15RS Senate Bill 127

Senate Bill 127

Actions

Last Action	to Education (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to the safety and well-being of students.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1192
Sponsor	J. Higdon
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 158.440 to require school districts to have plans, policies, and procedures to deal with a student who is harassing, intimidating, cyberbullying, or bullying another student; amend KRS 158.441 to define "harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying"; allow civil exchange of opinions or debate or cultural practices protected under the state or federal Constitution to be included in areas exempt from definition of "harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying"; amend KRS 158.148 to require a school district's code of acceptable behavior and discipline to prohibit harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying of students; require, if funds are available, school districts to provide training on the code of acceptable behavior to specific school employees; provide immunity to school employees or students who report a student's disruptive or disorderly behavior; amend KRS 158.150 to include student harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying as a cause for disciplinary action; allow disciplinary action other than expulsion or suspension as an option; amend 158.444 to require local school districts to report specific disciplinary actions to the Kentucky Department of Education; amend KRS 525.080 to include electronic communication, under certain conditions, as a form of harassing communication.
Index Headings of Original Version	Crimes and Punishments - Electronic communication, include as harassing communication Education, Elementary and Secondary - Student harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying, protection from Education, Elementary and Secondary - Student harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying, reporting of incidents State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, compilation of required reports Information Technology - Electronic communication, include as harassing communication Public Safety - Electronic communication, include as harassing communication Children and Minors - Student harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying, definition of Children and Minors - Student harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying, protection from Children and Minors - Student harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying, reporting of incidents Civil Rights - Student harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying, protection from Corrections Impact - Kentucky Department of Education, compilation of required reports Corrections Impact - Kentucky Department of Education, compilation of required reports Local Mandate - Kentucky Department of Education, compilation of required reports

02/05/15	introduced in Senate
02/09/15	to Education (S)