DBS CODE:  4148

DBS CODE:  4248

PESONNEL - CERTIFICATED/NON-CERTIFICATED:

Employee Protection:

An employee may use reasonable force as is necessary to protect himself/herself from attack, to protect another person or property, to quell a disturbance threatening physical injury to others, or to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects upon the person or in the control of a pupil.

Employees shall immediately report cases of assault suffered by them in connection with  their employment to their principal or other immediate superior.  The school building principal must report such assaults to the local Law Enforcement Agency.  Such notification shall be forwarded immediately to the Superintendent who shall comply with any reasonable request from the employee for information in the possession of the Superintendent relating to the incident or the persons involved, and shall act in appropriate ways as liaison between the employee, the police and the courts.

No school administrator shall interfere with the right of a teacher or other school employee to file a complaint with the local police authority in cases of threats of physical violence or actual physical violence against such teacher or employee.

As required by Law, the Board of Education will file a report semi-annually with the State Board of Education indicating the number of threats and physical assaults made by students upon teachers, administrators and other school personnel, and the number of physical assaults involving dangerous weapons made by students upon other students.

If criminal or civil proceedings are brought against an employee alleging that the employee committed an assault in connection with his/her employment, such employee may request the Board of Education to furnish legal counsel to defend the employee in any civil action or proceeding brought against the employee, within the limits set by Law.

The Board of Education shall reimburse an employee for the cost of medical, surgical or hospital services (less the amount of any insurance reimbursement) incurred as the result of any injury sustained in the course of his/her employment.

Legal Reference:  Connecticut General Statutes

10-233b removal of pupils from class

10-233c Suspensions of pupils

10-233g Boards to report school violence. Reports of principals to policy authority

10-235 Indemnification of teachers, Board and commission

members and employees in damage suits; expenses

of litigation.

10-236 Liability insurance

10-236a Indemnification of educational personnel assaulted in the line of duty

52-557b Immunity from liability for emergency medical assistance, first aid or medication by injection. School personnel not required to administer or render.

53a-18 Use of reasonable physical force or deadly physical force generally.

53a-19 Use of physical force in defense of person

Adopted:  April 27, 1981

July 9, 2009