Fla. Legislature Yanks Teachers’ Liability Insurance Program

August 10, 2007

  • August 10, 2007 at 10:11 am
    chrome says:
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    This is exactly the solution.Once again those in high risk areas will inherit the higher costs for insurance. Why should the entire state pay premiums for all teachers,Let the local districts cover their own teachers. Get ready for more tax increases in high crime areas!

  • August 11, 2007 at 12:07 pm
    chrome says:
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    Very good idea.
    However parents don’t spank their children anymore.
    It hinders their developement and their opportunity to expand their mind set.
    If parents can’t even speak english how the heck are the children supposed to learn right from wrong?

  • August 10, 2007 at 1:52 am
    KiddingRight? says:
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    One more cost they have to endure on an average salary of $29,000 when FL ranks 29th in the country for salaries…I’m sure the “savings” aren’t going to fix a growing problem.

    Go to:

    http://www.aft.org/salary/2004/download/releases/SalarySurvey-FL.pdf

    Tell me this is going to benefit the students how? Why would I even want to be a teacher in FL

  • August 10, 2007 at 1:56 am
    Fair? says:
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    Wow, Charley and the legisalture can jump in and fix the “insurance crisis” in Florida related to property insurance, and high costs. But the same people yank paying premium for professional liability insurance for a group of highly underpaid employees. Hardly seems fair, huh?

  • August 10, 2007 at 2:17 am
    Little Frog says:
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    The state better beef up its own liability reserves because if my wife, daughter or son gets sued, guess whose going to be the first to be 3rd partied in and counter-sued.

  • August 10, 2007 at 3:01 am
    ted says:
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    Just because the state isn’t funding it doesn’t mean Prof. Liab. isn’t available…the districts should buy it on behalf of their employees. I fail to see why the state needs to insure private employees. Good job FL!!!

  • August 10, 2007 at 3:05 am
    Tom says:
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    The operative sentence in the article is: Students taunt teachers and faculty.
    It goes to show the lack of respect and discipline these kids have for any type of authority figure. These are children who’s parents are in my age bracket. I remember when (old cliche) if I was out of line with a teacher, there were no threats of lawsuit. I had the fear of my father to worry about. Today there is no fear, because parents have ingrained the logic of getting an attorney into theri children and their smarta** kids know this and the teachers hands are tied.
    Maybe if attorney’s know there is not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and learn the teacher was just doing their job, the prostitutes (attorneys) will think twice about a lawsuit. Unfortunately, now the teachers are exposed personally.

  • August 10, 2007 at 3:11 am
    Patriot says:
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    Public schools by and large are failing. Why? Ask the boomers who think their darling are, well, darlings.

    So, close all public schools,encourage private schools and tell the parents that “solly charley” but your kid can be a pain in the *** since he gets little or no descipline at home. Go back to the way it use to be and you will find the parent sent the kid to school with the understanding that if the kid got out of line he would probably get his little arse spanked at school and then at home!
    See the problem is solved.

  • August 12, 2007 at 3:20 am
    wudchuck says:
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    they shud be protected by the county and state. in reality a teacher in a public school system are hired by the local government on behalf of the state government. it wud preclude them to have that insurance available. similar to our e&o policies that most insurance companies have. u are correct, in florida, it shud not be mandatory to teach them to speak spanish (in the early years). that shud be up to the parents if that is what they speak at home. they need to learn english. english is the business language throughout the world. if florida is so worried about the cost? then either get more from the property taxes — or start collecting on income tax (currently there is none in florida)…why are we allowing students to behave with the taunting? why do we keep pushing kids forward through schooling when they can’t to pass a course. back to the issue at hand: Teachers are a vital asset to any community and provide a good model for the students. they help teach valuable assets. they can propel a student to think past the box. who knows, will that be the next president of the US? will he/she be the first person to land on MARS? or will he/she be the farmer who uses the knowledge to provide more food per acreage or better value? Another Einstein? we will never know, because if you don’t protect them, they might quit! then who’s going to teach them?

  • August 13, 2007 at 9:34 am
    Dwolf says:
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    OK so having solved all the problems in the insurance industry FL gov’t is now going to cure their educational and other financial ills. Will the last one out of FL please turn off the lights?



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