SB278 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

J.T. WaggonerSenator

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Del MarshScott BeasonShadrack McGillPaul BussmanBill HoltzclawPhillip W. WilliamsClay ScofieldBryan Taylor

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

A state program would buy or provide education employee professional liability insurance for teachers, school staff, and student teachers at no cost to most participants.

What This Bill Does

The bill requires the State Department of Education and the Department of Finance to establish a program that purchases or provides education employee professional liability insurance for certificated personnel, support personnel, and student teachers, with rules to implement the program. Coverage would automatically apply to all full-time certificated personnel, full-time support personnel, and student teachers, at no cost to them; part-time staff could participate at their own cost. Funding would come from Education Trust Fund appropriations, and insurers would be selected through a competitive process; the program would become effective by July 1, 2012.

Who It Affects

• Full-time certificated personnel (teachers, principals, and other certificated staff) would automatically receive liability insurance at no cost.
• Full-time support personnel and student teachers would automatically receive liability insurance at no cost (part-time personnel could participate at their own cost).

Key Provisions

• Establishes the Teacher and Education Employee Protection Act and requires the DOE 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, with rules for implementation.
• Provides automatic, no-cost liability coverage for all full-time certificated personnel, full-time support personnel, and student teachers; funding comes from Education Trust Fund appropriations and insurers are chosen by competitive process; the program takes effect by July 1, 2012.

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Subjects

Insurance