MONTGOMERY Ala.
The state board of education took the first step Tuesday
toward approving a new policy that would restrict the way system employees use
flexible work schedules.
School board members voted to have the policy evaluated by
its review committee. They will then discuss it at their Aug. 6 work session
and could approve it at is meeting later that month.
Chancellor Bradley Byrne said the policy would essentially
prohibit system employees from using flextime to work on anything outside the
system where they would receive pay or compensation.
The policy accompanies two of Gov. Bob Riley’s proposals
that would restrict the amount of time public education employees can spend out
of the office and prohibit them from holding elected public office.
“You can’t really make those work without (the flex
policy),” Byrne said.
The board currently does not have any policy regarding
flextime. The term has traditionally been used to describe employee schedules
that are outside their normal 8-hour work shifts.
