Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 160.145, relating to unauthorized electronic communicating in schools, to expand existing definitions and define "private electronic communication," "qualified school volunteer," and "commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation"; limit the scope of unauthorized electronic communication to private electronic communication, and exclude designated types of communication from the scope of the requirement to obtain written parental consent prior to communicating outside of the traceable communication system; include designated Kentucky Department of Education and educational cooperative employees assigned to a school district to the scope of the requirement to obtain written consent; limit the scope of school volunteers subject to this section to qualified school volunteers; specify that the requirement to obtain written parental consent only applies to students enrolled within the same school district as the school district employee or qualified school volunteer; allow a local school district more flexibility in disciplinary actions arising from a violation of this section; allow a written parental consent form to designate more than 1 school district employee or qualified school volunteer; provide that the written consent may be revoked by the parent who filed the consent; require notice of the revocation to be sent to the identified school district employee or qualified school volunteer; prohibit a school or school district from refusing to accept parental consent forms; prohibit requiring parental consent forms under this section as a requirement for a student to participate in an academic, athletic, or extracurricular opportunity; provide an emergency exception to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the individual discloses the communication after the fact; provide exceptions to allow a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent during and in direct relation to a fieldtrip or work-based learning opportunity; provide exceptions to permit a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the communication is directly related to a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation that has been previously disclosed; permit school district employees to notify a school district of a commercial, nonprofit, or local government affiliation; require reasonable belief to trigger a duty to report unauthorized electronic communication; require parental notification for all material phases of an investigation of or disciplinary actions arising from unauthorized electronic communication with students; permit a school district to reconsider allowing previously prohibited volunteers; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain all original provisions, except remove emergency contacts from the definition of a "family member"; distinguish between classified staff and contractors hired by a school district; exclude academic feedback machanisms from the scope of the requirement to obtain written parental consent prior to communicating electronically outside of the traceable communication system; add exclusions from the requirement to obtain written parental consent prior to communicating electronically outside of the traceable communication system to communications that contain 2 or more school district employees limited to designated purposes.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- K. Holloway

Summary Retain all original provisions and add niece and nephew to the definition of family member to exempt that relation from the prohibition of unauthorized electronic communication with public school students.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions except limit the exclusions from the definition of unauthorized electronic communication; delete the exclusions related to non-profit electronic communication; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish the calendar and procedures for a district superintendent and local board of education to adopt a school district budget; require that a budget must include a reserve of not less than 2%; amend KRS 160.431 to require the annual financial report and the Kentucky Department of Education's written report be published on the district financial disclosure website; amend KRS 160.463 to require a school district to maintain a district financial disclosure website; identify the information that shall be published on the website; amend KRS 157.440, 160.390, 160.460, 160.470, 160.473, 160.530, 160.550, and 424.250 to conform; require districts to publish the most recent information available on the district financial disclosure website upon the effective date of the Act.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- S. Funke Frommeyer

Summary Retain original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "organization" as a federally recognized patriotic civic service organization that consists of or serves youths; permit an organization to request and require superintendents to provide an opportunity to provide information to students on school property during a school day.

Summary of Amendment: Conference Committee Report 1

Summary Do not agree.

Summary of Amendment: Free Conference Committee Report 1

Summary Retain provisions of HB 67/ SCS 1, except limit the reporting requirements of school district superintendents to report purchases made through a procurement card and credit card statements to school districts whose reserve is below 4% of the total budget.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 160.145
House Committee Substitute 1: 160.145
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 160.145, 160.431, 160.463, 157.440, 160.390, 160.460, 160.470, 160.473, 160.530, 160.550, 424.250
Current: 160.145