New MSCS bereavement leave policy clarifies who qualifies as immediate family
Participants (left to right) DeJuan Parker, Charlotte Fields and Quintin Robinson take part in a collaborative conferencing session with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and one of its unions on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2023. MSCS and area teacher unions agreed to clarify that staff’s parent-child relationships can include biological children as well as foster children, legal guardianships, adopted children and stepchildren. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Under current district policy, employees are allotted three paid days off when a loved one dies but must use personal sick days.
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Aarron Fleming covers Memphis and Shelby County’s court system and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He formerly covered education and earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis.
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