Each time a teacher leaves, it can cost a school district an estimated $9,000. "I say you can't afford not to give teachers paid parental leave," Peske said.

A 2022 National Council on Teacher Quality analysis of 148 large districts across the nation in 2022 found that just 18 percent provided full or partially paid parental leave of some kind.

The time has come for Kentucky to embrace paid parental leave as fundamental, rather than a luxury. In 2019, President Trump signed into law 12 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees.

With the addition of paid parental leave, Cleveland city workers would no longer have to rely on the Family and Medical Leave Act, which offers 12 weeks of unpaid time off annually, or other forms ...

More Republican-led states are giving paid parental leave to public school teachers and other state employees, signaling a broader acceptance of family-friendly workplace policies once championed ...

According to the National Partnership for Women & Families, at least 13 states, plus Washington, D.C., have passed their own paid family leave laws as of July — Florida not included.

The state does not currently offer paid parental leave to its employees caring for a new child. “Nothing is more important to me than family,” Gov. Reynolds said in a press release.