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Okaloosa school board workshop discussion leads superintendent to pull proposed risk‑management settlement policy
Summary
Board members debated a proposed policy to let the superintendent settle certain insurance claims up to set dollar limits; after questions about oversight and future boards the superintendent asked that the item be removed from the agenda for further work.
A proposed School Board policy to give the superintendent authority to approve certain claim settlements without prior board approval prompted extended discussion at the School Board of Okaloosa County workshop and was removed from the agenda at the superintendent's request.
The proposal, presented by attorney Michael McGinnis, would have allowed the superintendent to authorize settlements “up to certain limits” for claims fully covered by the district's insurer, FISBIT, and required notification to the board if a settlement were approved. McGinnis told the board: “This is simply providing authority to the…
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