Ministry of Education Provides Insurance Support For Student Athletes
By 250 News
Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:57 AM
Prince George, B.C. - The Ministry of Education announced it will grant B.C. School Sports(BCSS) $45,000 to provide liability insurance coverage for all volunteers at interschool sport competitions.
Shirley Bond, Minister of Education says that B.C. Sports has been a leader in supporting extracurricular sports in the B.C. school system for more than 40 years "Thanks to the dedicated work of countless volunteers, including exceptional teacher-coaches, our schools are able to offer high quality interschool sporting events to students."
The grant will provide liability insurance protection for all volunteers who work with teams and sports in secondary schools, and who are members of the BCSS. The BCSS provides sporting events to more than 415 member schools which serve more than 100,000 high school student athletes.
Mary Polak, Sport Minister believes this is a necessary need for school sports, "BC School Sports depends on dedicated volunteers, no volunteer should have to put themselves at unnecessary risk in order to serve such a meaningful role for our students."
Statistics show that one in four B.C. schoolchildren is overweight orobese. To further promote healthy choices and lifestyles in children and youth, the Province has mandated daily physical activity for students, and has eliminated the sale of junk food in elementary schools. The government will eliminate junk food sales in secondary schools by September 2008 and has banned tobacco use on school grounds.
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