[As Amended by Senate on Final Action]
         

         
As Amended by Senate Committee
         

          Session of 1998
                   
SENATE BILL No. 571
         
By Committee on Judiciary
         
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          12             AN ACT concerning children and juveniles; relating to students with his-
13             tory of dangerous behavior; school safety and security; disclosure of
14             certain information; unlawful acts and penalties therefor; amending
15             K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1502, 38-1507, 38-1602, 38-1608, 38-1618, 72-
16             89b01, 72-89b02, and 72-89b03 and 72-89b04 and repealing the ex-
17             isting sections; also repealing K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1502b.
18             Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
19                 Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b01 is hereby amended to read
20             as follows: 72-89b01. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
21             Kansas school safety and security act. The purpose of this act is to create
22             safer and more secure schools and to provide a safe and orderly environ-
23             ment conducive to learning. The provisions of this act shall be liberally
24             construed to effectuate such purpose.
25                 Sec. 2 [1]. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b02 is hereby amended to read
26             as follows: 72-89b02. As used in this act:
27                 (a) ``Board of education'' means the board of education of a unified
28             school district or the governing authority of an accredited nonpublic
29             school.
30                 (b) ``School'' means a public school or an accredited nonpublic school.
31                 (c) ``Public school'' means a school operated by a unified school dis-
32             trict organized under the laws of this state.
33                 (d) ``Accredited nonpublic school'' means a nonpublic school partic-
34             ipating in the quality performance accreditation system.
35                 (e) ``Educational institution'' means all schools at the primary, [ele-
36             mentary and] secondary and post secondary levels.
37                 (f) ``Student with a history of dangerous behavior'' means any student
38             who:
39                 (1) Has been expelled as provided by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 72-8901
40             and amendments thereto for conduct which endangers the safety of others;
41                 (2) has been expelled as provided by subsection (d) of K.S.A. 72-8901
42             and amendments thereto;

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  1                 (3) has been expelled under a policy adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 72-
  2             89a02 and amendments thereto;
  3                 (4) has been adjudged to be a juvenile offender and whose offense, if
  4             committed by an adult, would constitute a felony under the laws of Kansas
  5             or the state where the offense was committed, except that this subsection
  6             shall not apply to an adjudication as a juvenile offender involving a felony
  7             theft offense involving no direct threat to human life; or
  8                 (5) has been tried and convicted as an adult of any felony, except that
  9             this subsection shall not apply to any felony conviction of theft involving
10             no direct threat to human life.
11                 (g) ``Educator'' means any teacher or other professional or parapro-
12             fessional employee of an educational institution who has exposure to a
13             student with a history of dangerous behavior or whose students are ex-
14             posed, either on the grounds of the educational institution or at an edu-
15             cational-institution-sponsored activity, to a student with a history of dan-
16             gerous behavior.
17                 (h) ``Administrator'' means any individual who serves an educational
18             institution in a supervisory or managerial capacity.
19                 Sec. 3 [2]. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03 is hereby amended to read
20             as follows: 72-89b03. (a) For the purpose of creating safer and more
21             secure schools and to provide a safe and orderly environment conducive
22             to learning, each Administrators who come into possession of information
23             about with knowledge that a student is a student with a history of
24             dangerous behavior shall inform educators of the following:
25                 (1) The identity and dangerous propensities of any student who has
26             been expelled as provided by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 72-8901 and amend-
27             ments thereto for conduct which endangers the safety of others;
28                 (2) the identity and dangerous propensities of any student who has
29             been expelled as provided by subsection (d) of K. S. A. 72-8901 and
30             amendments thereto;
31                 (3) the identity and dangerous propensities of any student who has
32             been expelled under a policy adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 72-89a02 and
33             amendments thereto;
34                 (4) the identity and dangerous propensities of any student who has
35             been adjudged to be a juvenile offender and whose offense, if committed
36             by an adult, would constitute a felony under the laws of Kansas or the
37             state where the offense was committed, except that this subsection shall
38             not apply to an adjudication as a juvenile offender involving a felony theft
39             offense involving no direct threat to human life; and
40                 (5) the identity and dangerous propensities of any student who has
41             been tried and convicted as an adult of any felony, except that this sub-
42             section shall not apply to any felony conviction of theft involving no direct
43             threat to human life.

