KRS § 158.445 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 158 / Section 158.445
158.445 Local assessment of school safety and school discipline -- District assessment -- Local plans
Status: in_force

158.445 Local assessment of school safety and school discipline -- District

assessment -- Local plans.

(1) Each local school shall conduct an assessment of school safety and student

discipline including a review of the following:

(a) Reports of school incidents relating to disruptive behaviors;

(b) The school's behavior and discipline codes for clarity and appropriate notice

to students and parents;

(c) The school's hierarchy of responses to discipline problems and actual

disciplinary outcomes;

(d) Training needs for instructional staff in classroom management, student

learning styles, and other specialized training to enhance teachers' capacity to

engage students and minimize disruptive behavior;

(e) The array of school services to students at risk of academic failure, dropping

out, or truancy;

(f) The engagement of parents at the earliest stages of problem behavior;

(g) Training needs for students in the development of core values and qualities of

good character, anger reduction, conflict resolution, peer mediation, and other

necessary skills;

(h) Training needs of parents;

(i) Existing school council policies relating to student discipline and student

information;

(j) The school's physical environment;

(k) The school's student supervision plan;

(l) Existing components of the school improvement plan or consolidated plan

that focus on school safety and at-risk students, and the effectiveness of the

components; and

(m) Other data deemed relevant by the school council or school administration.

A school that does not complete an assessment process shall not be eligible for

funds under the state school safety grant program.

(2) Each local school district shall complete a district-level assessment of district-level

data, resources, policies and procedures, and district-wide needs as identified from

the individual school assessment process. The district shall engage local community

agencies including law enforcement and the courts in the assessment process.

(3) As a result of the district assessment and analysis of data, resources, and needs,

each board of education shall adopt a plan for immediate and long-term strategies to

address school safety and discipline. The development of the plan shall involve at

least one (1) representative from each school in the district as well as

representatives from the community as a whole, including representatives from the

local juvenile delinquency prevention council if a council exists in that community.

The process of planning shall be determined locally depending to a large extent on

the size and characteristics of the district.

(4) The district plan under subsection (3) of this section shall be the basis for any

request for funds under the state school safety grant program. The district plan shall

include the local code of acceptable behavior and discipline and the transportation

services policy as required under KRS 158.148 and a description of instructional

placement options for threatening or violent students.