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159.130 Powers of directors of pupil personnel.
The director of pupil personnel and his assistants shall be vested with the powers of peace
officers, provided, however, that they shall not have the authority to serve warrants. They
may investigate in their district any case of nonattendance at school of any child of
compulsory school age or suspected of being of that age. They may take such action in
accordance with law as the superintendent directs. They may under the direction of the
superintendent of schools and the board of education or the Kentucky Board of
Education, institute proceedings against any person violating any provisions of the laws
relating to compulsory attendance and the employment of children. They may enter all
places where children are employed and do whatever is necessary to enforce the laws
relating to compulsory attendance and employment of children of compulsory school age.
No person shall refuse to permit or in any way interfere with the entrance therein of a
director of pupil personnel or in any way interfere with any investigation therein.
Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. --Repealed
and reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 412, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1956
Ky. Acts ch. 237, sec. 5. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 1. -- Recodified
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 443412, 4434-13.
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