SB101
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Amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student for at least 12 months if the student intentionally causes physical injury to educational personnel at a school or school function; amend KRS 158.155 to require that school employees report attempted assault of any school employee to law enforcement; amend KRS 158.990 to provide for penalties for any person who intentionally violates KRS 158.155; amend KRS 610.200 to provide that a…
Introduced: January 9, 2026
Last action: April 7, 2026
In effect since July 15, 2026
Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).
Plain-language summary
This bill strengthens consequences for students who physically attack school staff. It requires schools to expel any student who intentionally injures a school employee for at least 12 months, mandates that school staff report attempted assaults to law enforcement, and allows students 14 and older charged with felony-level assault on school personnel to be tried as adults. Who it may affect: K-12 students, teachers and school employees, local school boards, and law enforcement.
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
Co-sponsors (16)
Roll calls
Senate: 3rd reading, passed 27-10 with Committee Substitute (1)
House: 3rd reading, passed 84-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (5), (3) and (2)
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