2011 Idaho Code
TITLE 33 EDUCATION
CHAPTER 5 DISTRICT TRUSTEES
33-524 LIABILITY INSURANCE.

Liability insurance. The legislature finds and declares:

(1) Educators make decisions everyday that may affect their families' financial future and therefore finds a need for educators to have accessible information about providers of professional liability insurance for educators.

(2) School districts seek to protect their employees from harmful liability and are also in the best position to inform employees about protections available to them.

(3) All employees of a school district shall be informed of all of their options in regards to professional liability insurance for educators. To that end school districts shall disclose to all employees a professional liability insurance for educators provider list. Districts shall encourage employees who have interaction with students to have such insurance although no employee is required to carry such insurance.

(4) School districts shall create a list for such disclosure. Any provider authorized by the state shall be added to the school district's list by request, if the insurance provided is underwritten by a licensed insurance company with an A. M. Best rating of B+ or better. No provider shall be denied if the provider is properly authorized within the state and meets the provisions of this section.

(5) Providers are required to submit complete and accurate information regarding their insurance to each school district in the state by June 30 in order for information to be included on the list for the ensuing school year. School districts receiving information regarding insurance after June 30 shall not be required to include the information in the list of insurance options.

(6) "Complete and accurate information" is defined as name of provider, business mailing address, telephone number and website information.

(7) School districts shall provide name of provider, business mailing address, telephone number and website information to all employees. School districts shall not endorse any provider, product or service.

(8) School districts are hereby required to provide all employees with a list of insurance options on the first day all teachers and staff are required to report back to school for the start of the school year. All employees shall be required to sign a form indicating that they have received information about their insurance options. School districts shall require employees to review and sign the disclosure each year he or she is employed with the district. Disclosure forms shall list the names of insurance providers disclosed to employees and remain on file with the school district. The disclosure forms shall be held for a period of three (3) years and shall be accessible to the public by request.

(9) School districts are required to provide substitute teachers and pre-service teachers with a list of insurance options prior to their first day of teaching in the school district. Substitute teachers and pre-service teachers will be required to sign a form indicating that they have received information about their insurance options. This form shall list the names of insurance providers disclosed to employees.

(10) Each school district shall have an updated list available upon request from an employee of that district. School districts may post such information on a staff website or the intranet.

(11) For the purposes of this section, "providers" refers to any provider of professional liability insurance for educators. "Employees" refers to all certificated and noncertificated staff in a school district. "List" refers to the document containing a description of all providers offering professional liability insurance for educators to employees of the school district. "Form" refers to a document to be signed by school district employees who acknowledge such disclosure.