RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF
STUDENT DRIVER EDUCATION TEACHERS FROM SOUTHERN
BE IT RESOLVED
by the Board of Education of School District No.____________, of
_____________________________, Illinois, in regular meeting assembled, that the
chief administrative officer of the school or schools under our jurisdiction is
hereby authorized and directed to enter into arrangements in conformity
herewith for the use of school facilities and assignment of driver education teachers
for the supervision of students of Southern Illinois University as student driver
education teachers for the academic year of Southern Illinois University
__________ - __________, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the
said student driver education teaching arrangements shall be consistent with
the usual plan of such supervised student driver education teaching as
conducted by Southern Illinois University; namely:
(a) That the cooperating master driver education teacher
who isare to perform the direct supervision
shall be selected by University officials with the approval of this Board’s
chief administrative school officer.
(b) That for each academic semester of Southern
Illinois University during which a cooperating master driver education teacher
is assigned one or more full-time or part-time student driver education teachers
hereunder, the cooperating master driver education teacher will receive no
additional compensation from SIUC.
(c) That the University shall exercise no
authority over the school programs, procedures, or policies; and that the only control
functions to be exercised by the University shall be through its occasional
meetings of the cooperating master driver education teacher, its requirements
for proper and appropriate reports to be made by such cooperating master driver
education teacher concerning the work of their student driver education teachers,
and through its selection of cooperating driver education teachers with the
advice and consent of the chief administrative school officer; provided,
however, that major changes in school programs, procedures, or policies, shall
be reported to the University for its information.
(d) That the student driver education teachers
assigned by the University to this school district shall be responsible at all
times to the local school administration and to the cooperating master driver
education teachers under which they are placed in all matters pertaining to
teaching, discipline, and school policy.
(e) That the student driver education teachers assigned
by the University to this school district will have successfully passed an
(f) SIUC shall provide and maintain professional
liability insurance coverage for all its paid employees acting within the scope
of their appointments, and similarly provides such insurance coverage for any
of its enrolled students while acting in the scope of an approved unpaid student
teachers driver education program for which academic credit or the equivalent
may be awarded. This professional
liability coverage for paid employees and unpaid student driver education teachers
is provided through the
(g) The school district shall provide facilities
and practice appropriate for successful completion of the driver education
program. The school district shall
provide learning experiences that are compatible with the missions of SIUC. The
school district shall accept an agreed upon number of SIUC student(s) in the
driver education student teacher program.
(h) In the event of injury, a student driver
education teacher will be required to report to a local emergency care unit,
where the physician on duty will be responsible for determining the proper
course of treatment. Any cost or expense associated with such care or treatment
shall be the student's sole and individual responsibility, except when an
injury results from acts or omissions of the school district, its agents or
employees.
(i) To the extent
permitted by law, the school district shall indemnify and hold harmless SIUC,
its agents and employees, from any claims, demands, or actions for injury or
death of any person, or damage to or destruction of property, to the extent
arising out of the act, failure to act, or negligence of the school district,
its agents or employees in connection with the activity which is the subject of
this Agreement.
(j) School district shall provide and maintain
professional liability insurance coverage for claims of bodily injury, property
damage and professional liability, which shall include insuring itself and its
agents and employees for their acts, failures to act, or negligence, rising out
of, or caused by, the activity which is the subject of this Agreement. School
district shall provide a copy of its liability insurance coverage policy to
SIUC upon request.
(k) School district shall provide and maintain
standard driver education vehicle in safe operating condition, properly
licensed, and liability insurance coverage for claims of bodily injury,
property damage and professional liability, which shall include insuring itself
and its agents and employees for their acts, failures to act, or negligence,
rising out of, or caused by, the activity which is the subject of this
Agreement. School district shall provide a copy of its liability insurance coverage
policy to SIUC upon request. and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the
assignment of any particular student driver education teacher or any particular
cooperating master driver education teacher may be terminated at will by this
Board or by the University, and that this agreement may be wholly terminated at
will by this Board or by the University upon two weeks’ notice effective at the
end of any academic semester of Southern Illinois University, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said
school district is cognizant that Southern Illinois University Carbondale, in compliance
with the equal opportunity clause of the Statutes of the State of Illinois, and
with the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Act, arranges placement for student
teachers, interns, and practicum students without regard to factors of race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, or ancestry, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this
resolution become a part of the minutes of this meeting of the Board of
Education and that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Southern
Illinois University with the Secretary’s attestation that it was duly adopted
by the Board and included in the Board minutes.
I, _____________________________________,
duly elected Secretary of the Board of Education of School District Number
___________ of _________________________________, Illinois, do hereby certify
that the above resolution was duly adopted by the said Board of Education on
the _____________ day of
_____________________________,
____________, and is recorded in the minutes of the said Board under
that date.
_____________________________________________________
Secretary,
Board of Education
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