other paragraph of this 
                        subsection.
                    ``(C) Definitions.--As used in this paragraph:
                            ``(i) School.--The term `school' means an 
                        elementary school or secondary school (as such 
                        terms are defined in section 9101 of the 
                        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
                        (20 U.S.C. 7801)), a Head Start program 
                        assisted under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
                        9831 et seq.), or a child care facility.
                            ``(ii) Community organization.--The term 
                        `community organization' means a private 
                        nonprofit organization that is representative 
                        of a community or a significant segment of a 
                        community and provides activities for 
                        individuals described in subparagraph (A) or 
                        (B) of section 101(12), such as a scouting or 
                        sports organization.''.
    (b) Schedule.--Section 102(b)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(b)(1)) 
is amended by inserting after the third sentence the following new 
sentence: ``Leave under subsection (a)(6) may be taken intermittently 
or on a reduced leave schedule.''.
    (c) Substitution of Paid Leave.--Section 102(d)(2) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Parental involvement leave.--An eligible 
                employee may elect, or an employer may require the 
                employee, to substitute any of the accrued paid 
                vacation leave, personal leave, or family leave of the 
                employee for any leave under subsection (a)(6). In 
                addition, an eligible employee may elect, or an 
                employer may require the employee, to substitute any of 
                the accrued paid medical or sick leave of the employee 
                for leave provided under clause (ii) of subsection 
                (a)(6)(A) for any part of the leave under such clause, 
                except that nothing in this title shall require an 
                employer to provide paid sick leave or paid medical 
                leave in any situation in which such employer would not 
                normally provide any such paid leave. If the employee 
                elects or the employer requires the substitution of 
                accrued paid leave for leave provided under subsection 
                (a)(6)(A), the employer shall not restrict or limit 
                this substitution or impose any additional terms and 
                conditions on such leave that are more stringent on the 
                employee than the terms and conditions set forth in 
                this Act.''.
    (d) Notice.--Section 102(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(e)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Notice relating to parental involvement.--In any case 
        in which an employee requests leave under paragraph (6) of 
        subsection (a), the employee shall provide the employer with 
        not less than 7 days' notice or as much notice as is 
        practicable before the date the leave is to be taken, of the 
        employee's intention to take leave under such paragraph.''.
    (e) Certification.--Section 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2613) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Certification Related to Parental Involvement.--An employer 
may require that a request for leave under section 102(a)(6) be 
supported by a certification issued at such time and in such manner as 
the Secretary may by regulation prescribe.''.
    (f) Definition of Grandchild.--Section 101 of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(20) Grandchild.--The term `grandchild' means a son or 
        daughter of an employee's son or daughter.''.

SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE FOR PARENTAL 
              INVOLVEMENT.

    (a) Leave Requirement.--Section 6382(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B)(i) and section 
        6383(f), an employee shall be entitled to leave under this 
        paragraph to participate in or attend a school conference or an 
        activity that is sponsored by a school or community 
        organization and relates to a program of the school or 
        organization that is attended by a son or daughter or a 
        grandchild of the employee.
            ``(B)(i) An employee is entitled to--
                    ``(I) not to exceed 8 hours of leave under this 
                paragraph during any 30-day period; and
                    ``(II) not to exceed 48 hours of leave under this 
                paragraph during any 12-month period.
            ``(ii) Leave under this paragraph shall be in addition to 
        any leave provided under any other paragraph of this 
        subsection.
            ``(C) For the purpose of this paragraph--
                    ``(i) the term `school' means an elementary school 
                or secondary school (as such terms are defined in 
                section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                Act of 1965), a Head Start program assisted under the 
                Head Start Act, and a child care facility licensed 
                under State law; and
                    ``(ii) the term `community organization' means a 
                private nonprofit organization that is representative 
                of a community or a significant segment of a community 
                and provides activities for individuals described in 
                subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 6381(6), such as a 
                scouting or sports organization.''.
    (b) Schedule.--Section 6382(b)(1) of such title is amended--
            (1) by inserting after the second sentence the following 
        new sentence: ``Leave under subsection (a)(5) may be taken 
        intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule.''; and
            (2) in the last sentence, by striking ``involved,'' and 
        inserting ``involved (or, in the case of leave under subsection 
        (a)(5), for purposes of any 30-day or 12-month period),''.
    (c) Substitution of Paid Leave.--Section 6382(d) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after the subsection designation; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) An employee may elect to substitute for leave under 
        subsection (a)(5), any of the employee's accrued or accumulated 
        annual or sick leave under subchapter I. If the employee elects 
        to substitute accumulated annual or sick leave for leave 
        provided under subsection (a)(5), the employing agency shall 
        not restrict or limit this substitution or impose any 
        additional terms and conditions on such leave that are more 
        stringent on the employee than the terms and conditions set 
        forth in this subchapter.''.
    (d) Notice.--Section 6382(e) of such title is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) In any case in which an employee requests leave under 
        paragraph (5) of subsection (a), the employee shall provide the 
        employing agency with not less than 7 days' notice, before the 
        date the leave is to be taken, of the employee's intention to 
        take leave under such paragraph.''.
    (e) Certification.--Section 6383(f) of such title is amended by 
striking ``paragraph (1)(E) or (3) of section 6382(a)'' and inserting 
``paragraph (1)(E), (3), or (5) of section 6382(a)''.
    (f) Definition of Grandchild.--Section 6381 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(13) the term `grandchild' means a son or daughter of an 
        employee's son or daughter.''.