1. The laptop is owned by the school, so the parents can't add the
laptop to their homeowners insurance or take out private insurance.
2. The parents aren't paying anything separate.
I would say there are two possible ways to handle it:
Add an insurance cost to the tuition, and the school buys replacement
insurance.
Or, what we did at our last school, is have parents sign a waiver saying
if the student laptop repairs were not covered by the standard extended
warranty, they had to pay for the repairs in full or pay to get a new
laptop. This would include if the laptop was stolen, misplaced, etc.
The parents had to pay the school for the broken or stolen laptop, and
the school bought a new one. The new one was still owned by the school.
Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Candelario
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:29 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: ISED - laptop insurance in a 1:1 environment
Dear ISED,
I know this topic has previously come up on the ISED listserv, but I
have
a specific question regarding laptop loss/theft insurance for
one-to-one.
. .
How do you address loss/theft insurance when the school-provided laptop
is
included in the tuition and NOT a separate expense?
Does your school insure them or is it the responsibility of the parents
to
insure them (if desired)? If the latter, then what happens when a
laptop
is lost or stolen? . . Are the parents sent a bill for replacement cost
of the laptop?
Thanks,
Dave Candelario
MICDS Director of Technology
314-995-7478
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