Utrust - Appreciating, Developing, and Supporting School Staff

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About Us

What is Utrust?

Utrust is an organization that began in 1980 as the Tennessee School Boards Insurance Trust. Its mission is to assist local school boards with employee recognition appreciation and development. It is governed by a seven-member Board of Trustees elected by member school boards. Historically, its primary focus has been the administration of unemployment compensation for local school boards. Read more…

Our History

In 1935, a provision to provide Unemployment Compensation benefits for workers temporarily unemployed through no fault of their own was signed into law. Effective January 1, 1978, this provision was amended to extend coverage to government agencies. With this extension of coverage came costs to school boards which continued to escalate. Read more…

Who’s Who

These persons has made significant contributions to the success of the Tennessee School Boards Unemployment Compensation Trust (Utrust). Each has played an important role in the history of Utrust and to each of these people the Utrust membership extends their deepest gratitude. Utrust is committed to forever retain a record of their achievements in our archives. Read more…