California State University: employees: paid parental leave of absence.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University, as one of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in California. Existing law requires the trustees to provide by rule for the government of their appointees and employees and grant pregnancy leave without pay to female permanent employees for a period not exceeding one year, as determined by the employee, except that when the employee has notified the trustees as to the period of the leave of absence, any change in the length of the leave is not effective unless approved by the trustees. This bill would require the California State University to grant an employee a leave of absence with pay for one semester of an academic year, or an equivalent duration, in a one-year period, following the birth of a child of the employee or the placement of a child with an employee in connection with the adoption or foster care of the child by the employee, subject to specified requirements.