FILE:  GBRIH

JURY DUTY OR SUBPOENAS

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall grant a leave of absence to any regularly employed person of the school system who has been called to serve jury duty or who has been subpoenaed to serve as a witness in a court proceeding, including depositions, on school business.  Such leave shall be granted for the period of time required to serve such jury duty without loss of sick, emergency, or personal leave or any other benefit.  Jury duty shall not be deemed to interrupt service accumulated toward sabbatical leave.

Employees shall be required to return to work sites immediately upon release by the courts.

All legal matters requiring an employee's presence (i.e., deposition, hearing, etc.) not in connection with the employee's official duties shall be charged against the employee's personal days or annual leave (if applicable).

Anyone serving on jury duty shall receive his/her regular salary less any compensation he/she receives as a juror.  Said employee shall be responsible for submitting verification of call or subpoena for jury duty and reporting any compensation received as juror to the Superintendent or designee to be eligible to receive leave for jury duty.  Any employee abusing said leave shall be subject to disciplinary action.

The amount of remuneration received by an employee for serving, as juror shall be reported by the employee in writing to the Superintendent within five (5) days of receipt of remuneration.  The School Board accounting office as soon as possible thereafter will make an adjustment to the employee’s salary.  Failure to report remuneration received within the listed time shall be cause for deduction from the employee's salary for the days absent.

Teachers authorized to serve jury duty must leave lesson plans for the substitutes with their principal.

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:1210

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board