Alternative Model Applications
Pursuant to 701 KAR 5:100, school councils can add voting members, such as students and classified staff, to their membership through an alternative SBDM application. Schools interested in adding voting student members are encouraged to consult their local board attorney prior to submitting an application.
Beginning Jan. 1 through Feb. 28, a school may submit an application for an alternative model for its school-based decision making council. An application is not required for schools that wish to add non-voting members or changes that maintain the parent, teacher and administrator voting membership ratio as established in KRS 160.345.
The application and KDE guidance can be found at the bottom of KDE's SBDM Technical Documents webpage.
Mark your calendar!
The Kentucky Department of Education's SBDM office is planning and preparing for next year’s SBDM trainings, including the endorsement training for coordinators. Please look at the training options and dates and mark them on your calendar.
Register for the endorsement training sessions using this form. A link to the meeting will be emailed to you immediately after registering. If you have specific topics that you would like to have addressed during the annual endorsement training, email those ideas to Mia Morales.
SBDM Coordinator/Trainer Endorsement Training (webinar)
- April 18 at 9 a.m. ET
- April 23 at 1 p.m. ET
- April 25 at 10 a.m. ET
Updated SBDM Model Policies
House Bill (HB) 331 was signed into law in March and may require councils to modify their emergency plan policies, as well as adopt a Portable Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Use Policy. The bill modified KRS 158.162, which outlines the requirements for the emergency plan. The changes are as follows:
- The emergency plan is to include procedures for a medical emergency and a written cardiac emergency response plan;
- The emergency plan is to be provided to first responders and all school staff; and
- The emergency plan is to be reviewed annually by the school nurse.
House Bill 331 also created an additional subsection of KRS 158.162, which requires councils to adopt policies regarding the training, maintenance, notification and communication with the local emergency medical services system of a portable automated external defibrillator.
Due to these changes, the Kentucky Department of Education has updated the sample Adoption of an Emergency Plan Policy, as well as added a Portable Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Use Policy. You can find the updated policies within the SBDM Handbook.
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