Opinion No. 72-231 (1972) Ag

** Summary **

CIVIL ACTION AGAINST SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OFFICIALS — PAYMENT OF LEGAL FEES When a school district and its board of education is named as a defendant in a civil action, expenditures from public funds for payment of attorneys fees and other legal costs of defense are proper. When individual board members are named as defendants in a civil action, public expenditures for payment of the costs of their defense are proper when the board members are named only in their official capacity and when no individual liability is sought to be imposed. When members of a local board of education…