§78-31  Paid leave; education of children.  Employeesshall be eligible for up to two hours of paid leave during normal businesshours to attend either:

(1)  A mutually-scheduled parent-teacher conferencefor the employee's child attending a public or private school in gradeskindergarten through twelve; or

(2)  A mutually-scheduled parent-caregiver conferencefor a preschool-aged child attending a licensed group child care center, asdefined under section 346-151;

provided that the time-off shall not be creditedagainst vacation or sick leave benefits, if any; and provided further that theprovision of paid leave shall not adversely interfere with the operations ofthe work unit nor require the applicable agency to incur additional humanresources or overtime costs.

The employee shall take no more than twomutually-scheduled conferences, per child, in a single calendar year.  Traveltime shall be included as part of the two hours permitted for each conference.[L 2003, c 108, §1; am L 2004, c 194, §1]