§ 37-3-7. Study of costs of insurance on school buildings and facilities.
(1) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Department of Education, in addition to all other duties and responsibilities imposed upon it by law, to make a continuing survey and study relative to the problem of the cost of insuring public school buildings and other school facilities in this state. Such study and survey shall have as its purpose and object the development and ascertainment of the amount of insurance premiums paid by the school districts of this state for fire, extended coverage and other hazard insurance upon public school buildings and other school facilities in this state, the amount of losses paid by insurance companies under and by virtue of such insurance, the ratio of losses with respect to premiums collected, and such other facts and information with reference to the insurance of public school buildings and other school facilities and the cost thereof as shall be necessary and desirable.
(2) In making such study and survey, the State Department of Education shall be authorized and empowered to inspect and examine the financial records and accounts of the school districts of this state and of such other local, county and state agencies and instrumentalities as shall be deemed to be proper and desirable. It shall be the duty and obligation of all such school districts to prepare and file with the State Department of Education such reports relative to insurance premiums paid, losses sustained or incurred, and other pertinent information with reference to the problem of insurance on school buildings and other school facilities as the State Department of Education shall request.
(3) It shall be the duty and obligation of the state insurance commissioner, the State Fire Marshal, all other agencies of the State of Mississippi and the State Rating Bureau to cooperate with and assist the State Department of Education in the making of the study and survey herein provided for to the end that complete and accurate information shall be developed, and, for such purpose, it shall be the duty and obligation of all such agencies to furnish, upon request of the State Department of Education, all information, material and statistics relating to such study and survey as shall be within the keeping and possession of such agency.
(4) The information developed by the State Department of Education shall be a public record and shall be available for inspection by any interested party at all proper times, and a summary thereof shall be included in the annual report of the State Department of Education.
§ 37-3-7. Study of costs of insurance on school buildings and facilities.
(1) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Department of Education, in addition to all other duties and responsibilities imposed upon it by law, to make a continuing survey and study relative to the problem of the cost of insuring public school buildings and other school facilities in this state. Such study and survey shall have as its purpose and object the development and ascertainment of the amount of insurance premiums paid by the school districts of this state for fire, extended coverage and other hazard insurance upon public school buildings and other school facilities in this state, the amount of losses paid by insurance companies under and by virtue of such insurance, the ratio of losses with respect to premiums collected, and such other facts and information with reference to the insurance of public school buildings and other school facilities and the cost thereof as shall be necessary and desirable.
(2) In making such study and survey, the State Department of Education shall be authorized and empowered to inspect and examine the financial records and accounts of the school districts of this state and of such other local, county and state agencies and instrumentalities as shall be deemed to be proper and desirable. It shall be the duty and obligation of all such school districts to prepare and file with the State Department of Education such reports relative to insurance premiums paid, losses sustained or incurred, and other pertinent information with reference to the problem of insurance on school buildings and other school facilities as the State Department of Education shall request.
(3) It shall be the duty and obligation of the state insurance commissioner, the State Fire Marshal, all other agencies of the State of Mississippi and the State Rating Bureau to cooperate with and assist the State Department of Education in the making of the study and survey herein provided for to the end that complete and accurate information shall be developed, and, for such purpose, it shall be the duty and obligation of all such agencies to furnish, upon request of the State Department of Education, all information, material and statistics relating to such study and survey as shall be within the keeping and possession of such agency.
(4) The information developed by the State Department of Education shall be a public record and shall be available for inspection by any interested party at all proper times, and a summary thereof shall be included in the annual report of the State Department of Education.
§ 37-3-7. Study of costs of insurance on school buildings and facilities.
(1) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Department of Education, in addition to all other duties and responsibilities imposed upon it by law, to make a continuing survey and study relative to the problem of the cost of insuring public school buildings and other school facilities in this state. Such study and survey shall have as its purpose and object the development and ascertainment of the amount of insurance premiums paid by the school districts of this state for fire, extended coverage and other hazard insurance upon public school buildings and other school facilities in this state, the amount of losses paid by insurance companies under and by virtue of such insurance, the ratio of losses with respect to premiums collected, and such other facts and information with reference to the insurance of public school buildings and other school facilities and the cost thereof as shall be necessary and desirable.
(2) In making such study and survey, the State Department of Education shall be authorized and empowered to inspect and examine the financial records and accounts of the school districts of this state and of such other local, county and state agencies and instrumentalities as shall be deemed to be proper and desirable. It shall be the duty and obligation of all such school districts to prepare and file with the State Department of Education such reports relative to insurance premiums paid, losses sustained or incurred, and other pertinent information with reference to the problem of insurance on school buildings and other school facilities as the State Department of Education shall request.
(3) It shall be the duty and obligation of the state insurance commissioner, the State Fire Marshal, all other agencies of the State of Mississippi and the State Rating Bureau to cooperate with and assist the State Department of Education in the making of the study and survey herein provided for to the end that complete and accurate information shall be developed, and, for such purpose, it shall be the duty and obligation of all such agencies to furnish, upon request of the State Department of Education, all information, material and statistics relating to such study and survey as shall be within the keeping and possession of such agency.
(4) The information developed by the State Department of Education shall be a public record and shall be available for inspection by any interested party at all proper times, and a summary thereof shall be included in the annual report of the State Department of Education.
