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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 915
Author: Holden (D)
Amended: 3/19/15 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 8-0, 6/17/15
AYES: Liu, Runner, Block, Hancock, Leyva, Monning, Pan, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Mendoza
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 5/14/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Public education employees: industrial accident or
illness leaves of absence: travel restriction
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill repeals the prohibition on out-of-state
travel for school and community college employees who are
receiving industrial injury leave benefits.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Provides workers' compensation benefits, including temporary
disability benefits when employees are temporarily unable to
work, for any employee who suffers an injury or condition that
arises out of or in the course of employment.
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2)Provides a temporary disability benefit of 2/3 of the
employee's average weekly pay, subject to a current maximum
weekly benefit of $1,066.
3)Requires school districts and community colleges to adopt
rules granting their employees industrial injury leave
benefits of at least 60 days at full pay, without a cap.
4)Provides that school employees receiving industrial leave
benefits cannot leave the state without the authorization of
the employing school district governing board or governing
board of the community college district, as applicable.
This bill:
1)Repeals the provision in existing law that prohibits
classified and certificated K-12 school employees, absent
authorization from the school district governing board, from
traveling out-of-state during any period when the employee is
receiving industrial injury leave benefits.
2)Repeals the provision in existing law that prohibits academic
and non-academic community college employees, absent
authorization from the governing board of the community
college district, from traveling out-of-state during any
period when the employee is receiving industrial injury leave
benefits.
Comments
Need for the bill. According to the author's office, existing
law prohibits classified and certificated employees, who are on
industrial accident or illness leave and receiving workers'
compensation, from traveling outside the state unless the
governing board approves the travel. The Education Code and the
Labor Code each has a special workers' compensation-like
statutory benefit for certain employees, but only the Education
Code limits out-of-state travel for those employees while they
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are receiving the benefit. This bill is intended to align the
rules governing industrial accident or illness leaves of absence
for employees between the Education Code and the Labor Code and
ensure that classified and certificated employees are able to
travel outside of the state without having to seek the governing
board's approval. The author's office further argues that
artificial limitations on travel for injured employees who may
need to travel out-of-state for any number of valid reasons
makes little sense.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/18/15)
California Federation of Teachers
California Labor Federation
California School Employees Association
California Teachers Association
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/18/15)
Association of California School Administrators
Orange County Department of Education
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 5/14/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang,
Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder,
Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen,
Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
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Prepared by:Lenin Del Castillo / ED. / (916) 651-4105
6/18/15 14:14:12
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