2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents
Section 10-149g - Coaches to annually review cardiac arrest education program. Revocation of coaching permit. Immunity from suit and liability.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, any person who holds or is issued a coaching permit by the State Board of Education and is a coach of intramural or interscholastic athletics shall annually review the program developed or approved pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-149f prior to commencing the coaching assignment for the season of such intramural or interscholastic athletics.

(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, the State Board of Education may revoke the coaching permit, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of section 10-145b, of any coach found to be in violation of any of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, any person who holds or is issued a coaching permit by the State Board of Education and is a coach of intramural or interscholastic athletics shall be immune from suit and liability, both personally and in his or her official capacity, for any actions or omissions pursuant to the provisions of section 10-149f and subsection (a) of this section, unless the actions or omissions of such person constitute wilful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness.

(d) Nothing in section 10-149f and subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to relieve a coach of intramural or interscholastic athletics of his or her duties or obligations under any provision of the general statutes, the regulations of Connecticut state agencies or a collective bargaining agreement.

(P.A. 14-93, S. 2–4.)