Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact

Paid donor leave for Georgia education workers

Georgia public school teachers and employees get paid leave to donate bone marrow or an organ for transplant. Eligible University System of Georgia and Technical College System of Georgia employees also qualify. Those system employees must work at least half time; emergency and temporary employees are excluded. Employees get up to 7 days for bone marrow donation or 30 days for organ donation, including eye donation. The leave does not reduce pay or use annual or sick leave. Employees must give their employer a statement confirming the planned procedure at least 7 days before scheduled leave. The statement must come from the medical practitioner performing the transplant or a hospital administrator. For public school teachers and employees, this leave also counts as service toward retirement or pension benefits. The law bars waivers under the specified school waiver laws.