§ 17370 School Board Liability Limits

• •School board members can still be held responsible if someone gets hurt or something gets broken, even if it happens at school.
• •This rule doesn’t protect school board members from being blamed if they do something wrong that causes harm.
• •Other laws can still make school board members pay for mistakes or accidents they cause.

A school board member ignores a broken swing set in the playground, and a kid gets hurt because of it.

The school board member can still be in trouble for not fixing the swing set, even if they’re part of the school’s leadership. They might have to pay for the kid’s injuries.