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  1                 (b) Each board of education shall adopt a policy that will provide for
  2             includes:
  3                 (1) A requirement that an immediate report be made to the appro-
  4             priate state or local law enforcement agency by or on behalf of any school
  5             employee who knows or has reason to believe that an act has been com-
  6             mitted at school, on school property, or at a school supervised activity and
  7             that the act involved conduct which constitutes the commission of a felony
  8             or misdemeanor or which involves the possession, use or disposal of ex-
  9             plosives, firearms or other weapons,; and
10                 (2) the procedures for making such a report;.
11                 (2) compiling and reporting annually
12                 (c) School employees shall not be subject to the provisions of subsec-
13             tion (b) of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b04 if:
14                 (1) They follow the procedures from a policy adopted pursuant to the
15             provisions of subsection (b); or
16                 (2) their board of education fails to adopt such policy.
17                 (d) Each board of education shall annually compile and report to the
18             state board of education at least the following information relating to
19             school safety and security: The types and frequency of criminal acts that
20             are required to be reported under provision (1) pursuant to the provisions
21             of subsection (b), disaggregated by occurrences at school, on school prop-
22             erty and at school supervised activities. The report shall be incorporated
23             into and become part of the current report required under the quality
24             performance accreditation system;.
25                 (3) making (e) Each board of education shall make available to pu-
26             pils and their parents, to school employees and, upon request, to others,
27             district policies and reports concerning school safety and security, includ-
28             ing those required by this subsection, except that the provisions of this
29             subsection shall not apply to the disclosures required pursuant to subsec-
30             tion (a).
31                 (b) (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed or operate in any
32             manner so as to prevent any school employee from reporting criminal
33             acts to school officials and to appropriate state and local law enforcement
34             agencies.
35                 (c) (g) The state board of education shall extract the information re-
36             lating to school safety and security from the quality performance accred-
37             itation report and transmit the information to the governor, the legisla-
38             ture, the attorney general, the secretary of health and environment, and
39             the secretary of social and rehabilitation services.
40              [(h) Any board of education and any member of such board
41             shall not be liable for damages in a civil action for the actions or
42             omissions of any administrator pursuant to the requirements and
43             provisions of the Kansas school safety and security act and to this

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  1             end such board and such members thereof shall have immunity from
  2             civil liability related thereto.]
  3                 Sec. 4. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b04 is hereby amended to read as
  4             follows: 72-89b04. (a) Willful The following shall be unlawful: (1) Inten-
  5             tional and knowing failure of an administrator to disclose information
  6             about a student with a history of dangerous behavior, as required under
  7             subsection (a) of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03 and amendments thereto;
  8                 (2) intentionally preventing or interfering with the making of a report
  9             required by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03 and amend-
10             ments thereto;
11                 (3) intentional and knowing failure of a school employee to make a
12             report required by subsection (a)(1) (b)(1) of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03,
13             and amendments thereto, is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.;
14                 (4) intentionally preventing or interfering with, with the intent to
15             prevent, the making of a report required by subsection (a)(1) (b)(1) of
16             K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03, and amendments thereto, is a class B non-
17             person misdemeanor.;
18                 (b) willful (5) intentional and knowing failure of any employee des-
19             ignated by a board of education to transmit reports made by school em-
20             ployees to the appropriate state or local law enforcement agency as re-
21             quired by subsection (a)(1) (b)(1) of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03, and
22             amendments thereto, is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.;
23                 (6) intentionally preventing or interfering with, with the intent to
24             prevent, the transmission of reports required by subsection (a)(1) (b)(1)
25             of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03, and amendments thereto, is a class B
26             nonperson misdemeanor.;
27                 (7) intentional and knowing failure of any employee designated by a
28             board of education to compile and report information as required by
29             subsection (d) K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03 and amendments thereto;
30                 (8) intentionally preventing or interfering with the compilation and
31             reporting required by subsection (d) K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03 and
32             amendments thereto;
33                 (9) intentional and knowing failure of any administrator employed by
34             a board of education to make policies and reports available, as required
35             by subsection (e) of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03 and amendments thereto;
36             and
37                 (10) intentionally preventing or interfering with access to policies and
38             reports, as required by subsection (e) of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-89b03 and
39             amendments thereto.
40                 (b) A violation of subsection (a) is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
41                 (c) No board of education shall terminate the employment of, or pre-
42             vent or impair the profession of, or impose any other sanction on any
43             school employee because the employee made an oral or written report

