School Law Bulletin #1998/01

This is Part III of a four-part series discussing issues of liability in school volunteer programs. Part I discussed circumstances in which volunteers themselves could be liable for harm they cause while performing services for a public school. Part II addressed the potential liability of a school board for its own negligence in circumstances in which a volunteer is harmed, or causes harm, during school service. Part III discusses a school board’s potential vicarious liability for harm that is caused by someone else in a school volunteer program.