After breaking up nine years ago, the state reconciled with insurance giant Gallagher & Co. and is now offering $2 million professional liability insurance coverage for educators and instructional staff.
Education Commissioner Pam Stewart says that the program offers full-time instructional personnel – which, under state statutes, includes teachers, learning resource specialists, education paraprofessionals and school librarians, counselors, social workers, career specialists and psychologists – protection from financial ruin and “peace of mind” for incidents that occur while on the job.
