House Bill hb0409c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001              CS/HB 409

        By the Council for Lifelong Learning and Representatives
    Farkas, Alexander, Richardson, Attkisson, Pickens, Detert,
    Justice, McGriff, Jordan, Mealor, Meadows, Melvin, Kilmer and
    Arza



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to educator professional

  3         liability insurance; creating s. 231.800, F.S.;

  4         providing legislative intent; requiring

  5         educator professional liability insurance

  6         coverage for all full-time instructional

  7         personnel; providing for specific

  8         appropriations in the General Appropriations

  9         Act; extending educator professional liability

10         insurance coverage at cost to all part-time

11         instructional personnel and administrative

12         personnel; providing an effective date.

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14         WHEREAS, Article IX, section 1, of the State

15  Constitution states that "The education of children is a

16  fundamental value of the people of the State of Florida," and

17         WHEREAS, effective teachers directing orderly

18  classrooms provide the key to the best public education the

19  State of Florida can offer, NOW, THEREFORE,

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21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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23         Section 1.  Section 231.800, Florida Statutes, is

24  created to read:

25         231.800  Florida educators professional liability

26  insurance protection.--

27         (1)  The Legislature intends that all the teachers in

28  this state be protected from liability for monetary damages

29  and the cost of defense of actions resulting from claims made

30  against them arising out of occurrences in the course of

31  activities in their professional capacity.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001              CS/HB 409

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  1         (2)(a)  Beginning July 1, 2001, educator professional

  2  liability coverage for all instructional personnel, as defined

  3  by s. 228.041(9), who are full-time personnel, as defined by

  4  the district school board policy, shall be provided by

  5  specific appropriations under the General Appropriations Act.

  6         (b)  Beginning July 1, 2001, educator professional

  7  liability coverage shall be extended at cost to all

  8  instructional personnel, as defined by s. 228.041(9), who are

  9  part-time personnel, as defined by the district school board

10  policy, and choose to participate in the state-provided

11  program.

12         (c)  Beginning July 1, 2001, educator professional

13  liability coverage shall be extended at cost to all

14  administrative personnel, as defined by s. 228.041(10), who

15  choose to participate in the state-provided program.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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