KRS 167.250: Liability insurance for drivers of motor vehicles transporting specified

students.

The chief state school officer may provide liability insurance or an indemnity bond

against the negligence of drivers of motor vehicles owned or operated by the Departm ent

of Education for the transportation of members of the student bodies of the Kentucky

School for the Blind, the Kentucky School for the Deaf, and the Carl D. Perkins

Vocational Training Center. If the transportation of members of the student bodies is l et

out under contract, the contract shall require the contractor to carry an indemnity bond or

liability insurance against negligence in such amounts as the chief state school officer

designates. In either case, the indemnity bond or insurance policy shall be issued by a

surety or insurance company authorized to transact business in this state, and shall bind

the company to pay any final judgment not to exceed the limits of the policy rendered

against the insured for loss or damage to property of any studen t or other person, or death

or injury of any student or other person.