LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: HB 18 HLS 202ES 29
Bill Text Version: ENGROSSED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: October 13, 2020 10:05 AM Author: GADBERRY
Dept./Agy.: Office of Youth Development - Office of Juvenile Justice
Subject: Sick Leave for Certain State Teachers Analyst: Monique Appeaning
TEACHERS EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note Page 1 of 2
Provides relative to sick leave benefits for certain teachers at schools under the jurisdiction of the office of juvenile justice
(Item #42)
Proposed law adds to present law sick leave benefits for any member of the teaching staff of a public school or of a school
within a secure care facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Juvenile
Justice (OJJ). Any member who is injured or disabled while acting in his official capacity as a result of assault or battery by
any student or person shall receive sick leave without reduction in pay and without reduction in accrued sick leave days
while disabled as a result of such assault or battery. Proposed law provides that specific OJJ staff who while acting in his
official capacity is disabled as a result of physical contact with a student while providing physical assistance to a student to
prevent danger or risk of injury to the student shall receive sick leave for a period up to one calendar year without reduction
in pay and without reduction in accrued sick leave days while disabled as a result of rendering such assistance. Proposed law
provides that OJJ shall pay the costs of specific examinations and any test determined to be necessary. Proposed law adds to
SUMMARY CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
EXPENDITURES 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Total
REVENUES 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Total $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION
Proposed law may result in an indeterminable expenditure impact to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections - Office
of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) if a certain instructor is injured or disabled while acting in his/her official capacity. The number of
instructors who may be injured or disabled while acting in their official capacity is not known; therefore, the potential fiscal
impact is not known.
For informational purposes, the number of instructors that would be impacted by this measure is 39 with an average annual
salary of $67,161. These instructors are 12-month employees. NOTE: For illustrative purposes only, to the extent there is a
fiscal impact, the average daily cost per instructor is $258.31.
Facility # of Instructors Average Salary
Acadiana Center 8 $66,161
Bridge City 12 $64,580
Swanson Monroe and Columbia 19 $70,743
39 $67,161
OJJ reports the following:
Currently, all OJJ educational staff do not accrue or utilize leave in the format laid out in RS 17:1201. Rather, per La. RS
17:471 they are subject to the rules and regulations of OJJ. Under these rules, OJJ educational staff earn leave in a manner
different than those subject to RS 17:1201. All OJJ employees injured on the job are compensated under the Louisiana
Worker’s Compensation Benefits program for eligible injuries. Employees must use their sick, annual, or compensatory time
for absences while disabled; however, the worker’s compensation check shall be used to buy back a portion of the leave
used. If this legislation is adopted, educational staff in secure care facilities will be granted paid leave without reduction in
accrued leave or reduction in pay. The fiscal impact to the agency is negligible. However, it is worth noting that the change
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REVENUE EXPLANATION
There is no anticipated direct material effect on governmental revenues as a result of this measure.
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee Alan M. Boxberger
6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Staff Director
 LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: HB 18 HLS 202ES 29
Bill Text Version: ENGROSSED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: October 13, 2020 10:05 AM Author: GADBERRY
Dept./Agy.: Office of Youth Development - Office of Juvenile Justice
Subject: Sick Leave for Certain State Teachers Analyst: Monique Appeaning
CONTINUED EXPLANATION from page one: Page 2 of 2
SUMMARY CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
present law “certain instructors” to the definition of “teacher” or “teaching staff”. Proposed law provides that OJJ shall not
reduce the pay or accrued sick leave of a member of the teaching staff who is absent from his duties to seek medical
attention or treatment as a result of an injury as provided in present law. Proposed law provides that specific OJJ staff
injured or disabled while acting in his official capacity shall be eligible to weekly wage benefits under the worker’s
compensation law of the state of Louisiana and to sick leave benefits, but in no event shall such benefit exceed the total
amount of the regular salary that was received at the time the injury or disability occurred.
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will create two separate leave systems. One for OJJ educational staff who are unclassified state workers, and the second for
the remainder of its staff who are classified civil servants and subject to agency and state leave policies and practices.
While OJJ reports that the fiscal impact to the agency as negligible, the Department of State Civil Service points out there is
a fiscal impact related to the value of the leave which will be kept as a liability to the state instead of being used by teaching
staff under circumstances identified by proposed law. The value is indeterminate and will depend on the number of staff
injured and the number of sick days that may be necessary as a result of eligible incidents.
Division of Administration - Office of Risk Management (ORM) reports the following:
Proposed law will not have a fiscal impact on ORM. Title 23 of the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Act requires employers
to provide workers’ compensation coverage for employees injured in the course and scope of employment. ORM, through a
Third Part Administrator, fulfills this statutory obligation on behalf of the State as an employer.
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee Alan M. Boxberger
6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Staff Director


Statutes affected:
HB18 Original: 17:1201(C)(1)
HB18 Engrossed: 17:1200(B), 17:1201(C)(1)