| Last Action | 03/14/25: returned to Committee on Committees (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to school employee and volunteer misconduct. |
| Bill Documents |
Current
Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1477 |
| Sponsor | L. Tichenor |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define terms; direct each local board of education to designate one or more programs or applications as a traceable communication system that shall be the exclusive means for school district employees and volunteers to communicate electronically with students; provide that a parent may submit written consent for a designated school district employee or volunteer to communicate electronically with a student outside of the traceable communication system; exclude communications between a parent that is a school district employee or volunteer and his or her own children; establish a mandatory duty to report violations for school employees and volunteers; require principals, superintendents, and the commissioner of education to notify parents of allegations of unauthorized electronic communication involving their children; require principals, superintendents, and the commissioner of education to report alleged violations to the Educational Professional Standards Board (EPSB); require principals, superintendents, the commissioner of education, and EPSB to investigate designated allegations of unauthorized electronic communication; establish the methods of disciplinary action for a violation; amend KRS 161.120 to provide that the identity of complainants alleging unauthorized electronic communication, sexual contact, or other sexual misconduct that are dismissed and minors invovled in the complaint to remain confidential; provide that EPSB will have 120 days to conduct the initial review of complaints alleging unauthorized electronic communication, sexual contact, or other sexual misconduct. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Electronic communication with students, restrictions State Agencies - Education Professional Standards Board, disciplinary actions, sexual misconduct procedures State Employees - School district personnel, electronic communication with students, restrictions Teachers - Complaint review, sexual misconduct and unauthorized electronic communication, 120 day period Teachers - School district personnel, electronic communication with students, restrictions Children and Minors - Electronic communication by school district personnel with students, restrictions Boards and Commissions - Local boards of education, electronic communication policy, traceable communication system |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
| Votes | Vote History |
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| 02/19/25 |
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| Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | L. Tichenor |
| Summary | Retain original provisions and require each principal to provide parents written or electronic notification within the first ten (10) days of the school year of each electronic school notification and communication program designated within the traceable communication system. |
| Index Headings |
Children and Minors - Tracible communication system, notice and instructions to parents within 10 days of school year Education, Elementary and Secondary - Tracible communication system, notice and instructions to parents within 10 days of school year Parental Rights - School communication, traceable communication system, notice and instructions to parents Boards and Commissions - Local boards of education, traceable communication systems, notification to parents |
Last updated: 3/19/2025 4:14 PM (EDT)