KRS 158.162: Mandatory adoption of emergency management response plan in each

school -- School to maintain portable automated external defibrillators --

Emergency response drills -- Consequence of schools failing to comply.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Emergency management response plan" or "emergency plan" means a

written document to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover

from emergencies; and

(b) "First responders" means local fire, police, and emergency medical personnel.

(2) (a) Each local board of education shall require the school council or, if none

exists, the principal in each school building in its jurisdiction to adopt an

emergency plan. The emergency plan shall include:

1. Procedures to be followed in case of medical em ergency, fire, severe

weather, earthquake, or a building lockdown as defined in KRS

158.164;

2. A written cardiac emergency response plan; and

3. A copy of the data created through the School Mapping Data Program

pursuant to KRS 158.4433 or, if the school mapping data is unavailable,

a diagram of the facility that clearly identifies the location of each

automated external defibrillator.

(b) The emergency plan shall be provided to appropriate first responders and all

school staff.

(c) The emergency plan shall be reviewed following the end of each school year

by the school nurse, school council, the principal, and first responders and

revised as needed.

(d) The principal shall discuss the emergency plan with all school staff prior to

the first instructional day of each school year and document the time and date

of any discussion.

(e) The cardiac emergency response plan shall be rehearsed by simulation prior to

the beginning of each athletic season by all:

1. Licensed athletic trainers, school nurses, and athletic directors; and

2. Interscholastic coaches and volunteer coaches of each athletic team

active during that athletic season.

(f) The emergency plan shall be excluded from the application of KRS 61.870 to

61.884.

(3) Each local board of education shall require the school council or, if none exists, the

principal in each school building to:

(a) Establish primary and secondary evacuation routes for all rooms located

within the school and shall post the routes in each room by any doorway used

for evacuation;

(b) Identify the best available severe weather safe zones, in consultation with

local and state safety officials and informed by guiding pri nciples set forth by

the National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management

Agency, and post the location of safe zones in each room of the school;

(c) Develop practices for students to follow during an earthquake;

(d) Develop and adhere to prac tices to control the access to each school building.

Practices shall include but not be limited to:

1. Controlling outside access to exterior doors during the school day;

2. Controlling the main entrance of the school with electronically locking

doors, a camera, and an intercom system;

3. Controlling access to individual classrooms;

4. Requiring classroom doors to be equipped with hardware that allows the

door to be locked from the outside but opened from the inside;

5. Requiring classroom doors to remain c losed and locked during

instructional time, except:

a. In instances in which only one (1) student and one (1) adult are in

the classroom; or

b. When approved in writing by the state school security marshal;

6. Requiring classroom doors with windows to be e quipped with material

to quickly cover the window during a building lockdown;

7. Allowing for the use of secondary locking mechanisms on classroom

doors, notwithstanding any provisions of the Kentucky Building Code

promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 198B to the contrary;

8. Requiring all visitors to report to the front office of the building, provide

valid identification, and state the purpose of the visit; and

9. Providing a visitor's badge to be visibly displayed on a visitor's outer

garment;

(e) Maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily

accessible, well -marked location in every school building and, as funds

become available, at school -sanctioned athletic practices and competitions

and:

1. Adopt procedures for the use of th e portable automated external

defibrillator during an emergency;

2. Adopt policies for compliance with KRS 311.665 to 311.669 on

training, maintenance, notification, and communication with the local

emergency medical services system;

3. Ensure that a minimum of three (3) employees in the school and all

interscholastic athletic coaches be trained on the use of a portable

automated external defibrillator in accordance with KRS 311.667;

4. Ensure that all interscholastic athletic coaches mai ntain a

cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification recognized by a national

accrediting body on heart health; and

5. No later than November 1 of each school year, submit an annual report

to the Kentucky Department of Education on:

a. The number and locati on of each portable automated external

defibrillator in every school building;

b. The name, school, and training date of each school district

employee and interscholastic athletic coach in the district trained

in the use of a portable automated external defibrillator; and

c. The progress made towards having a portable automated external

defibrillator at all school -sanctioned athletic practices and

competitions; and

(f) Require development of an event -specific emergency action plan for each

school-sanctioned nonathletic event held off -campus to be used during a

medical emergency, which may include the provision of a portable automated

external defibrillator. The plan shall:

1. Include a delineation of the roles of staff and emergency personnel,

methods of com munication, any assigned emergency equipment

including a portable automated external defibrillator, a cardiac

emergency response plan, and access to and plan for emergency

transport; and

2. Be in writing and distributed to any member of school personnel

attending the school-sanctioned event in an official capacity.

(4) All schools shall be in compliance with the provisions of subsection (3)(d) of this

section.

(5) (a) Each local board of education shall require the principal in each public school

building i n its jurisdiction to conduct, at a minimum, emergency response

drills to include:

1. One (1) severe weather drill, one (1) earthquake drill, and one (1)

lockdown drill within the first thirty (30) instructional days of each

school year and again during the month of January; and

2. The emergency response plan rehearsal by simulation required by

subsection (2) of this section and the venue -specific emergency action

plan rehearsal by simulation required by KRS 160.445(5) prior to the

beginning of each athletic season.

(b) Required fire drills shall be conducted according to administrative regulations

promulgated by the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction.

Whenever possible, first responders shall be invited to observe emergency

response drills.

(6) No later than November 1 of each school year, a local district superintendent shall

send verification to the Kentucky Department of Education that all schools within

the district are in compliance with the requirements of this section.

(7) A district wi th a school not in compliance with the requirements of subsection

(3)(d) of this section by July 1, 2022, shall not be eligible for approval by the

Kentucky Department of Education for new building construction or expansion in

the 2022 -2023 school year and any subsequent year without verification of

compliance, except for facility improvements that specifically address the school

safety and security requirements of this section, when deemed necessary for the

protection of student or staff health and safety, or to comply with other legal

requirements or orders.