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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana increases paid personal leave days for teachers from two to four per school year
Last action · June 1, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsors: Beau Beaullieu and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana law now allows public school teachers to use up to four days of personal leave per school year without loss of pay, an increase from the previous limit of two days. The change applies to teachers employed by parish or city school boards who do not receive , starting August 1, 2026.
Public school teachers gain two additional days of paid personal absence annually, while school boards must adjust leave tracking since personal leave days continue to be deducted from current or .
- Louisiana teachers previously received up to two days of personal leave per school year under R.S. 17:1208. context
Who It Affects
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Teachers employed by a parish or city school board
Teachers are newly allowed to use up to four days of personal leave per school year without loss of pay, deducted from their sick leave.
Parish and city school boards
School boards must administer and track the increased allotment of four personal leave days deducted from teacher sick leave.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many personal leave days can teachers now take?
Do unused personal leave days roll over to the next year?
Where does the personal leave time get deducted from?
What notice is required before taking personal leave?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- Jun 1, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 625.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 27, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 26, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 26, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 26, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
Show 14 earlier actions
- May 25, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 20, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 19, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Mar 25, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 24, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (11-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
- Feb 20, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
- Feb 18, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 18, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
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Expansion of Teacher Paid Personal Leave
Louisiana doubled the statutory personal leave allowance for teachers from two to four days per year, maintaining the requirement that it be deducted from sick leave.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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