HCPSS MPIA Request #2022-094

Requestor
Christi McCloud
Requested Information
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the Sunshine Act, and Maryland’s Public Information Act (PIA),
I request that a photocopy of the following documents be provided to me:
• Copy of your Public Official Surety Bond Maryland law: State Government Code Ann. § 9-1704
• A photocopy of the governing board of education blanket surety bond if your board requires the members to be bonded under a blanket bond.
• A photocopy of your Errors & Omissions (E&O), a Surety Liability Insurance policy, and the Duty of Care policy if applicable.
• A photocopy of your school board General Obligation Bonds if applicable.
• A photocopy of your general long term bond for the school board if applicable.
• A photocopy of your school board Crime Policy if applicable.
• A photocopy of your Risk Management Policy if applicable.
• A photocopy of the following documents if applicable:
o ACORD 125
o ACORD 126
o ACORD 127
o ACORD 128
o The documents should indicate the policy number and the insured amount of the policy.
• A photocopy of the Certificate of Liability if applicable.
• Public Officials and/or any other bonds pertaining to proof of liability and policies. **Based on any and all loses of financial responsibility due to negligence or dishonesty. Any and all based on the contract of terms and conditions.
• A photocopy of the Faithful Performance Bond if applicable.
• A photocopy of the Fidelity Bond if applicable.
• A photocopy of the Public Employee Dishonesty Policy if applicable.
• A photocopy of the Public Employee Blanket Bond if applicable.
• A photocopy of the Statutory Bond if applicable.
• A photocopy of the Official Bond if applicable.
• A photocopy of the power of attorney for the surety bond company.
• A photo copy of the Blanket Bond power of attorney for the surety bond company if applicable.
• A photocopy of your oath of office.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes


 

Responsive Documents
Copies of certificates of coverage relating to the liability coverages and the crime coverage that the Maryland Association Board of Education Group Insurance Pool provides to the Board. Please note, the liability coverages would not directly provide coverage to you for losses that you may claim to have sustained. Rather, they provide coverage to the Board and its employees for claims asserted by third parties against them. Like the bonding, the crime coverage provides coverage to the Board for direct loss sustained by the Board. It does not provide coverage to you for any damages that you may allege to have sustained. Beyond these certificates, copies of the Scopes of Coverage themselves, which are lengthy and technical can be made available. The Certificates more simply explain the coverages, however please let us know your preference in continuing this response to collect and release those records. As to the remainder of your requests, as we understand them, they are inapplicable and/or the Board does not possess responsive records of the type requested.

*Some request language is summarized to include the requester's specific document requests and legally protected information (such as personally identifiable information of a student) or personal, defamatory and malicious content removed at the discretion of the school system.

**Responses containing legally protected information available only to the person of interest are omitted from the above report.

***Howard County Public Schools reserves the right to remove erroneous or outdated documents from this site.