Printable Format72-1881. Motor vehicle liability insurance and medical payments insurance. The board of education of every school district or its contract carrier may purchase motor vehicle liability insurance and medical payments insurance for the protection and benefit of the school district and the officers, agents and employees for the school district and the students, officers, agents and employees thereof who are transported in or operate school buses owned, operated, maintained or controlled by the school district and of persons while riding in or upon, entering or alighting from such vehicles.
History: L. 1968, ch. 401, § 10; L. 1969, ch. 357, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 186, § 26; L. 1980, ch. 87, § 2; L. 1990, ch. 262, § 1; July 1.
Source or Prior Law:
72-8404.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"The Kansas Tort Claims Act and School Districts," Susan C. Jacobson, 28 K.L.R. 619, 632 (1980).
"Should There Be Home Rule for Kansas School Districts?" Charles Benjamin, 5 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y, No. 3, 175, 178, 183 (1996).
Attorney General's Opinions:
Purchase of insurance by unified school district. 1999-24.