2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 158 - CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS 158.444 Administrative regulations relating to school safety -- Role of Department of Education to maintain statewide data collection system -- Reportable incidents -- Annual statistical reports -- Confidentiality.
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158.444 Administrative regulations relating to school safety -- Role of
Department of Education to maintain statewide data collection system -Reportable incidents -- Annual statistical reports -- Confidentiality.
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The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate appropriate administrative
regulations relating to school safety, student discipline, and related matters.
The Kentucky Department of Education shall:
(a) Collaborate with the Center for School Safety in carrying out the center's
mission;
(b) Establish and maintain a statewide data collection system by which
school districts shall report by sex, race, and grade level:
1. a.
All incidents of violence and assault against school employees
and students;
b.
All incidents of possession of guns or other deadly weapons on
school property or at school functions;
c.
All incidents of the possession or use of alcohol, prescription
drugs, or controlled substances on school property or at school
functions; and
d.
All incidents in which a student has been disciplined by the
school for a serious incident, including the nature of the
discipline, or charged criminally for conduct constituting a
violation of any offense specified in KRS Chapter 508; KRS
525.070 occurring on school premises, on school-sponsored
transportation, or at school functions; or KRS 525.080;
2.
The number of arrests, the charges, and whether civil damages
were pursued by the injured party;
3.
The number of suspensions, expulsions, and corporal punishments;
and
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Data required during the assessment process under KRS 158.445;
and
(c) Provide all data collected relating to this subsection to the Center for
School Safety according to timelines established by the center.
The Department of Education shall provide the Office of Education
Accountability and the Education Assessment and Accountability Review
Subcommittee with an annual statistical report of the number and types of
incidents reported under subsection (2)(b) of this section. The report shall
include all monthly data and cumulative data for each reporting year.
Reportable incidents shall be grouped in the report in the same manner that
the reportable incidents are grouped in subsection (2)(b)1. of this section. Data
in the report shall be sorted by individual school district, then by individual
schools within that district, and then by individual grades within each school.
The report shall not contain information personally identifying any student. The
reporting period shall be for an academic year, and shall be delivered no later
than August 31 of each year.
All personally identifiable student data collected pursuant to subsection (2)(b)
of this section shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Kentucky
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Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, KRS 160.700 to 160.730, and to the
federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, and
its implementing regulations.
Parents, legal guardians, or other persons exercising custodial control or
supervision shall have the right to inspect or challenge the personally
identifiable student records as permitted under the Kentucky Family Education
Rights and Privacy Act and the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act and implementing regulations.
Data collected under this section on an individual student committing an
incident reportable under subsection (2)(b)1. of this section shall be placed in
the student's disciplinary record.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008. -Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 493, sec. 5, effective April 10, 1998.
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