AN ACT relating to school safety.

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AN ACT relating to school safety. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 158 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) Each local school district may implement a wearable panic alert system at each 5
school facility. 6
(2) As used in this section "wearable panic alert system" means a silen t security 7
system by which the user manually activates a device that sends a nonaudible 8
signal to the local 911 public safety answering point and emergency responder 9
agencies that indicates a school security emergency that requires immediate 10
response and assistance from the public safety answering point. 11
(3) The wearable panic alert system shall: 12
(a) Connect emergency service technologies to ensure real -time coordination 13
among multiple emergency responder agencies; 14
(b) Integrate with public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 911 15
calls and mobile activations; and 16
(c) Be capable of initiating a campuswide lockdown notification. 17
(4) The department shall provide a list of approved wearable panic alert systems. At a 18
minimum, an approved system shall: 19
(a) Alert designated school personnel by smartphone application, phone call, 20
text message, or other technology when an emergency response is initiated 21
on-site using the mobile panic alert system; 22
(b) Provide emergen cy responders with the location and movements of the 23
activator of the wearable panic alert system in order to assist first 24
responders during an emergency; 25
(c) Integrate designated school personnel with emergency responders to 26
provide real-time situational updates during an emergency; and 27
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(d) Be capable of ingesting data from panic button activations, school safety 1
camera and video data, and other real -time school safety data sources on a 2
single interface. 3
(5) A school district that procures a wearable panic alert system shall: 4
(a) Ensure, before the school year begins, all school building personnel receive 5
training on the protocol and appropriate use of the panic alert device 6
described in subsection (2) of this section; 7
(b) Ensure all security data, includin g but not limited to cameras, maps, and 8
access control within a school building, are accessible by local law 9
enforcement agencies; 10
(c) Coordinate with all local law enforcement agencies to establish appropriate 11
access protocols; and 12
(d) Provide each staff person with a wearable panic alert system device that 13
allows for immediate contact with local emergency response agencies. 14
(6) (a) The Center for School Safety shall establish a Wearable Panic Alert Grant 15
Program for school districts. 16
(b) The program shall provide a fifty percent (50%) match to school districts for 17
the implementation of a wearable panic alert system or for maintenance 18
costs associated with a wearable panic alert system, if funds are available. 19
Section 2. KRS 158.446 is amended to read as follows: 20
(1) Of the funds appropriated to support the school safety fund program in the biennial 21
budget, no more than [twenty percent (20%) of the funds in 1998 -99, and] ten 22
percent (10%) [in 1999 -2000, ] shall be used for t he operation of the Center for 23
School Safety. 24
(2) The Center for School Safety may distribute wearable panic alert grants in 25
accordance with subsection (6) of Section 1 of this Act using funds appropriated 26
to support the school safety fund program in the b iennial budget[ and grants to be 27
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distributed by the Center to support exemplary programs in local school districts]. 1
(3) The remainder of the appropriation shall be distributed to local school districts on a 2
per pupil basis. The funds shall be used for the purpose of improving school safety 3
and student discipline through alternative education programs and intervention 4
services in compliance with KRS 158.148, 158.150, and 158.445. 5
(4) School districts shall be responsible for documenting the purposes for whi ch these 6
funds were expended. 7
Section 3. This Act may be cited as Alyssa's Law. 8