2020 Georgia Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel
Part 6 - Health Insurance Plans
Subpart 2 - Plan for Public School Teachers
§ 20-2-895. Contracts With Local Employers as to Coverage; Duties of Local Employers
The board is authorized to contract with local employers for the inclusion of the teachers or employees of local employers within any health insurance plan or plans established under this subpart. Local employers are authorized to contract with the board as provided in this Code section. In the event that any contract is entered into, it shall be the duty of any local employers so contracting to deduct from the salary or other compensation of their teachers or employees such payment as may be required under any health insurance plan and to remit the funds to the board for inclusion in the health insurance fund. In addition, it shall be the duty of such local employers to make the employer contributions required for the operation of such plan or plans. For the purposes of this Code section, the term "teachers" shall mean certificated personnel and the term "employees" shall mean all other personnel.
(Ga. L. 1975, p. 37, § 13; Ga. L. 1977, p. 991, § 7; Ga. L. 1986, p. 291, § 4.)
Code Commission notes.- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, "Code section" was substituted for "subsection" in both the second and last sentences.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Local boards may contract to provide insurance for teachers and other employees.
- Effective July 1, 1977, the local boards of education and the State Personnel Board will be authorized to enter into contracts to provide health insurance for public school teachers and other employees of the local boards, so long as the local boards pay the entire employer's contribution for the insurance. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U77-22 (decided prior to amendment by Ga. L. 1986, p. 291, § 4).
Contracts with outside entities not authorized.- Local boards of education are not authorized to contract for insurance with entities other than the State Personnel Board. 1996 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 96-3.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 44A Am. Jur. 2d, Insurance, § 1996.
