158.441 Definitions for chapter

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) of day treatment; abilities; family services; "Intervention services" means any preventive, developmental, corrective, supportive services or treatment provided to a student who is at risk of school failure, is at risk of participation in violent behavior or juvenile crime, or has been expelled from the school district. Services may include, but are not limited to, screening to identify students at risk for emotional disabilities and antisocial behavior; direct instruction in academic, social, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills; alternative educational programs; psychological services; counseling services; identification and assessment medical services; work and community service programs; "Kentucky State Police school resource officer" or "KSPSRO" means a Kentucky State Police officer, CVE R Class, or Trooper R Class, as defined in KRS 16.010, who is employed by a school district as a school resource officer, as defined in this section, through a contract as secondary employment for the officer; "School activities" means official school functions held on school property, including student attendance days as defined in KRS 158.070, athletic events, and graduation; "School property" means any public school building, public school vehicle, public school campus, grounds, recreational area, or athletic field in the charge of the school district; "School resource officer" or "SRO" means an officer who has specialized training to work with youth at a school site and is: (a) 1

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A sworn law enforcement officer; or A special law enforcement officer appointed pursuant to KRS 61.902; and (2) (3) (4) (5) (b) Employed: 1

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Through a contract between a local law enforcement agency and a school district; Through a contract as secondary employment for an officer, as defined in KRS 16.010, between the Department of Kentucky State Police and a school district; or Directly by a local board of education; (6) (7) "School safety" means a program of prevention that protects students and staff from substance abuse, violence, bullying, theft, the sale or use of illegal substances, exposure to weapons and threats on school grounds, and injury from severe weather, fire, and natural disasters; and "School security" means procedures followed and measures taken to ensure the security of school buildings, classrooms, and other school facilities and properties

Effective:April 9, 2019 History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 1, effective March 11, 2019; and ch

197, sec. 1, effective April 9, 2019. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec.4, effective April 14, 2018; and ch. 207, sec. 4, effective April 27, 2018. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 13, effective July 15, 2014. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 493, sec. 2, effective April 10, 1998

Legislative Research Commission Note (4/9/2019). This statute was amended by 2019 Ky. Acts chs. 5 and 197, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together

Legislative Research Commission Note (3/11/2019). 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 24 states that Sections 1 to 23 of that Act shall be known and may be cited as the School Safety and Resiliency Act. This statute was amended in Section 1 of that Act