An Act To Clarify COVID-19 Paid Leave for School Employees
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1874
Committee Amendment CA_A_H916 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "If" to H.P. 1384, L.D. 1874, "An Act To Clarify 
COVID-19 Paid Leave for School Employees" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in§ 13605 in subsection 2 in the first line (page 1, line 35 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "This section" and inserting the following: '+his 
sestieH Subsection 1' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in§ 13605 in subsection 2 in the last line (page 1, line 37 in 
L.D.) by inserting after the following: "section" the following: ', except as provided in 
subsection 3' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in§ 13605 by inserting after subsection 2 the following: 
'3. Exception. A public school employee who, on or after the effective date of this 
subsection, has 60 days or more of accrued paid leave is not eligible for leave pursuant to 
subsection 1. 
4. Funding. A school administrative unit may use federal funds to provide the paid 
leave required under this section, including but not limited to funds :from the federal 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Public Law 116-136, the American 
Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund and the American 
Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117-2, to the extent the funds are eligible to be used 
for the purposes of this section in accordance with federal law and regulations.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Restoration. A school administrative unit shall restore sick leave time to a 
public school employee who used sick leave pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
20-A, section 13605 between October 19, 2021 and the effective date of this Act. A school 
administrative unit shall compensate for an absence a public school employee who was 
absent from work for any reason described in Title 20-A, section 13605 between January 
1, 2021 and the effective date of this Act and who was not eligible to be paid for that 
absence.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT •fr- to H.P. 1384, L.D. 1874 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides that a public school employee who has 60 days or more of 
accrued paid leave on or after the effective date of this legislation is not eligible for paid 
leave for reasons related to COVID-19 as specified in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
20-A, section 13605, subsection 1. The amendment requires a school administrative unit to 
restore sick leave time used by a public school employee pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
13605 prior to the effective date of this legislation and to compensate a public school 
employee who was absent from work for a reason described in Title 20-A, section 13605 
prior to the effective date of this legislation and who was not eligible to be paid for that 
absence. It also permits school administrative units to fund the paid leave provided in this 
legislation using federal funds, if federal funds are available to be used for that purpose. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 02/22/22 Mae. 
LD 1874 
LR2397(02) 
An Act To Clarify COVID-19 Paid Leave for School Employees 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,fj,{fl,1 { ~) 
Committee: Labor and Housing 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current biennium cost increase - Local school administrative units 
Amending the provisions of Public Law 2021, chapter 378, "An Act To Retroactively Grant Sick Leave Days to 
Public School Employees Affected by COVID-19 11 to 1) require school administrative units (SA Us) grant up to 15 
days of "COVID-19 related" paid leave to public school employees with less than 60 accrued days of paid leave 
affected by the illness caused by COVID-19 to be used when needed by the employee; 2) restore "regular" sick leave 
days used to certain employees; and 3) compensate other employees that had COVID-19 related absences but were not 
eligible to be paid for those absences may result in increased costs to local school administrative units if the SAU pays 
more in total paid leave benefits and substitute teacher costs than it would have absent these changes. The impact on 
individual SAU's will depend on actual experience. To the extent that federal funds may be used to pay for the 
additional costs, the impact to SAU's may be mitigated. 
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