37-6-15 - Surety bond for school board member; premiums.
§ 37-6-15. Surety bond for school board member; premiums.
(1) Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, each member of the school board shall give a surety bond in the penal sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved in the manner provided by law.
(2) The school board may execute a blanket surety bond for each school district official and employee (including school business managers and any other employee who receipts and/or disburses school district funds) in the penalty of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), unless a different penalty is prescribed by statute, to be payable, conditioned and approved in the manner provided by law. The premium on said bond shall be paid out of the school district maintenance fund.
Sources: Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 8; Laws, 1996, ch. 302, § 7; Laws, 2009, ch. 467, § 14, eff from and after July 1, 2009.