Paid Leave for Childbirth and Adoption

T. C. A. § 8-50-814 allows a teacher, principal, supervisor, or other individual required to hold a license in a local education agency (LEA) who has been employed by the LEA for at least 12 months, to take up to six weeks of paid leave after the birth, stillbirth, or adoption of a child. The employee must give at least 30 days advance notice to the LEA. Employees using leave pursuant to T. C. A. § 8-50-814 are not required to use sick, annual, or similar leave, but this leave will be counted against the employee’s Family and Medical Leave. The leave does not have to be taken consecutively as long as it is used in a 12-month period. The state will reimburse an LEA in amount equal to leave paid by the LEA to the employee.