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  1             to, or cooperated with an investigation by, a law enforcement agency
  2             relating to any criminal act that the employee knows has been committed
  3             or reasonably believes will be committed at school, on school property,
  4             or at a school supervised activity.
  5                 (d) Any board of education, and any member or employee thereof,
  6             participating without malice in the making of an oral or written report to
  7             a law enforcement agency relating to any criminal act that is known to
  8             have been committed or reasonably is believed will be committed at
  9             school, on school property, or at a school supervised activity shall have
10             immunity from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or im-
11             posed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect
12             to participation in any judicial proceedings resulting from the report.
13                 New Sec. 5 4 [3]. If any provision of this act or the provisions of
14             K.S.A. 72-89b01 et seq. as originally enacted in effect on the effective
15             date of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances
16             is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applica-
17             tions of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions
18             or application and, to this end, the provisions of this act are severable.
19                 Section 6 5 [4]. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1502 is hereby amended to
20             read as follows: 38-1502. As used in this code, unless the context other-
21             wise indicates:
22                 (a) ``Child in need of care'' means a person less than 18 years of age
23             who:
24                 (1) Is without adequate parental care, control or subsistence and the
25             condition is not due solely to the lack of financial means of the child's
26             parents or other custodian;
27                 (2) is without the care or control necessary for the child's physical,
28             mental or emotional health;
29                 (3) has been physically, mentally or emotionally abused or neglected
30             or sexually abused;
31                 (4) has been placed for care or adoption in violation of law;
32                 (5) has been abandoned or does not have a known living parent;
33                 (6) is not attending school as required by K.S.A. 72-977 or 72-1111,
34             and amendments thereto;
35                 (7) except in the case of a violation of K.S.A. 41-727, subsection (j)
36             of K.S.A. 74-8810 or subsection (m) or (n) of K.S.A. 79-3321, and amend-
37             ments thereto, or, except as provided in subsection (a)(12) of K.S.A. 21-
38             4204a and amendments thereto, does an act which, when committed by
39             a person under 18 years of age, is prohibited by state law, city ordinance
40             or county resolution but which is not prohibited when done by an adult;
41                 (8) while less than 10 years of age, commits any act which if done by
42             an adult would constitute the commission of a felony or misdemeanor as
43             defined by K.S.A. 21-3105 and amendments thereto;

