{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-158.445","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 158.445","heading":"Local assessment of school safety and school discipline -- District","body":"assessment -- Local plans.\n(1) Each local school shall conduct an assessment of school safety and student\ndiscipline including a review of the following:\n(a) Reports of school incidents relating to disruptive behaviors;\n(b) The school's behavior and discipline codes for clarity and appropriate notice\nto students and parents;\n(c) The school's hierarchy of responses to discipline problems and actual\ndisciplinary outcomes;\n(d) Training needs for instructional staff in classroom management, student\nlearning styles, and other specialized training to enhance teachers' capacity to\nengage students and minimize disruptive behavior;\n(e) The array of school services to students at risk of  academic failure, dropping\nout, or truancy;\n(f) The engagement of parents at the earliest stages of problem behavior;\n(g) Training needs for students in the development of core values and qualities of\ngood character, anger reduction, conflict resolution, peer mediation, and other\nnecessary skills;\n(h) Training needs of parents;\n(i) Existing school council policies relating to student discipline and student\ninformation;\n(j) The school's physical environment;\n(k) The school's student supervision plan;\n(l) Existing components of the school improvement plan or consolidated plan\nthat focus on school safety and at -risk students, and the effectiveness of the\ncomponents; and\n(m) Other data deemed relevant by the school council or school administration.\nA school that does not complete an assessment process shall not be eligible for\nfunds under the state school safety grant program.\n(2) Each local school district shall complete a district -level assessment of district -level\ndata, resources, policies and procedures, and district -wide needs as identified from\nthe individual school assessment process. The district shall engage local community\nagencies including law enforcement and the courts in the assessment process.\n(3) As a result of the district assessment and analysis of data, resources, and needs,\neach board of education shall adopt a plan for immediate and long-term strategies to\naddress school safety and discipline. The development of the plan shall involve at\nleast one (1) representative from each school in the district as well as\nrepresentatives from the community as a whole, including representatives from the\nlocal juvenile delinquency prevention council if a council exists in that community.\nThe process of planning sh all be determined locally depending to a large extent on\nthe size and characteristics of the district.\n(4) The district plan under subsection (3) of this section shall be the basis for any\nrequest for funds under the state school safety grant program. The district plan shall\ninclude the local code of acceptable behavior and discipline and the transportation\nservices policy as required under KRS 158.148 and a description of instructional\nplacement options for threatening or violent students.","path":["KRS Chapter 158"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54761","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:05Z","sha256":"691e0dee9b2c348289c2a046e420f3eeaf756a4ff9af66cd8a606059b11c1f24","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-158.444","next":"us-ky/krs-158.4451"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}