PERSONAL INJURY BENEFITS. Whenever a teacher is absent from school because of personal injury resulting from an assault occurring on school property or at a school-sponsored event and suffered in relation to the performance of a responsibility or assigned duty, the teacher will be paid full salary less the amount of any worker’s compensation or disability insurance received due to such injury until the termination of the employment contract or the end of the school year, whichever occurs first. No part of such covered absence will be chargeable to annual sick leave. The board shall, however, have the right to have the teacher examined by a physician designated by the board for the purpose of establishing the length of time the teacher may be absent, and the board shall make its decision on the basis of the professional opinion of said physician. The board, in its discretion and upon investigation of all facts of the incident, shall provide such support as is statutorily permissible for any assault upon a teacher acting in the discharge of official school duties.
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