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Georgia School Boards Association expands safety program for workers’ comp
The group says its self-insured workers’ compensation pool now covers 87 participating districts across 180 school districts in Georgia.
Georgia School Boards Association has built a technology-enabled safety and risk management program to manage workers’ compensation across Georgia school districts, where physical hazards are common for staff and facilities. According to Risk & Insurance, the GSBA Workers’ Compensation Fund began in 1992 as a self-insured pool for statewide member districts and now has 87 districts participating. The article describes the program as aimed at supporting smaller districts that may lack resources for training and prevention on their own. Risk & Insurance says the association provides a secure web-based platform called SchoolDog Solutions to fund members at no additional cost. Safety personnel can use phones to conduct walkthroughs, flag hazards in real time, and generate a digital record that feeds into a data log, while a maintenance request feature lets staff report issues such as cracked sidewalks or damaged doors into a repair queue. The article also credits the program’s broader approach to prevention, combining tools like SchoolDog with member access to additional online training resources, along with regular communication designed to deliver consistent safety support across districts of different sizes.