Georgia law requires school systems to allow employees to take up to three days off for religious holiday leave using their accumulated sick or personal time off.
However, from how the Gwinnett County Personnel Handbook is written, those employees must make up that time off.
Dr. Tarece Johnson-Morgan is Jewish and serves as the Gwinnett County Board of Education chairperson. Dr. Johnson-Morgan says she’s been fighting this policy for three years.
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