{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-158.155","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 158.155","heading":"Reporting of specified incidents of student conduct -- Notation on school","body":"records -- Report to law enforcement of certain student conduct -- Immunity --\nReports filed by law enforcement agency created by local board of education.\n(1) Any school employee who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a person\nhas made threats or plans of violence which are intended to target a school or\nstudents or who knows that a firearm is present on school property in violation of\nKRS 527.070 shall i mmediately cause a report to be made pursuant to subsection\n(10) of this section.\n(2) Any school employee shall immediately report pursuant to subsection (10) of this\nsection any act which the employee has a reasonable cause to believe has occurred\non school property or at a school-sponsored or sanctioned event involving:\n(a) Intentional physical injury, or intentional attempt to cause physical injury, as\ndefined in KRS 500.080, of any school employee;\n(b) Intentional assault resulting in serious physical i njury, as defined in KRS\n500.080;\n(c) A sexual offense;\n(d) Kidnapping;\n(e) Assault with the use of a weapon;\n(f) Possession of a firearm or deadly weapon in violation of the law;\n(g) The use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance in violation of t he law;\nor\n(h) Intentional or wanton damage to property causing a pecuniary loss of five\nhundred dollars ($500) or more.\n(3) Any school employee who receives information from a student or other person of\nconduct which is required to be reported under subsection (1) or (2) of this section\nshall report the conduct pursuant to subsection (10) of this section, unless the school\nemployee has cause to believe a student's disability interfered with his or her ability\nto conform to the student code of conduct.\n(4) If a student has been adjudicated guilty of an offense specified in this subsection or\nhas been expelled from school for an o ffense specified in this subsection, prior to a\nstudent's admission to any school, the parent, guardian, principal, or other person or\nagency responsible for a student shall provide to the school a sworn statement or\naffirmation indicating on a form provid ed by the Kentucky Board of Education that\nthe student has been adjudicated guilty or expelled from school attendance at a\npublic or private school in this state or another state for homicide, assault, or an\noffense in violation of state law or school regu lations relating to weapons, alcohol,\nor drugs. The sworn statement or affirmation shall be sent to the receiving school\nwithin five (5) working days of the time when the student requests enrollment in the\nnew school.\n(5) If any student who has been expell ed from attendance at a public or private school\nin this state for homicide, assault, or an offense in violation of state law or school\nregulations relating to weapons, alcohol, or drugs requests transfer of his or her\nrecords, those records shall reflect the charges and final disposition of the expulsion\nproceedings.\n(6) If any student who is subject to an expulsion proceeding at a public or private\nschool in this state for homicide, assault, or an offense in violation of state law or\nschool regulations relating to weapons, alcohol, or drugs requests transfer of his or\nher records to a new school, the records shall not be transferred until that\nproceeding has been terminated and shall reflect the charges and any final\ndisposition of the expulsion proceedings.\n(7) The husband -wife privilege of KRE 504 or any professional -client privilege,\nincluding those set forth in KRE 506 and 507, shall not be a ground for refusing to\nmake a report required under this section or for excluding evidence in a judicial\nproceeding of the making of a report and of the conduct giving rise to the making of\na report. However, the attorney -client privilege of KRE 503 and the religious\nprivilege of KRE 505 are grounds for refusing to make a report or for excluding\nevidence as to the report and the underlying conduct.\n(8) This section shall not be construed as to require self-incrimination.\n(9) A person acting upon reasonable cause in the making of a report under this section\nin good faith shall be immune from any civil or criminal liab ility that might\notherwise be incurred or imposed from:\n(a) Making the report; and\n(b) Participating in any judicial proceeding that resulted from the report.\n(10) Notice required pursuant to this section shall be given to:\n(a) Any law enforcement agency created by the local board of education;\n(b) A local law enforcement agency not created by the local board of education;\nor\n(c) The Department of Kentucky State Police.\n(11) (a) A local board of education that has created a law enforcement agency shall\ndesignate a local law enforcement agency not created by the local board of\neducation to receive reporting information from the law enforcement agency\ncreated by the local board of education.\n(b) A law enforcement agency created by the local board of education shall file a\nreport each week with the local law enforcement agency designated pursuant\nto paragraph (a) of this subsection identifying all reports received pursuant to\nthis section by the law enforcement agency created by the local board of\neducation during the preceding week.","path":["KRS Chapter 158"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57378","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:04Z","sha256":"6022d6cf6bc608eb7532bfc7b9ba7d2838de1a6102bd65f7d1cc2d7d38222fe6","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-158.154","next":"us-ky/krs-158.1559"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}