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  1                 (9) is willfully and voluntarily absent from the child's home without
  2             the consent of the child's parent or other custodian;
  3                 (10) is willfully and voluntarily absent at least a second time from a
  4             court ordered or designated placement, or a placement pursuant to court
  5             order, if the absence is without the consent of the person with whom the
  6             child is placed or, if the child is placed in a facility, without the consent
  7             of the person in charge of such facility or such person's designee;
  8                 (11) has been residing in the same residence with a sibling or another
  9             person under 18 years of age, who has been physically, mentally or emo-
10             tionally abused or neglected, or sexually abused; or
11                 (12) while less than 10 years of age commits the offense defined in
12             K.S.A. 21-4204a and amendments thereto.
13                 (b) ``Physical, mental or emotional abuse or neglect'' means the in-
14             fliction of physical, mental or emotional injury or the causing of a dete-
15             rioration of a child and may include, but shall not be limited to, failing to
16             maintain reasonable care and treatment, negligent treatment or maltreat-
17             ment or exploiting a child to the extent that the child's health or emotional
18             well-being is endangered. A parent legitimately practicing religious beliefs
19             who does not provide specified medical treatment for a child because of
20             religious beliefs shall not for that reason be considered a negligent parent;
21             however, this exception shall not preclude a court from entering an order
22             pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 38-1513 and amendments thereto.
23                 (c) ``Sexual abuse'' means any act committed with a child which is
24             described in article 35, chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and
25             those acts described in K.S.A. 21-3602 or 21-3603, and amendments
26             thereto, regardless of the age of the child.
27                 (d) ``Parent,'' when used in relation to a child or children, includes a
28             guardian, conservator and every person who is by law liable to maintain,
29             care for or support the child.
30                 (e) ``Interested party'' means the state, the petitioner, the child, any
31             parent and any person found to be an interested party pursuant to K.S.A.
32             38-1541 and amendments thereto.
33                 (f) ``Law enforcement officer'' means any person who by virtue of
34             office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain
35             public order or to make arrests for crimes, whether that duty extends to
36             all crimes or is limited to specific crimes.
37                 (g) ``Youth residential facility'' means any home, foster home or struc-
38             ture which provides 24-hour-a-day care for children and which is licensed
39             pursuant to article 5 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
40                 (h) ``Shelter facility'' means any public or private facility or home
41             other than a juvenile detention facility that may be used in accordance
42             with this code for the purpose of providing either temporary placement
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  1             itional order or longer term care under a dispositional order.
  2                 (i) ``Juvenile detention facility'' means any secure public or private
  3             facility used for the lawful custody of accused or adjudicated juvenile
  4             offenders which must not be a jail.
  5                 (j) ``Adult correction facility'' means any public or private facility, se-
  6             cure or nonsecure, which is used for the lawful custody of accused or
  7             convicted adult criminal offenders.
  8                 (k) ``Secure facility'' means a facility which is operated or structured
  9             so as to ensure that all entrances and exits from the facility are under the
10             exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether or not the person
11             being detained has freedom of movement within the perimeters of the
12             facility, or which relies on locked rooms and buildings, fences or physical
13             restraint in order to control behavior of its residents. No secure facility
14             shall be in a city or county jail.
15                 (l) ``Ward of the court'' means a child over whom the court has ac-
16             quired jurisdiction by the filing of a petition pursuant to this code and
17             who continues subject to that jurisdiction until the petition is dismissed
18             or the child is discharged as provided in K.S.A. 38-1503 and amendments
19             thereto.
20                 (m) ``Custody,'' whether temporary, protective or legal, means the
21             status created by court order or statute which vests in a custodian,
22             whether an individual or an agency, the right to physical possession of
23             the child and the right to determine placement of the child, subject to
24             restrictions placed by the court.
25                 (n) ``Placement'' means the designation by the individual or agency
26             having custody of where and with whom the child will live.
27                 (o) ``Secretary'' means the secretary of social and rehabilitation serv-
28             ices.
29                 (p) ``Relative'' means a person related by blood, marriage or adoption
30             but, when referring to a relative of a child's parent, does not include the
31             child's other parent.
32                 (q) ``Court-appointed special advocate'' means a responsible adult
33             other than an attorney guardian ad litem who is appointed by the court
34             to represent the best interests of a child, as provided in K.S.A. 38-1505a
35             and amendments thereto, in a proceeding pursuant to this code.
36                 (r) ``Multidisciplinary team'' means a group of persons, appointed by
37             the court or by the state department of social and rehabilitation services
38             under K.S.A. 38-1523a and amendments thereto, which has knowledge
39             of the circumstances of a child in need of care.
40                 (s) ``Jail'' means:
41                 (1) An adult jail or lockup; or
42                 (2) a facility in the same building or on the same grounds as an adult
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  1             sure requirements under law and there is (A) total separation of the ju-
  2             venile and adult facility spatial areas such that there could be no haphaz-
  3             ard or accidental contact between juvenile and adult residents in the
  4             respective facilities; (B) total separation in all juvenile and adult program
  5             activities within the facilities, including recreation, education, counseling,
  6             health care, dining, sleeping, and general living activities; and (C) separate
  7             juvenile and adult staff, including management, security staff and direct
  8             care staff such as recreational, educational and counseling.
  9                 (t) ``Kinship care'' means the placement of a child in the home of the
10             child's relative or in the home of another adult with whom the child or
11             the child's parent already has a close emotional attachment.
12                 (u) ``Juvenile intake and assessment worker'' means a responsible
13             adult authorized to perform intake and assessment services as a part of
14             the intake and assessment system established pursuant to K.S.A. 75-7023
15             and amendments thereto.
16                 (v) ``Educational institution'' means all schools at the primary, [ele-
17             mentary and] secondary and postsecondary levels.
18                 (w) ``Student with a history of dangerous behavior'' means any stu-
19             dent who:
20                 (1) Has been expelled as provided by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 72-8901
21             and amendments thereto for conduct which endangers the safety of others;
22                 (2) has been expelled as provided by subsection (d) of K.S.A. 72-8901
23             and amendments thereto;
24                 (3) has been expelled under a policy adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 72-
25             89a02 and amendments thereto;
26                 (4) has been adjudged to be a juvenile offender and whose offense, if
27             committed by an adult, would constitute a felony under the laws of Kansas
28             or the state where the offense was committed, except that this subsection
29             shall not apply to an adjudication as a juvenile offender involving a felony
30             offense involving no direct threat to human life; and
31                 (5) has been tried and convicted as an adult of any felony, except that
32             this subsection shall not apply to any felony conviction of theft involving
33             no direct threat to human life.
34                 (x) ``Educator'' means any teacher or other professional or parapro-
35             fessional employee of an educational institution who has exposure to a
36             student with a history of dangerous behavior or whose students are ex-
37             posed, either on the grounds of the educational institution or at an edu-
38             cational-institution-sponsored activity, to a student with a history of dan-
39             gerous behavior.
40                 Sec. 7 6 [5]. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1507 is hereby amended to read
41             as follows: 38-1507. (a) Except as otherwise provided, in order to protect
42             the privacy of children who are the subject of a child in need of care
43             record or report, all records and reports concerning children in need of

