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district’s schools.
INSURANCE, FLEET
AND LIABILITY
Board shall purchase insurance to insure “officers, employees, and
pupils of the district” against liability on account of damage or injury to
persons or property. This includes the operation of motor vehicles, and
the insurance may be supplemented with collision, comprehensive,
uninsured motorist protection, etc.
3313.201
INSURANCE FOR
BOARD MEMBERS,
HEALTH
Board members may participate in district group health insurance plan
upon the payment of the premium in advance. The exercise of this
option must be in writing, announced at a public meeting of the board,
and recorded in the minutes of that board meeting.
3313.202
INSURANCE,
LIABILITY
A board of education shall purchase insurance policies insuring officers,
employees and pupils against liability including insurance on vehicles.
The purchase must be from recognized insurance companies authorized
to do business in Ohio. Districts may also establish and maintain self-
insurance programs in combination with, or as an alternative to, regular
insurance policies.
A board may also permit a “school support entity” (a nonprofit entity
formed for the support of school district programs) to purchase liability
insurance through the district’s policy, but the school support entity must
reimburse the district for the additional premium for this coverage.
The board of education of each school district shall procure for the
benefit of its employees who operate a school bus, motor vehicle or
other vehicle used in the transportation of school children, liability
insurance for injuries to persons or property. The Attorney General of
Ohio has ruled that this insurance may be from a commercial insurance
carrier licensed to do business in Ohio, by means of a self-insurance
program, or through a joint self-insurance pool. It may procure accident
insurance covering all pupils and other authorized passengers
transported under the authority of such board.
A board of education may procure and pay all or part of the cost of
group, term life, hospitalization, surgical or major medical insurance
covering the teaching or non-teaching employees of the school district,
or in the case of hospitalization, surgical, or major medical insurance, the
dependent children and spouses of such employees.
3313.203
INSURANCE,
STUDENT ATHLETE
A board of education may purchase accident insurance for students who
participate in school athletic programs provided that the board is
permitted to expend funds for that activity. This could involve an amount
to cover the deductible for student accident insurance provided by the
Ohio High School Athletic Association for approved OHSAA sports and
teams.
3315.062
INTERNAL AUDITOR
Board may create position of internal auditor. Internal auditor must be
either a certified public accountant or a public accountant.
3319.06
INTERVENTION AND
REMEDIATION
SERVICES
School districts are authorized to enter into contracts with public and
private entities to provide academic and intervention services for
students at any grade level (and not just grades 1-6, as in prior law.)
3313.6010
INTIMIDATION
TRAINING,
BULLYING,
HARASSMENT, AND
To the extent that federal or state funds are appropriated for this special
purpose, districts will provide training to staff on bullying, harassment,
and intimidation and will educate students about this mandatory policy
prohibiting such incidents. Districts are also authorized to form bullying
prevention “task forces, programs, and other initiatives.”
3313.667
3319.073