Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 503 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING › Chapter 7 - Office of State School Security Marshal › Section 503 KAR 7:010 - On-site review of school security risk assessments and written approval of local board of education's noncompliance with KRS 158.4414(2)

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				158.441,
				158.4410,
				158.4414,
				158.443
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				158.4410 requires the Office of the State
				School Security Marshal to monitor school safety and security initiatives, to
				conduct on-site reviews required for completion of the school security risk
				assessment tool incorporated by reference in
				702 KAR 1:180, and to conduct
				school safety and security training.
				KRS
				158.4414(2) requires a local
				board of education to obtain written approval from the State School Security
				Marshal if sufficient funds and qualified personnel are not available for
				assignment of a school resource officer to every campus in the district.
				KRS
				15A.160 authorizes the secretary of the
				cabinet to adopt administrative regulations to administer the cabinet, and
				KRS
				15A.070(5) authorizes the
				commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training to promulgate
				administrative regulations. This administrative regulation establishes
				requirements for conducting on-site reviews for completion of the school
				security risk assessment tool, monitoring school safety, and conducting related
				training. This administrative regulation also establishes the written approval
				process if sufficient funds and qualified personnel are not available for
				assignment of a school resource officer to every campus.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Compliance officer" means the person
			 assigned by the OSSSM to conduct an on-site review for risk assessment of a
			 school campus.
(2) "Office of the
			 State School Security Marshal" or "OSSSM" means the office established by
			 KRS
			 158.4410(1) that is managed
			 by the State School Security Marshal.
(3) "School campus" means all areas,
			 including school buildings where instruction and school activities take place
			 during the regular school day, and properties adjacent to the buildings, that
			 are under the control of the school district and accessible to students during
			 the school day, including the following:
(a) A
			 single building located on real property owned or leased by a school district
			 for instruction to students and school activities during the regular school day
			 on a continuous basis, including extracurricular activities; or
(b) Two or more school buildings located on
			 real property owned or leased by a school district to deliver instruction to
			 students on a continuous basis or conduct extracurricular activities.
(4) "School resource officer" or
			 "SRO" is defined by KRS
			 158.441(5).
(5) "School safety coordinator" or "SSC"
			 means a district employee appointed by the local school district superintendent
			 to serve as the school district's school safety coordinator and primary point
			 of contact for public school safety and security functions.
(6) "School security risk assessment tool"
			 means the assessment tool developed by the State School Security Marshal
			 pursuant to KRS
			 158.4410(5), approved by the
			 board of directors for the Center for School Safety pursuant to
			 KRS
			 158.443(9)(b), and
			 incorporated by reference in
			 702 KAR 1:180.
(7) "State School Security Marshal" or "SSSM"
			 means the person appointed by the commissioner of the Department of Criminal
			 Justice Training pursuant to
			 KRS
			 158.4410(3) who also acts as
			 the manager of the OSSSM.