Expanding access to grants within the paid family and medical leave insurance program for small school districts.

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SENATE BILL 5378

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Stanford, Cortes, Harris, Wellman, Slatter, Krishnadasan, Lovelett, Nobles, and Valdez

Read first time 01/20/25. Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.

AN ACT Relating to expanding access to grants within the paid family and medical leave insurance program for small school districts; and amending RCW 50A.24.010 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 50A.24.010 and 2019 c 13 s 36 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The legislature recognizes that while family leave and medical leave benefit both employees and employers, there may be costs that disproportionately impact small businesses and small school districts . To equitably balance the risks among employers, the legislature intends to assist small businesses and small school districts with the costs of an employee's use of family or medical leave.