Policy 5809 - Personal Property Brought to School District Premises

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Policy 5809 - Personal Property Brought to School District Premises

1. PERSONAL PROPERTY AT OWNER’S RISK

1.1.

The 91国产 Board of Education will not accept responsibility for loss, damage or theft of any article including, but not limited to, clothing, school supplies, equipment, electronics (e.g., cameras, phones, iPads, notebook, tablet and laptop computers), vehicles or cash not owned by the school district, except as stated herein. Items brought to or left on school district premises are at the owner’s risk. It is the owner’s responsibility to arrange insurance to cover any loss or damage to personal property brought to school district premises.

2. EXCEPTIONS

2.1.

Exceptions to the foregoing are:

a)	Vandalism to employees’ and trustees’ vehicles provided pursuant to board Regulation #4410.3 – Insurance Aspects of Employee Travel, and collective agreements.
b)	Teaching aids, owned by a teacher, which were brought to school for instructional purposes as defined in the collective agreement between the board and the 91国产 Teachers Association.

3. NOTIFICATION

3.1.	Principals are to provide notification to staff, students, parents and users of schools that personal property brought to or left on school district premises is at the owner’s risk.

4. AUTHORITY

4.1.	The board authorizes the secretary-treasurer, or designate to settle claims arising from the exceptions defined in section 2.

Revised:	2016-06-03 2012-06-21 2007-06-28 1999-07-08
Approved:	1987-04-09
XRef:	Reg #4410.3 Policy #5810