HB 1255 - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Includes educational service districts in school district provisions.

     Provides that educational service districts (ESDs) may permit their employees to participate in deferred compensation programs.  The conditions that govern permissible programs are identical to conditions governing school district sponsored deferred compensation programs.

     Provides that ESDs may provide different types of insurance policies to students, employees, board members, and the dependents of each.  ESDs may offer the same types of insurance coverage that school districts may offer.  ESDs, like school districts, may also offer and pay all or part of the cost of insurance protection for students in interscholastic athletics.