KRS § 158.155 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 158 / Section 158.155
158.155 Reporting of specified incidents of student conduct -- Notation on school records -- Report to law enforcement of certain student conduct -- Immunity -- Penalty
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158.155 Reporting of specified incidents of student conduct -- Notation on school

records -- Report to law enforcement of certain student conduct -- Immunity --

Penalty.

(1) Any school employee who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a person

has made threats or plans of violence which are intended to target a school or

students or who knows that a firearm is present on school property in violation of

KRS 527.070 shall immediately cause a report to be made pursuant to subsection

(10) of this section.

(2) Any school employee shall immediately report pursuant to subsection (10) of this

section any act which the employee has a reasonable cause to believe has occurred

on school property or at a school-sponsored or sanctioned event involving:

(a) Assault resulting in serious physical injury;

(b) A sexual offense;

(c) Kidnapping;

(d) Assault with the use of a weapon;

(e) Possession of a firearm or deadly weapon in violation of the law;

(f) The use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance in violation of the law;

or

(g) Damage to property.

(3) Any school employee who receives information from a student or other person of

conduct which is required to be reported under subsection (1) or (2) of this section

shall report the conduct pursuant to subsection (10) of this section.

(4) If a student has been adjudicated guilty of an offense specified in this subsection or

has been expelled from school for an offense specified in this subsection, prior to a

student's admission to any school, the parent, guardian, principal, or other person or

agency responsible for a student shall provide to the school a sworn statement or

affirmation indicating on a form provided by the Kentucky Board of Education that

the student has been adjudicated guilty or expelled from school attendance at a

public or private school in this state or another state for homicide, assault, or an

offense in violation of state law or school regulations relating to weapons, alcohol,

or drugs. The sworn statement or affirmation shall be sent to the receiving school

within five (5) working days of the time when the student requests enrollment in the

new school.

(5) If any student who has been expelled from attendance at a public or private school

in this state for homicide, assault, or an offense in violation of state law or school

regulations relating to weapons, alcohol, or drugs requests transfer of his records,

those records shall reflect the charges and final disposition of the expulsion

proceedings.

(6) If any student who is subject to an expulsion proceeding at a public or private

school in this state for homicide, assault, or an offense in violation of state law or

school regulations relating to weapons, alcohol, or drugs requests transfer of his

records to a new school, the records shall not be transferred until that proceeding

has been terminated and shall reflect the charges and any final disposition of the

expulsion proceedings.

(7) Neither the husband-wife privilege of KRE 504 nor any professional-client

privilege, including those set forth in KRE 506 and 507, shall be a ground for

refusing to make a report required under this section or for excluding evidence in a

judicial proceeding of the making of a report and of the conduct giving rise to the

making of a report. However, the attorney-client privilege of KRE 503 and the

religious privilege of KRE 505 are grounds for refusing to make a report or for

excluding evidence as to the report and the underlying conduct.

(8) Nothing in this section shall be construed as to require self-incrimination.

(9) A person acting upon reasonable cause in the making of a report under this section

in good faith shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that might

otherwise be incurred or imposed from:

(a) Making the report; and

(b) Participating in any judicial proceeding that resulted from the report.

(10) Notice required pursuant to this section shall be given to any law enforcement

agency created by the local board of education, and to:

(a) A local law enforcement agency not created by the local board of education;

or

(b) The Department of Kentucky State Police.

(11) Any person who intentionally violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty

of a:

(a) Class B misdemeanor for the first offense;

(b) Class A misdemeanor for the second offense; and

(c) Class D felony for the third or subsequent offense.