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90_HB2578
105 ILCS 5/2-3.124
Amends the School Code. Includes certificated employees
of a regional office of education among the employees for
which the State Board of Education is to provide or arrange
to have provided specified liability insurance coverage
without cost to the person accepting the coverage. Effective
immediately.
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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 of schools and regional offices of education.
10 Beginning with the 1998-99 school year, the State Board of
11 Education shall provide or arrange to have provided for each
12 certificated person who receives a salary or wages in
13 exchange for performing educational employment activities on
14 behalf of a school board, board of trustees, joint agreement
15 program board, cooperative program board, or similar
16 governing body of a public elementary or secondary
17 educational unit, or regional office of education in Illinois
18 educators liability coverage in amounts no less than: (1)
19 $1,000,000 per person per occurrence, not to include any
20 civil rights issue or claims; (2) $250,000 per person per
21 occurrence for any civil rights issue or claims and not to
22 include any other claims; and (3) $3,000,000 per occurrence
23 aggregate for all claims.
24 The coverage provided by the State Board shall also
25 include: (1) reimbursement of attorney fees for defense of a
26 criminal proceeding in an amount not less than $35,000 per
27 proceeding; (2) bail bond coverage of not less than $1,000
28 per bond; and (3) assault-related personal property damage
29 coverage of not less than $250 per incident.
30 The liability coverage required by this Section shall be
31 provided at no cost to the covered persons accepting such
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1 coverage.
2 The State Board shall adopt such rules and regulations as
3 are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
4 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.