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90_HB2486
105 ILCS 5/2-3.124
Amends the School Code. In the provisions relating to
liability coverage for certificated school employees,
replaces references to the "State Board" with references to
the "State Board of Education".
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 2-3.124.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 2-3.124 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.124)
8 Sec. 2-3.124. Liability coverage for certificated school
9 employees. Beginning with the 1998-99 school year, the State
10 Board of Education shall provide or arrange to have provided
11 for each certificated person who receives a salary or wages
12 in exchange for performing educational employment activities
13 on behalf of a school board, board of trustees, joint
14 agreement program board, cooperative program board, or
15 similar governing body of a public elementary or secondary
16 educational unit in Illinois educators liability coverage in
17 amounts no less than: (1) $1,000,000 per person per
18 occurrence, not to include any civil rights issue or claims;
19 (2) $250,000 per person per occurrence for any civil rights
20 issue or claims and not to include any other claims; and (3)
21 $3,000,000 per occurrence aggregate for all claims.
22 The coverage provided by the State Board of Education
23 shall also include: (1) reimbursement of attorney fees for
24 defense of a criminal proceeding in an amount not less than
25 $35,000 per proceeding; (2) bail bond coverage of not less
26 than $1,000 per bond; and (3) assault-related personal
27 property damage coverage of not less than $250 per incident.
28 The liability coverage required by this Section shall be
29 provided at no cost to the covered persons accepting such
30 coverage.
31 The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules and
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1 regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of
2 this Section.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)