Kentucky HB117 amends laws to address discriminatory practices and ensure safety in schools.
Kentucky HB117 amends the Kentucky Revised Statutes to address discriminatory practices and ensure safety in schools. The bill updates definitions related to discrimination, including traits historically associated with race and protective hairstyles. It mandates the development and distribution of statewide student discipline guidelines and transportation services policy guidelines to ensure safe schools and transportation. Local boards of education must adopt codes of acceptable behavior and discipline based on these guidelines, updated every two years.
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