(a) (1) (A) Whenever a schoolteacher is absent from his or her duties in a public school as a result of personal injury caused by either an assault or a criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of his or her employment, the teacher shall be granted a leave of absence from school with full pay for up to one (1) year from the date of the injury. (B) Teachers who suffer personal injury while intervening in student fights, restraining a student, or protecting a student from harm shall be considered to be injured as a result of an assault or a criminal act. (2) The leave of absence for personal injury from an assault or a criminal act shall not be charged to the teacher's sick leave authorized under this subchapter. (b) The board of directors of each school district shall adopt written policies for the implementation of this section and incorporate them as part of the written personnel policies of the school district. Acts 1993, No. 1115, § 2; 1999, No. 1494, § 1. (a) (1) (A) Whenever a schoolteacher is absent from his or her duties in a public school as a result of personal injury caused by either an assault or a criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of his or her employment, the teacher shall be granted a leave of absence from school with full pay for up to one (1) year from the date of the injury. (B) Teachers who suffer personal injury while intervening in student fights, restraining a student, or protecting a student from harm shall be considered to be injured as a result of an assault or a criminal act. (2) The leave of absence for personal injury from an assault or a criminal act shall not be charged to the teacher's sick leave authorized under this subchapter. (b) The board of directors of each school district shall adopt written policies for the implementation of this section and incorporate them as part of the written personnel policies of the school district. Acts 1993, No. 1115, § 2; 1999, No. 1494, § 1. (a) (1) (A) Whenever a schoolteacher is absent from his or her duties in a public school as a result of personal injury caused by either an assault or a criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of his or her employment, the teacher shall be granted a leave of absence from school with full pay for up to one (1) year from the date of the injury. (B) Teachers who suffer personal injury while intervening in student fights, restraining a student, or protecting a student from harm shall be considered to be injured as a result of an assault or a criminal act. (2) The leave of absence for personal injury from an assault or a criminal act shall not be charged to the teacher's sick leave authorized under this subchapter. (b) The board of directors of each school district shall adopt written policies for the implementation of this section and incorporate them as part of the written personnel policies of the school district. Acts 1993, No. 1115, § 2; 1999, No. 1494, § 1. (a) (1) (A) Whenever a schoolteacher is absent from his or her duties in a public school as a result of personal injury caused by either an assault or a criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of his or her employment, the teacher shall be granted a leave of absence from school with full pay for up to one (1) year from the date of the injury. (B) Teachers who suffer personal injury while intervening in student fights, restraining a student, or protecting a student from harm shall be considered to be injured as a result of an assault or a criminal act. (2) The leave of absence for personal injury from an assault or a criminal act shall not be charged to the teacher's sick leave authorized under this subchapter. (1) (A) Whenever a schoolteacher is absent from his or her duties in a public school as a result of personal injury caused by either an assault or a criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of his or her employment, the teacher shall be granted a leave of absence from school with full pay for up to one (1) year from the date of the injury. (B) Teachers who suffer personal injury while intervening in student fights, restraining a student, or protecting a student from harm shall be considered to be injured as a result of an assault or a criminal act. (A) Whenever a schoolteacher is absent from his or her duties in a public school as a result of personal injury caused by either an assault or a criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of his or her employment, the teacher shall be granted a leave of absence from school with full pay for up to one (1) year from the date of the injury. (B) Teachers who suffer personal injury while intervening in student fights, restraining a student, or protecting a student from harm shall be considered to be injured as a result of an assault or a criminal act. (2) The leave of absence for personal injury from an assault or a criminal act shall not be charged to the teacher's sick leave authorized under this subchapter. (b) The board of directors of each school district shall adopt written policies for the implementation of this section and incorporate them as part of the written personnel policies of the school district. Acts 1993, No. 1115, § 2; 1999, No. 1494, § 1.
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