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1997 Arkansas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1997)

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Winston Bryant                                                                  Telephone:
Attorney General                                                                (501) 682-2007
Opinion No. 97-159
July 9, 1997
The Honorable Jimmy Jeffress
State Representative
P.O. Box 1695
Crossett, Arkansas 71635-1695
Dear Representative Jeffress:
This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question:
Under current Arkansas law, would it be permissible
for a local Board of Education to adopt as part of their
personnel policies for certified employees permission
for husbands and wives (who are both employed by
that district) to share their sick leave? For example,
could a wife who has used all of her sick leave be
allowed to use any of her husband's sick leave?
In my opinion a local school district board of directors is given wide latitude over
policies affecting sick leave, and absent some unconstitutional aspect of a
particular policy, it is my opinion that a local district has the authority you
describe.
The sick leave of certified employees of local school districts is governed by
A.C.A. §§ 6-17-1201 to -1209 (Repl. 1993). It provides that each school district
shall adopt written policies for the administration of sick leave, and that these
policies shall be a part of the personnel policies of each district. The subchapter
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