§416.11. Discipline of pupils; limitation of liability
A. A teacher, principal, or administrator in a public school system or in an approved
nonpublic school shall be immune from civil liability for any act or failure to act in the
directing of or disciplining of school students under his care and supervision, unless such act
or failure to act was malicious and willfully and deliberately intended to cause bodily harm.
B.(1) A teacher, principal, or administrator in a public school system or in an
approved nonpublic school who intervenes and acts in justifiable defense to protect a student
or a school employee from a battery or aggravated battery committed by one or more students
shall be immune from civil liability and criminal prosecution unless the act of intervention
was malicious and willfully and deliberately intended to cause bodily harm.
(2) Nothing in this Subsection shall require a teacher, principal, or administrator to
intervene in a battery or aggravated battery committed by a student.
C. This Section shall not be applicable to the operation, use, or maintenance of any
motor vehicle.
Acts 1997, No. 401, §1; Acts 2023, No. 56, §1.