158.162 Mandatory adoption of emergency management response plan in each
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school -- School to maintain portable automated external defibrillators --
Emergency response drills -- Consequence of schools failing to comply.
(1)As used in this section:
(a)"Emergency management response plan" or "emergency plan" means a
written document to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover
from emergencies; and
(b)"First responders" means local fire, police, and emergency medical personnel.
(a)Each local board of education shall require the school council or, if none
exists, the principal in each school building in its jurisdiction to adopt an
emergency plan. The emergency plan shall include:
1. Procedures to be followed in case of medical emergency, fire, severe
weather, earthquake, or a building lockdown as defined in KRS
158.164;
2. A written cardiac emergency response plan; and
3. A copy of the data created through the School Mapping Data Program
pursuant to KRS 158.4433 or, if the school mapping data is unavailable,
a diagram of the facility that clearly identifies the location of each
automated external defibrillator.
(b)The emergency plan shall be provided to appropriate first responders and all
school staff.
(c)The emergency plan shall be reviewed following the end of each school year
by the school nurse, school council, the principal, and first responders and
revised as needed.
(d)The principal shall discuss the emergency plan with all school staff prior to
the first instructional day of each school year and document the time and date
of any discussion.
(e)The cardiac emergency response plan shall be rehearsed by simulation prior to
the beginning of each athletic season by all:
1. Licensed athletic trainers, school nurses, and athletic directors; and
2. Interscholastic coaches and volunteer coaches of each athletic team
active during that athletic season.
(f)The emergency plan shall be excluded from the application of KRS 61.870 to
61.884.
(3)Each local board of education shall require the school council or, if none exists, the
principal in each school building to:
(a)Establish primary and secondary evacuation routes for all rooms located
within the school and shall post the routes in each room by any doorway used
for evacuation;
(b)Identify the best available severe weather safe zones, in consultation with
local and state safety officials and informed by guiding principles set forth by
the National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and post the location of safe zones in each room of the school;
(c)Develop practices for students to follow during an earthquake;
(d)Develop and adhere to practices to control the access to each school building.
Practices shall include but not be limited to:
1. Controlling outside access to exterior doors during the school day;
2. Controlling the main entrance of the school with electronically locking
doors, a camera, and an intercom system;
3. Controlling access to individual classrooms;
4. Requiring classroom doors to be equipped with hardware that allows the
door to be locked from the outside but opened from the inside;
5. Requiring classroom doors to remain closed and locked during
instructional time, except:
a. In instances in which only one
(1)student and one
(1)adult are in
the classroom; or
b. When approved in writing by the state school security marshal;
6. Requiring classroom doors with windows to be equipped with material
to quickly cover the window during a building lockdown;
7. Allowing for the use of secondary locking mechanisms on classroom
doors, notwithstanding any provisions of the Kentucky Building Code
promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 198B to the contrary;
8. Requiring all visitors to report to the front office of the building, provide
valid identification, and state the purpose of the visit; and
9. Providing a visitor's badge to be visibly displayed on a visitor's outer
garment;
(e)Maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily
accessible, well-marked location in every school building and, as funds
become available, at school-sanctioned athletic practices and competitions
and:
1. Adopt procedures for the use of the portable automated external
defibrillator during an emergency;
2. Adopt policies for compliance with KRS 311.665 to 311.669 on
training, maintenance, notification, and communication with the local
emergency medical services system;
3. Ensure that a minimum of three
(3)employees in the school and all
interscholastic athletic coaches be trained on the use of a portable
automated external defibrillator in accordance with KRS 311.667;
4. Ensure that all interscholastic athletic coaches maintain a
cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification recognized by a national
accrediting body on heart health; and
5. No later than November 1 of each school year, submit an annual report
to the Kentucky Department of Education on:
a. The number and location of each portable automated external
defibrillator in every school building;
b. The name, school, and training date of each school district
employee and interscholastic athletic coach in the district trained
in the use of a portable automated external defibrillator; and
c. The progress made towards having a portable automated external
defibrillator at all school-sanctioned athletic practices and
competitions; and
(f)Require development of an event-specific emergency action plan for each
school-sanctioned nonathletic event held off-campus to be used during a
medical emergency, which may include the provision of a portable automated
external defibrillator. The plan shall:
1. Include a delineation of the roles of staff and emergency personnel,
methods of communication, any assigned emergency equipment
including a portable automated external defibrillator, a cardiac
emergency response plan, and access to and plan for emergency
transport; and
2. Be in writing and distributed to any member of school personnel
attending the school-sanctioned event in an official capacity.
(4)All schools shall be in compliance with the provisions of subsection (3)(d) of this
section.
(a)Each local board of education shall require the principal in each public school
building in its jurisdiction to conduct, at a minimum, emergency response
drills to include:
1. One
(1)severe weather drill, one
(1)earthquake drill, and one
lockdown drill within the first thirty
(30)instructional days of each
school year and again during the month of January; and
2. The emergency response plan rehearsal by simulation required by
subsection
(2)of this section and the venue-specific emergency action
plan rehearsal by simulation required by KRS 160.445(5) prior to the
beginning of each athletic season.
(b)Required fire drills shall be conducted according to administrative regulations
promulgated by the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction.
Whenever possible, first responders shall be invited to observe emergency
response drills.
(6)No later than November 1 of each school year, a local district superintendent shall
send verification to the Kentucky Department of Education that all schools within
the district are in compliance with the requirements of this section.
(7)A district with a school not in compliance with the requirements of subsection
(3)(d) of this section by July 1, 2022, shall not be eligible for approval by the
Kentucky Department of Education for new building construction or expansion in
the 2022-2023 school year and any subsequent year without verification of
compliance, except for facility improvements that specifically address the school
safety and security requirements of this section, when deemed necessary for the
protection of student or staff health and safety, or to comply with other legal
requirements or orders.