Stevensville School District

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Trustee Insurance

The District shall maintain sufficient insurance to protect the Board and its individual members against liability arising from actions of the Board or its individual members while each is acting on behalf of the District and within the trustee’s authority.

An additional trustee, as provided for in 20-3-352(2), who is chosen as a nonvoting chairperson of the board of an elementary district is entitled to all of the immunization, defenses, and indemnifications as described in 20-3-322, MCA.

Legal References:
§ 20-3-331, MCA Purchase of insurance – self-insurance plan
§ 20-3-332, MCA Personal immunity and liability of trustees
§ 20-3-352(2), MCA Request and determination of number of high school district additional trustee positions – non-voting trustee

Policy History:
Adopted on: February 12,2002
Reviewed on: February 12,2013; March 12, 2013
Revised on: December 17,2001