2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 158 - CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS 158.148 Student discipline guidelines and model policy -- Local code of acceptable behavior and discipline -- Required contents of code.
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158.148
Student discipline guidelines and model policy -- Local code of
acceptable behavior and discipline -- Required contents of code.
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In cooperation with the Kentucky Education Association, the Kentucky School
Boards Association, the Kentucky Association of School Administrators, the
Kentucky Association of Professional Educators, the Kentucky Association of
School Superintendents, the Parent-Teachers Association, the Kentucky
Chamber of Commerce, the Farm Bureau, members of the Interim Joint
Committee on Education, and other interested groups, and in collaboration with
the Center for School Safety, the Department of Education shall develop or
update as needed and distribute to all districts by August 31 of each
even-numbered year, beginning August 31, 2008:
(a) Statewide student discipline guidelines to ensure safe schools, including
the definition of serious incident for the reporting purposes as identified in
KRS 158.444;
(b) Recommendations designed to improve the learning environment and
school climate, parental and community involvement in the schools, and
student achievement; and
(c) A model policy to implement the provisions of this section and KRS
158.156, 158.444, 525.070, and 525.080.
The department shall obtain statewide data on major discipline problems and
reasons why students drop out of school. In addition, the department, in
collaboration with the Center for School Safety, shall identify successful
strategies currently being used in programs in Kentucky and in other states and
shall incorporate those strategies into the statewide guidelines and the
recommendations under subsection (1) of this section.
Copies of the discipline guidelines shall be distributed to all school districts.
The statewide guidelines shall contain broad principles and legal requirements
to guide local districts in developing their own discipline code and school
councils in the selection of discipline and classroom management techniques
under KRS 158.154; and in the development of the district-wide safety plan.
Each local board of education shall be responsible for formulating a code of
acceptable behavior and discipline to apply to the students in each school
operated by the board. The code shall be updated no less frequently than
every two (2) years, with the first update being completed by November 30,
2008.
(a) The superintendent, or designee, shall be responsible for overall
implementation and supervision, and each school principal shall be
responsible for administration and implementation within each school.
Each school council shall select and implement the appropriate discipline
and classroom management techniques necessary to carry out the code.
The board shall establish a process for a two-way communication system
for teachers and other employees to notify a principal, supervisor, or other
administrator of an existing emergency.
(b) The code shall contain the type of behavior expected from each student,
the consequences of failure to obey the standards, and the importance of
the standards to the maintenance of a safe learning environment where
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orderly learning is possible and encouraged.
The code shall contain:
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Procedures for identifying, documenting, and reporting incidents of
violations of the code and incidents for which reporting is required
under KRS 158.156;
2.
Procedures for investigating and responding to a complaint or a
report of a violation of the code or of an incident for which reporting
is required under KRS 158.156, including reporting incidents to the
parents, legal guardians, or other persons exercising custodial
control or supervision of the students involved;
3.
A strategy or method of protecting from retaliation a complainant or
person reporting a violation of the code or an incident for which
reporting is required under KRS 158.156;
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A process for informing students, parents, legal guardians, or other
persons exercising custodial control or supervision, and school
employees of the requirements of the code and the provisions of this
section and KRS 158.156, 158.444, 525.070, and 525.080, including
training for school employees; and
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Information regarding the consequences of violating the code and
violations reportable under KRS 158.154, 158.156, or 158.444.
The principal of each school shall apply the code of behavior and
discipline uniformly and fairly to each student at the school without
partiality or discrimination.
A copy of the code of behavior and discipline adopted by the board of
education shall be posted at each school. Guidance counselors shall be
provided copies for discussion with students. The code shall be
referenced in all school handbooks. All school employees and parents,
legal guardians, or other persons exercising custodial control or
supervision shall be provided copies of the code.
Effective:July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 12, effective July 15, 2014. -Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 452, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky.
Acts ch. 493, sec. 11, effective April 10, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 8,
sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 204, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1985 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 13, effective October 18,
1985. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 397, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1984.
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