KRS 158.4418: Annual report on trauma -informed approach plans and school -based

mental health services -- Model interagency agreements.

(1) The Kentucky Department of Education shall annually provide to the Kentucky

Board of Education and the Legislative R esearch Commission for referral to the

Interim Joint Committee on Education a summary of the data gathered pursuant to

subsection (2)(a) to (c) of this section.

(2) The department shall:

(a) Collect the plans for a trauma -informed approach required by KRS

158.4416(5);

(b) Compile information from the 2020-2021 school year and each year thereafter

regarding Medicaid billing for school -based mental health services provided

by school-based or contracted mental health services providers;

(c) Compile and monitor the number and types of mental health services

providers who are providing services in schools and the progress being made

toward reaching the goal specified in KRS 158.4416(3)(a); and

(d) Coordinate technical assistance, professional development, and evi dence-

based training of school staff on childhood trauma-related experiences.

(3) The department shall collaborate with the Center for School Safety to develop

model interagency agreements between local school districts and other local public

agencies, inc luding but not limited to health departments, departments of social

services, mental health agencies, and courts, in order to provide cooperative

services and sharing of costs for services to students who are at risk of academic

failure, at risk of mental health crises, at risk of participation in juvenile crime, or

who have been expelled from the school district.