2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 158 - Conduct of schools -- special programs 158.4412 Appointment of district-level school administrator to serve as district’s school safety coordinator -- School safety coordinator’s functions and duties -- Policies and procedures excluded from application of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 -- Limitation of civil and criminal liability for school district, school safety coordinator, and school employees acting in good faith.
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158.4412
Appointment of district-level school administrator to serve as
districts school safety coordinator -- School safety coordinators
functions and duties -- Policies and procedures excluded from
application of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 -- Limitation of civil and criminal
liability for school district, school safety coordinator, and school
employees acting in good faith.
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Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, each local school district
superintendent shall appoint a district-level school administrator to serve as the
district's school safety coordinator and primary point of contact for public school
safety and security functions.
The district's school safety coordinator shall:
(a) Complete the school safety coordinator training program developed by
the Center for School Safety within six (6) months of his or her date of
appointment;
(b) Designate a school safety and security threat assessment team at each
school of the district consisting of two (2) or more staff members in
accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the local board of
education to identify and respond to students exhibiting behavior that
indicates a potential threat to school safety or security. Members of a
threat assessment team may include school administrators, school
counselors, school resource officers, school-based mental health services
providers, teachers, and other school personnel;
(c) Provide training to school principals within the district on procedures for
completion of the school security risk assessment required pursuant to
KRS 158.4410;
(d) Review all school security risk assessments completed within the district
and prescribe recommendations as needed in consultation with the state
school security marshal;
(e) Advise the local school district superintendent by July 1, 2021, and
annually thereafter of completion of required security risk assessments;
(f) Formulate recommended policies and procedures, which shall be
excluded from the application of KRS 61.870 to 61.884, for an all-hazards
approach including conducting emergency response drills for hostage,
active shooter, and building lockdown situations in consultation and
coordination with appropriate public safety agencies to include but not be
limited to fire, police, and emergency medical services for review and
adoption as part of the school emergency plan required by KRS 158.162.
The recommended policies shall encourage the involvement of students,
as appropriate, in the development of the school's emergency plan; and
(g) Ensure each school campus is toured at least once per school year, in
consultation and coordination with appropriate public safety agencies, to
review policies and procedures and provide recommendations related to
school safety and security.
The school district, school safety coordinator, and any school employees
participating in the activities of a school safety and security threat assessment
team, acting in good faith upon reasonable cause in the identification of
students pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section shall be immune from any
civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed from:
(a) Identifying the student and implementing a response pursuant to policies
and procedures adopted under subsection (2)(b) of this section; or
(b) Participating in any judicial proceeding that results from the identification.
Effective:March 11, 2019
History: Created 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 5, effective March 11, 2019.
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