Risk Management Best Practices: Tools for Protecting Your School from Liability
Charter schools face numerous liability risks, including facility safety issues, sexual harassment, bullying, problematic contract terms, cyber liability, employee claims, field trips, and transportation. However, there are a variety of protective steps charter schools can take to minimize these liability risks.
This session will review the most common risk management issues for charter schools, as well as provide attendees with useful tools to minimize liability.
Presented by
Karen Bianchini
Managing Director, Risk Management
CharterSAFE
Karen Bianchini is the Managing Director of Risk Management at CharterSAFE. Karen joined CharterSAFE in March 2020 bringing with her over 40 years of insurance and risk management experience in both private and public sectors. Karen holds the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation. She also serves as Board President for (PARMA) Public Agency Risk Management Association whose mission is dedicated to the professional development of all California public agency personnel with responsibility for risk management.
Sarah Kollman
Partner/Attorney
Young, Minney & Corr LLP
A dedicated and fierce advocate for charter schools throughout the last decade, Sarah Kollman has devoted her primary practice areas to protection of charter school facility rights, primarily focused on defense and litigation of rights arising out of Proposition 39, but also including facility lease and use agreements, zoning and building code compliance, public works requirements, and real property transactions.