KRS 158.444: Administrative regulations relating to school safety -- Role of Department

of Education to maintain statewide data collection system -- Reportable

incidents -- Annual statistical reports -- Confidentiality.

(1) The Kentucky Board of Education shall pr omulgate appropriate administrative

regulations relating to school safety, student discipline, and related matters.

(2) The Kentucky Department of Education shall:

(a) Collaborate with the Center for School Safety in carrying out the center's

mission;

(b) Establish and maintain a statewide data collection system by which school

districts shall report by sex, race, and grade level:

1. a. All incidents of violence and assault against school employees and

students;

b. All incidents of possession of guns or oth er deadly weapons on

school property or at school functions;

c. All incidents of the possession or use of alcohol, prescription

drugs, or controlled substances on school property or at school

functions; and

d. All incidents in which a student has been disc iplined by the school

for a serious incident, including the nature of the discipline, or

charged criminally for conduct constituting a violation of any

offense specified in KRS Chapter 508; KRS 525.070 occurring on

school premises, on school -sponsored transportation, or at school

functions; or KRS 525.080;

2. The number of arrests, the charges, and whether civil damages were

pursued by the injured party;

3. The number of suspensions, expulsions, and corporal punishments; and

4. Data required during the assessment process under KRS 158.445; and

(c) Provide all data collected relating to this subsection to the Center for School

Safety according to timelines established by the center.

(3) The Department of Education shall provide th e Office of Education Accountability

and the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee with an

annual statistical report of the number and types of incidents reported under

subsection (2)(b) of this section. The report shall include all m onthly data and

cumulative data for each reporting year. Reportable incidents shall be grouped in

the report in the same manner that the reportable incidents are grouped in

subsection (2)(b)1. of this section. Data in the report shall be sorted by individu al

school district, then by individual schools within that district, and then by individual

grades within each school. The report shall not contain information personally

identifying any student. The reporting period shall be for an academic year, and

shall be delivered no later than August 31 of each year.

(4) All personally identifiable student data collected pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of

this section shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Kentucky Family

Education Rights and Privacy Act, KRS 160.700 to 160.730, and to the federal

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g, and its

implementing regulations.

(5) Parents, legal guardians, or other persons exercising custodial control or supervision

shall have the ri ght to inspect or challenge the personally identifiable student

records as permitted under the Kentucky Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

and the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and implementing

regulations.

(6) Data collected under this section on an individual student committing an incident

reportable under subsection (2)(b)1. of this section shall be placed in the student's

disciplinary record.