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Lawmakers hear request to subsidize optional teacher professional-liability insurance
Summary
A lawmaker asked the committee to approve a one-time appropriation to help subsidize optional professional-liability policies teachers may purchase under House Bill 267; the requested amount was roughly $795,000 and the program would be opt-in and administered by the Division of Risk Management.
Representative John Tesher (sponsor) presented a request for appropriations to the General Government Appropriations Subcommittee asking the Legislature to subsidize teacher professional-liability insurance that would be offered as an opt-in policy to educators.
"There's a bill ... House Bill 267, that deals with public sector labor unions," Tesher said, and he explained that one component of the bill tasks the Division of Risk Management to procure an outside policy teachers could opt into for narrow professional-liability coverage in classroom or licensing disputes. Tesher asked for a one-time request for…
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