shall receive $50.00 for all those additional days of unused sick leave. The payment for such additional unused sick leave which is accumulated during a school year shall be paid to such personnel at the end of that school year.
(Code 1981, §20-2-853, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1496, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 20; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 20.)
Code Commission notes.- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1989, "subsection (b)" was substituted for "subsection (c)" in subsection (a).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Entitlement limited to teachers.
- State law entitlement to payments for unused sick leave is limited to teachers and does not include administrative and other personnel in view of the reference in O.C.G.A. § 20-2-850(c) to O.C.G.A. § 20-2-182(f) (now a reference to § 20-2-182(g)), which applies only to "teachers." 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-21.
Payments dependent upon appropriations.- Neither the State Board of Education nor the local boards of education are obligated to make payments to teachers for unused sick leave if the General Assembly fails to appropriate adequate funds to make such payments. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-21.
Adoption of policies by local boards.- Local boards of education are not prohibited from adopting policies providing for payments for unused sick leave, so long as the cost of implementing and maintaining such policies is paid entirely from local, as opposed to state, funds. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89-21.
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