6500P: Risk Management

The Risk Manager will:

A. File the identification and location of designated agent (claims for damages) form with the King County Recorder’s Office;

B. Report to the superintendent situations where he/she feels the district faces the greatest potential liability, the changes he/she feels should be made to reduce the risk and the estimated cost of such changes;

C. Examine the feasibility of and communicates with and provides guidelines and procedures for staff in areas where he/she feels risk is great or can be lessened;

D. Assume responsibility for the district's insurance program;

E. Review annually the insurable value of the district's buildings and equipment and report to the superintendent;

F. Supervise an annual inventory of all real property and equipment. (Refer to Policy 6570 and Administrative Procedure 6570P - Property and Data Management.); and

G. Process all claims against the district as directed by the superintendent.

Claims for Damages

A. The district will provide each claimant with instructions for completing the District’s tort claim form;

B. Claimants must submit Washington Standard Tort Form #SF 210; and

C. The claimant must complete all sections of the form, sign the form and submit it to the Bellevue School District Superintendent at 12111 N.E. 1st Street, Bellevue, WA 98005. The business hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for authorized holidays.