2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 158 - Conduct of schools -- special programs 158.4412 Appointment of 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'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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Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, each local school district superintendent
shall appoint an individual 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, schoolbased 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: February 21, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 2, effective February 21, 2020. -- Created
2019 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 5, effective March 11, 2019.
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