2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 158 - Conduct of schools -- special programs 158.4451 The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, after collaboration with others, shall make available an anonymous reporting tool to allow students, parents, and community members to supply information about potentially harmful, dangerous, or criminal activities to public safety agencies and school officials -- Goal is to facilitate widespread awareness of the reporting tool and to provide a comprehensive training and awareness program on the use of the tool.
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158.4451 The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, after collaboration with
others, shall make available an anonymous reporting tool to allow
students, parents, and community members to supply information about
potentially harmful, dangerous, or criminal activities to public safety
agencies and school officials -- Goal is to facilitate widespread
awareness of the reporting tool and to provide a comprehensive training
and awareness program on the use of the tool.
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By July 1, 2019, the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, after collaborating
with the Center for School Safety, the Kentucky Department of Education, the
Department of Criminal Justice Training, and the Department of Kentucky State
Police, shall make available to each local school district an anonymous
reporting tool that allows students, parents, and community members to
anonymously supply information concerning unsafe, potentially harmful,
dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or the threat of these activities, to
appropriate public safety agencies and school officials. The reporting tool shall
be accessible at least by telephone call, electronic e-mail, and a mobile device
application.
The reporting tool shall notify the reporting individual of the following:
(a) The reporting individual may supply the information anonymously; and
(b) If the individual chooses to disclose his or her identity, that information
shall be shared with the appropriate law enforcement agency and school
officials. Law enforcement and school officials shall be required to
maintain the information as confidential.
Information reported using the tool shall immediately be sent to the
administration of each school district affected and the law enforcement
agencies responsible for protection of those school districts, including but not
limited to the local sheriff's office, the local city police department, and the
Kentucky State Police.
Law enforcement dispatch centers, school districts, schools, and other entities
identified by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security shall be made aware of
the reporting tool.
The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the Center for
School Safety, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Department of
Criminal Justice Training, and the Department of Kentucky State Police, shall
develop and provide a comprehensive training and awareness program on the
use of the anonymous reporting tool.
Effective:March 11, 2019
History: Created 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 21, effective March 11, 2019.
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