HB211 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Allen Farley

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Ed HenryBarry MooreApril WeaverPaul W. LeeDan WilliamsLynn GreerWilliam RobertsTerri CollinsMike HubbardWes LongMark TugglePaul BeckmanWayne JohnsonJim PattersonKen JohnsonDonnie ChesteenBecky NordgrenRichard BaughnK.L. BrownRod ScottAllen TreadawaySteve McMillanChad FincherJoe FaustDickie DrakeMike BallVictor GastonJay LoveGregory CanfieldJamie IsonJim McClendonGreg WrenMicky HammonPhil WilliamsHoward SanderfordDuwayne BridgesBarry MaskSteve ClouseRandy WoodMac McCutcheon

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Teachers, educational support personnel, and other certified educational employees and student teachers, professional liability insurance, Education Department and Finance Department to purchase or provide by July 1, 2012, rules authorized, Teacher and Education Employee Protection Act

Summary

HB211 would require the state to provide a no-cost professional liability insurance program for teachers, school staff, and student teachers, funded from the Education Trust Fund with rules to implement the program.

What This Bill Does

It would require the Department of Education and the Department of Finance to purchase or provide education employee professional liability insurance for certificated personnel, support personnel, and student teachers. Coverage would protect against damages and defense costs arising from duties. Full-time personnel and student teachers would be automatically covered at no cost; part-time staff could join at their own cost. The program would be funded through legislative appropriations, administered jointly, with the insurer chosen by competitive bidding and any unused funds reverting to the Education Trust Fund.

Who It Affects

• Full-time certificated personnel (teachers, principals, and other certificated staff) and student teachers will be automatically insured at no cost.
• Full-time support personnel (such as custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, secretaries, clerks, and maintenance staff) will be automatically insured at no cost; part-time staff may participate at their own cost.

Key Provisions

• Establishes the Teacher and Education Employee Protection Act and requires the Department of Education and the Department of Finance to implement a program to purchase or provide education employee professional liability insurance for certificated personnel, support personnel, and student teachers.
• Insurance is funded by legislative appropriations into the Education Trust Fund; the amount and coverage are set by the Department of Finance; insurer is chosen by competitive bidding; any unused funds revert to the Education Trust Fund.
• Coverage is automatic for all full-time certificated personnel, support personnel, and student teachers; the program may extend coverage to part-time staff at cost to the participant.
• The program will be jointly administered by the Department of Education and the Department of Finance, and both may issue rules to implement it.
• The program becomes effective no later than July 1, 2012; the act is effective immediately upon the Governor's approval.

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Subjects

Insurance