Title 702 | Chapter 001 | Regulation 191
702 KAR 1:191.District employee quarantine leave.
Section 1.
Quarantine Leave.(1)
Each district board of education shall adopt policies providing each eligible full or part-time employee in the school district at least ten (10) days paid leave per school year for quarantine due to exposure to a reportable infectious or contagious disease under 902 KAR 2:020 or any other infectious or contagious disease designated as reportable to a local health department or the Department for Public Health by a valid order or administrative regulation of the local health department serving the school district or the Department for Public Health. This leave shall be in addition to any other leave provided by statute or board policy.(2)
In order to be eligible for leave under this section, the employee shall:(a)
Be ordered to quarantine by a licensed treating physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse, the Department for Public Health, or a local health department due to exposure to a reportable infectious or contagious disease under 902 KAR 2:020 or any other infectious or contagious disease designated as reportable to a local health department or the Department for Public Health by a valid order or administrative regulation of the local health department serving the school district or the Department for Public Health ; and(b)
Have exhausted all accumulated sick leave provided to the employee pursuant to KRS 161.155 and local board of education policies, or be ineligible to utilize accumulated sick leave provided to the employee pursuant to KRS 161.155 and local board of education policies.(3)
A school district shall require the employee to provide written documentation from the entity ordering the employee to quarantine due to exposure to a reportable infectious or contagious disease under 902 KAR 2:020 or any other infectious or contagious disease designated as reportable to a local health department or the Department for Public Health by a valid order or administrative regulation of the local health department serving the school district or the Department for Public Health.(4)
A school district, at its discretion, may determine quarantine leave pursuant to this section is unnecessary if an employee can fulfill his or her job duties remotely during the quarantine period.(5)
Leave granted pursuant to this section shall be on a day-by-day basis, as needed, and shall not accumulate or carry over year-to-year, and shall not be transferrable to any other classification of paid leave established by KRS 161.155, KRS 161.154, or local board of education policy.HISTORY: (48 Ky.R.1078, 2106, 2210; eff. 5-3-2022.)
This is to certify that the chief state school officer has reviewed and recommended this administrative regulation prior to its adoption by the Kentucky Board of Education, as required by KRS 156.070(5).
CONTACT PERSON: Todd G. Allen, General Counsel, Kentucky Department of Education, 300 Sower Boulevard, 5th Floor, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, phone 502-564-4474, fax 502-564-9321; email regcomments@education.ky.gov.
702 KAR 1:191.District employee quarantine leave.
Section 1.
Quarantine Leave.(1)
Each district board of education shall adopt policies providing each eligible full or part-time employee in the school district at least ten (10) days paid leave per school year for(2)
In order to be eligible for leave under this section, the employee shall:(a)
Be ordered to quarantine by a licensed treating physician, physician(b)
Have exhausted all accumulated sick leave provided to the employee pursuant to KRS 161.155 and local board of education policies, or be ineligible to utilize accumulated sick leave provided to the employee pursuant to KRS 161.155 and local board of education policies.(3)
A school district shall(4)
A school district, at its discretion, may determine quarantine leave pursuant to this(5)
Leave granted pursuant to this section shall be on a day-by-day basis, as needed, and shall not accumulate or carry over year-to-year, and shall not be transferrable to any other classification of paid leave established by KRS 161.155, KRS 161.154, or local board of education policy.HISTORY: (48 Ky.R.1078, 2106, 2210; eff. 5-3-2022.)
This is to certify that the chief state school officer has reviewed and recommended this administrative regulation prior to its adoption by the Kentucky Board of Education, as required by KRS 156.070(5).
CONTACT PERSON: Todd G. Allen, General Counsel, Kentucky Department of Education, 300 Sower Boulevard, 5th Floor, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, phone 502-564-4474, fax 502-564-9321; email regcomments@education.ky.gov.