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Dear Mr. Hammonds:

On behalf of the Iberville Parish School Board ("School Board"), you have requested an Attorney General opinion regarding the School Board's authority to allow a teacher to supplement sabbatical medical leave benefits with sick leave benefits. As provided in your letter, a teacher applied for and was granted two semesters of sabbatical medical leave. She is receiving compensation at the rate of sixty-five percent of her salary while on sabbatical leave and has asked to supplement her sabbatical medical leave compensation with her sick leave benefits so that she may receive…