Policy 370 - Insurance and Bonding
Adopted on August 8, 2019
Effective August 8, 2019
The Board of Education shall purchase with County funds the type and amount of insurance necessary to protect the County from major financial losses.
The Board shall purchase, and the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management shall provide, appropriate professional or other liability insurance for the county board of education, teachers, supervisory and administrative staff members, service personnel, the Superintendent and Board members. The Superintendent shall cause all such covered to be annually notified of this coverage, including details regarding the coverage, the monetary limit of coverage, and BRIM's duty to defend for each occurrence.
This insurance shall cover any claim, demand, action, suit, or judgment by reason of alleged negligence; other acts resulting in bodily injury; and property damage to any person within or without any school if, at the time of the alleged injury, the teacher, supervisor, administrator, service personnel employee, the Superintendent, Board member, or employee was:
- acting in the discharge of his/her duties;
- within the scope of his/her office, position, or employment;
- under the direction of the Board; or
- in an official capacity as Superintendent or as a Board member.
Such insurance coverage shall be in an amount to be determined by the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management, but in no event less than $1,250,000 for each occurrence.
In addition, the Board shall purchase, through the Board of Risk and Insurance Management, excess coverage of at least $5,000,000 for each occurrence. The cost of this excess coverage will be paid by the Board and obtained from a company licensed to do business in West Virginia.
The insurance policy shall include:
- comprehensive coverage;
- personal injury coverage;
- malpractice coverage;
- corporal punishment coverage;
- legal liability coverage;
- as well as a provision for the payment of the cost of attorney's fees in connection with any claim, demand, action, suit, or judgment arising from such alleged negligence or other act resulting in bodily injury.
The Superintendent and other school personnel shall be defended by the Board or an insurer in the case of suit, unless the act or omission shall not have been within the course of scope of employment or official responsibility or was motivated by malicious or criminal intent.
Bonding
The Board of Education recognizes that prudent trusteeship of the resources of this County dictate that employees responsible for the safekeeping of County monies be bonded.
The County shall be indemnified against loss of money by requiring the Board President, Superintendent, and/or Treasurer to execute a bond for the faithful performance of his/her duties in the amount fixed and approved by the Board not to exceed the amount of schools funds estimated to be handled by the Treasurer within any two (2) months.
All other employees handling money to execute a bond for the faithful performance of their duties in the amount fixed and approved by the Board.
The Board shall bear the cost of bonding each employee required to be bonded by this policy.
Liability insurance other than that provided by BRIM
In the event the Board of Risk and Insurance Management chooses not to provide insurance for every property, activity or responsibility of the Board, teachers, supervisory and administrative staff members, service personnel, Superintendent and Board members, the Board shall purchase liability insurance to cover those persons or properties not insured by the Board of Risk and Insurance Management.
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