KRS § 158.4451 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 158 / Section 158.4451
158.4451 Kentucky Office of Homeland Security shall make available an anonymous reporting tool to allow students, parents, and community members to supply information about potentially harmful, dangerous, or criminal activities to public safety agencies and school officials -- Required use of reporting tool or alternative by local school districts
Status: in_force

158.4451 Kentucky Office of Homeland Security shall make available an

anonymous reporting tool to allow students, parents, and community members

to supply information about potentially harmful, dangerous, or criminal

activities to public safety agencies and school officials -- Required use of

reporting tool or alternative by local school districts.

(1) The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, after collaborating with the Center for

School Safety, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Department of Criminal

Justice Training, and the Department of Kentucky State Police, shall make available

to each local school district an anonymous reporting tool that allows students,

parents, and community members to anonymously supply information concerning

unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or the threat

of these activities, to appropriate public safety agencies and school officials. The

reporting tool shall be accessible at least by telephone call, electronic email, and a

mobile device application.

(2) The reporting tool shall notify the reporting individual of the following:

(a) The reporting individual may supply the information anonymously; and

(b) If the individual chooses to disclose his or her identity, that information shall

be shared with the appropriate law enforcement agency and school officials.

Law enforcement and school officials shall be required to maintain the

information as confidential.

(3) Information reported using the tool shall immediately be sent to the administration

of each school district affected and the law enforcement agencies responsible for

protection of those school districts, including but not limited to the local sheriff's

office, the local city police department, and the Kentucky State Police.

(4) Law enforcement dispatch centers, school districts, schools, and other entities

identified by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security shall be made aware of the

reporting tool.

(5) The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the Center for

School Safety, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Department of Criminal

Justice Training, and the Department of Kentucky State Police, shall develop and

provide a comprehensive training and awareness program on the use of the

anonymous reporting tool.

(6) The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security shall maintain and update the

anonymous reporting tool and shall collaborate with the agencies listed in

subsection (1) of this section prior to making substantial changes to the tool.

(7) Each local school district shall provide an anonymous reporting tool that allows

students, parents, and community members to anonymously supply information

concerning unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or

the threat of these activities, to appropriate public safety agencies and school

officials.

(8) In order to meet the requirement of subsection (7) of this section, local school

districts shall:

(a) Use the anonymous reporting tool described in subsections (1) to (4) of this

section; or

(b) 1. Provide an alternative anonymous reporting tool other than the tool

made available pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, as long as the

chosen reporting tool satisfies all of the requirements established in

subsections (1) to (4) of this section; and

2. Develop and provide a comprehensive training and awareness program

on the use of the chosen anonymous reporting tool.