Legislation
- Title
- Civil Actions - Civil Immunity - Educator Intervention in Student Violence (Good Teacher Protection Act)
- Sponsored by
- Delegates Cox, Anderton, Arikan, Atterbeary, Boyce, Brooks, Buckel, Cain, Cardin, Chisholm, Ciliberti, Corderman, Grammer, Hartman, Hornberger, Kerr, Kipke, Krebs, Krimm, Mangione, McComas, Metzgar, Morgan, Parrott, Pippy, Proctor, Saab, Shoemaker, Smith, Szeliga, Valderrama, R. Watson, Wivell, and K. Young
- Status
- In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Providing that a staff member of a school, acting in an official capacity, is not civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from intervention in a student altercation or other student disturbance if the staff member intervened in a reasonably prudent manner and the actions taken do not constitute grossly negligent, willful, wanton, or intentionally tortious conduct.
Committees
- Original:
- Judiciary
- Opposite:
- Judicial Proceedings
Committee Testimony
Details
Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): October 1, 2020
Last Updated: 9/22/2020 2:06 PM