On Wednesday, the House Courts Civil Law Subcommittee heard legislation that if passed, would have repealed a school board's sovereign immunity. HB 347 patroned by Delegate Chad Green (R- York), would have permitted any school board employee who suffers bodily injury in the course of his employment on school board property after notifying the appropriate school principal, division superintendent, or school board that a working condition or situation was reasonably likely to lead to such bodily injury to bring a civil cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction for appropriate relief, including damages, against school board for any negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, willful and wanton conduct, vicarious liability, or any applicable combination thereof for any act or omission that was a proximate cause of such bodily injury.
After discussion of the legislation by the subcommittee, the bill was Continued until the 2025 session of the Virginia General Assembly.
