161.185 Teacher or staff member to accompany students on school-sponsored or endorsed trips -- Exceptions. - Kentucky Statutes

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161.185 Teacher or staff member to accompany students on school-sponsored or endorsed trips -- Exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), boards of education shall require a member of the school faculty or a member of the administrative staff to accompany students on
all school-sponsored or school-endorsed trips. (2) Boards of education may permit a nonfaculty coach or nonfaculty assistant, as defined by administrative regulation promulgated by the Kentucky Board of
Education under KRS 156.070(2), to accompany students on all school-sponsored
or school-endorsed athletic trips. A nonfaculty coach or nonfaculty assistant shall be
at least twenty-one (21) years of age, shall not be a violent offender or convicted of
a sex crime as defined by KRS 17.165 which is classified as a felony, and shall
submit to a criminal record check under KRS 160.380. (3) Prior to assuming his or her duties, a nonfaculty coach or nonfaculty assistant shall successfully complete training provided by the local school district. The training
shall include, but not be limited to, information on the physical and emotional
development of students of the age with whom the nonfaculty coach and nonfaculty
assistant will be working, the district's and school's discipline policies, procedures
for dealing with discipline problems, and safety and first aid training. Follow-up
training shall be provided annually. Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 178, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Repealed and reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 482, effective July 13, 1990. --
Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 1.