HB792: Parental leave for school involvement; employers to permit employees annual leave.

Chief Patron

David Englin (D-45)
Alexandria, VA
Served: 2006–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

02/12/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Parental leave for school involvement. Requires employers to permit employees who are parents or guardians of, or who stand in loco parentis to, a school-aged child to take up to four hours of leave annually in order to attend parent-teacher conferences or to volunteer at the child's school. The employer and employee must mutually agree to the time for the leave, the leave need not be compensated, and the employer may require both 48 hours' advance notice of the leave and written verification from the school of the employee's involvement in the school.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/21/2008, 01/21/2008, 01/25/2008 and 02/12/2008.

Comments

Marsha Maines writes:

Best way to cripple small business is to force them to 'pay' for their employees to live their lives.
This bill would ONLY be worth it, if TAX INCENTIVES were given to ANY company that implemented 'school leave'.

Posted 6 months ago. #

VA A., tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

VEA Supported

Posted 6 months ago. #

Shayna Englin writes:

Marsha: really? Four hours PER YEAR of UNPAID leave (read the bill language) to allow parents to be involved in their children's education is overly onerous?

Surely you're kidding.

Posted 6 months ago. #