{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-17.125","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 17.125","heading":"Agency sharing of records maintained on juvenile in facility, program, or","body":"informal adjustment -- Confidentiality -- Provision of records -- Exception --\nViolation.\n(1) The following agencies are parts of Kentucky's juvenile justice system and shall,\nsubject to restrictions imposed by state or federal law, disclose and share with each\nother all information they maintain on a juvenile in a facility or program or informal\nadjustment authorized by law:\n(a) All sheriff's offices, police departments,  and any other law enforcement\nagency;\n(b) All Commonwealth's attorneys and county attorneys;\n(c) The Attorney General;\n(d) All jails and juvenile detention facilities, public and private;\n(e) All courts and clerks of courts;\n(f) The Administrative Office of the Courts;\n(g) All departments within the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet;\n(h) All departments within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; and\n(i) All RISE teams as defined in KRS 600.020.\n(2) Except as provided in this section, all information shared by agencies specified\nabove shall be subject to applicable confidentiality disclosure, redisclosure, and\naccess restrictions imposed by federal or state law.\n(3) Once a:\n(a) Complaint is filed with  a court -designated worker alleging that a child has\ncommitted a status offense or public offense; or\n(b) Child participates in a SOAR Program as defined in KRS 600.020 offered at\nthe child's school;\nall public or private elementary or secondary schools, vocational or business\nschools, or institutions of higher education shall provide all records specifically\nrequested in writing, and pertaining to that child, to any of the agencies listed in\nsubsection (1) of this section. Pursuant to the authority grante d to the\nCommonwealth under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C.\nsec. 1232g, when this section refers to the release of educational records, the\npurpose of the release shall be limited to providing the juvenile justice system with\nthe ability to effectively serve, prior to adjudication, the needs of the student whose\nrecords are sought. The authorities to which the data are released shall certify that\nany educational records obtained pursuant to this section shall only be released to\npersons authorized by statute and shall not be released to any other person without\nthe written consent of the parent of the child. The request, certification, and a record\nof the release shall be maintained in the student's file.\n(4) Any request for records,  the provision of records, the sharing of records, the\ndisclosure of records, or the redisclosure of records shall be done for official\npurposes only, on a bona fide need to know basis, and only in connection with a\nlegitimate investigation, prosecution, treatment program, or educational program.\n(5) Information and records relating to pending litigation in Circuit Court, District\nCourt, or a federal court and information and records relating to an ongoing\ninvestigation are not subject to disclosure or sharing under this section.\n(6) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a record relating to a minor or by sharing or\nattempting to share a record relating to a minor with an unauthorized person is a\nviolation of this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 17"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57484","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:37Z","sha256":"79dbd8f3783092731cd3a63129c6b1754444cc44e6b623281ab20d98ddc0c3e3","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-17.120","next":"us-ky/krs-17.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}