Source: http://kslegislature.org/li_2018/b2017_18/statute/072_000_0000_chapter/072_061_0000_article/072_061_0043_section/072_061_0043_k/
Timestamp: 2019-12-09 00:09:38
Document Index: 585259339

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3', '§ 2', '§ 4', '§ 47', '§ 297', '§ 58']

72-6143. Information regarding identity of specified pupils, disclosure requirements; criminal acts, reports to law enforcement agencies and state board of education; school safety and security policies, memorandum of understanding, availability; civil liability, immunity. (a) If a school employee has information that a pupil is a pupil to whom the provisions of this subsection apply, the school employee shall report such information and identify the pupil to the superintendent of schools. The superintendent of schools shall investigate the matter and, upon determining that the identified pupil is a pupil to whom the provisions of this subsection apply, shall provide the reported information and identify the pupil to all school employees who are directly involved or likely to be directly involved in teaching or providing other school related services to the pupil. The provisions of this subsection apply to:
(1) Any pupil who has been expelled for the reason provided by K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 72-6114(c), and amendments thereto, for conduct which endangers the safety of others;
(2) any pupil who has been expelled for the reason provided by K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 72-6114(d), and amendments thereto;
(3) any pupil who has been expelled under a policy adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 72-6132, and amendments thereto;
(1) A requirement that an immediate report be made to the appropriate state or local law enforcement agency by or on behalf of any school employee who knows or has reason to believe that an act has been committed at school, on school property, or at a school supervised activity and that the act involved conduct which constitutes the commission of a felony or misdemeanor or which involves the possession, use or disposal of explosives, firearms or other weapons, provided that the report would not violate the terms of the memorandum of understanding approved by the school employee's school district pursuant to subsection (i); and
(c) School employees shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 72-6144(b), and amendments thereto, if:
(d) Each board of education shall annually compile and report to the state board of education at least the following information relating to school safety and security: The types and frequency of criminal acts that are required to be reported pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b), arrests and referrals to law enforcement or juvenile intake and assessment services made in connection to the criminal act, disaggregated by occurrences at school, on school property and at school supervised activities. The data must include an analysis according to race, gender and any other relevant demographic information. The report shall be incorporated into and become part of the current report required under the quality performance accreditation system.
(i) The state board of education shall require that the superintendent of schools in each school district or the superintendent's designee develop, approve and submit to the state board of education a memorandum of understanding developed in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including law enforcement agencies, the courts and the district and county attorneys, establishing clear guidelines for how and when school-based behaviors are referred to law enforcement or the juvenile justice system with the goal of reducing such referrals and protecting public safety. The state board of education shall provide a report annually to the department of corrections and to the office of judicial administration compiling school district compliance and summarizing the content of each memorandum of understanding.
History: L. 1995, ch. 123, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 87, § 2; L. 1998, ch. 171, § 4; L. 1999, ch. 116, § 47; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 297; L. 2016, ch. 46, § 58; July 1, 2017.
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