S 316
107th Congress
Senate
Education
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary schools
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Home schooling
Kindergarten
Law
Liability (Law)
Private schools
Punitive damages
School administrators
School discipline
School principals
Secondary education
State laws
Teacher education
Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Liability Protection Act of 2001
Introduced: February 13, 2001
Introduced by:
McConnell, Mitch
Republican
· Kentucky
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 13, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1338-1339)
Feb 13, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1338)
Feb 13, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Liability Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a new title XV, Teacher Liability Protection.
Preempts State law, except where it provides additional protection of teachers from liability. Makes ESEA title XV inapplicable to any civil action in State court against a teacher in which all parties are citizens of the State if such State enacts a statute electing that ESEA title XV not apply.
Provides that no teacher in a school shall be liable for harm caused by an act or omission on behalf of the school if the teacher was acting within the scope of employment or responsibilities relating to providing educational services, subject to specified requirements and exceptions. Limits punitive damages and liability for non-economic loss.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1338-1339)
Committees of jurisdiction
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