§ 21-3-128 — Protection or insurance of board members, teachers and other personnel against personal liability

The board of trustees of each school district within the state
may save harmless and protect all board members, teachers, and
other personnel from financial loss arising out of any claim,
demand, suit, or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or
other act resulting in accidental bodily injury or death to any
person within or without the school building; provided, such
board member, teacher, or other personnel at the time of the
accident was acting in the discharge of his duties within the
scope of his employment. Each board of trustees may procure
appropriate policies of insurance to maintain this protection,
or it may elect in its discretion to act as a self-insurer.
This section shall not be construed as creating or tending to
create a liability of the school district so protecting or
insuring board members, teachers, or other personnel, nor shall
the failure to procure such insurance as is authorized by this
section be construed as creating any liability of the school
district.