KRS 161.154: Personal leave days for school employees.

(1) For the purpose of this section, "school employees" shall mean any person for

whom certification is required as a basis of employment in the public schools.

(2) Each district board of education may provide up to three (3) personal leave days per

school year to school employees, without loss of salary to the employee and without

affecting any other type of leave granted by law, regulation, or school board policy.

Local boards of education may establish policy regarding the number of teachers

who may take personal leave on any one (1) day.

(3) Personal leave granted under this section shall not be treated as having effect on the

provisions of KRS 161.152 to 161.155 and shall be supported by personal statement

of the school employee stating that the leave taken is personal in nature; no other

reason for or verification of the leave shall be required.

(4) Payments to school employees made by a district board of education under the

provisions of this section are presumed to be for services rendered and for the

benefit of the common schools and such payments do not affect the eligibility of

any school district to share in the distribution of funds from the public school

foundation program fund as established in KRS Chapter 157.