KRS 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 distric t, school safety coordinator, and school employees acting in

good faith.

(1) 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.

(2) 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 he r 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 identi fy

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 K RS 158.162. The recommended policies shall

encourage the involvement of students, as appropriate, in the development of

the school's emergency plan;

(g) Maintain the district's copies of the school mapping data created through the

School Mapping Data Progr am pursuant to KRS 158.4433 to be made

available to appropriate public safety agencies, but which shall be excluded

from the application of KRS 61.870 to 61.884; and

(h) 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.

(3) 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 subsec tion (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.