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  1             care, including the juvenile intake and assessment report, received by the
  2             department of social and rehabilitation services, a law enforcement
  3             agency or any juvenile intake and assessment worker shall be kept con-
  4             fidential except: (1) To those persons or entities with a need for infor-
  5             mation that is directly related to achieving the purposes of this code, or
  6             (2) upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to a
  7             determination by the court that disclosure of the reports and records is
  8             in the best interests of the child or are necessary for the proceedings
  9             before the court, or both, and are otherwise admissible in evidence. Such
10             access shall be limited to in camera inspection unless the court otherwise
11             issues an order specifying the terms of disclosure.
12                 (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not prevent disclosure of
13             information to an educational institution or to individual educators about
14             a student with a history of dangerous behavior.
15                 (c) When a report is received by the department of social and reha-
16             bilitation services, a law enforcement agency or any juvenile intake and
17             assessment worker which indicates a child may be in need of care, the
18             following persons and entities shall have a free exchange of information
19             between and among them:
20                 (1) The department of social and rehabilitation services;
21                 (2) the commissioner of juvenile justice;
22                 (3) the law enforcement agency receiving such report;
23                 (4) members of a court appointed multidisciplinary team;
24                 (5) an entity mandated by federal law or an agency of any state au-
25             thorized to receive and investigate reports of a child known or suspected
26             to be in need of care;
27                 (6) a military enclave or Indian tribal organization authorized to re-
28             ceive and investigate reports of a child known or suspected to be in need
29             of care;
30                 (7) a county or district attorney;
31                 (8) a court services officer who has taken a child into custody pursuant
32             to K.S.A. 38-1527, and amendments thereto;
33                 (9) a guardian ad litem appointed for a child alleged to be in need of
34             care;
35                 (10) an intake and assessment worker; and
36                 (11) any community corrections program which has the child under
37             court ordered supervision.
38                 (c) (d) The following persons or entities shall have access to infor-
39             mation, records or reports received by the department of social and re-
40             habilitation services, a law enforcement agency or any juvenile intake and
41             assessment worker. Access shall be limited to information reasonably nec-
42             essary to carry out their lawful responsibilities to maintain their personal
43             safety and the personal safety of individuals in their care or to diagnose,

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  1             treat, care for or protect a child alleged to be in need of care.
  2                 (1) A child named in the report or records.
  3                 (2) A parent or other person responsible for the welfare of a child,
  4             or such person's legal representative.
  5                 (3) A court-appointed special advocate for a child, a citizen review
  6             board or other advocate which reports to the court.
  7                 (4) A person licensed to practice the healing arts or mental health
  8             profession in order to diagnose, care for, treat or supervise: (A) A child
  9             whom such service provider reasonably suspects may be in need of care;
10             (B) a member of the child's family; or (C) a person who allegedly abused
11             or neglected the child.
12                 (5) A person or entity licensed or registered by the secretary of health
13             and environment or approved by the secretary of social and rehabilitation
14             services to care for, treat or supervise a child in need of care. In order to
15             assist a child placed for care by the secretary of social and rehabilitation
16             services in a foster home or child care facility, the secretary shall provide
17             relevant information to the foster parents or child care facility prior to
18             placement and as such information becomes available to the secretary.
19                 (6) A coroner or medical examiner when such person is determining
20             the cause of death of a child.
21                 (7) The state child death review board established under K.S.A.
22             22a-243, and amendments thereto.
23                 (8) A prospective adoptive parent prior to placing a child in their care.
24                 (9) The department of health and environment or person authorized
25             by the department of health and environment pursuant to K.S.A. 59-512,
26             and amendments thereto, for the purpose of carrying out responsibilities
27             relating to licensure or registration of child care providers as required by
28             chapter 65 of article 5 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments
29             thereto.
30                 (10) The state protection and advocacy agency as provided by sub-
31             section (a)(10) of K.S.A. 65-5603 or subsection (a)(2)(A) and (B) of K.S.A.
32             74-5515, and amendments thereto.
33                 (11) Any educational institution to the extent allowed pursuant to law
34             or pursuant to court order necessary to enable the educational institution
35             to provide the safest possible environment for its students and employees.
36                 (12) Any educator to the extent necessary to enable the educator to
37             protect the personal safety of the educator and the educator's students.
38                 (d) (e) Information from a record or report of a child in need of care
39             shall be available to members of the standing house or senate committee
40             on judiciary, house committee on appropriations, senate committee on
41             ways and means, legislative post audit committee and joint committee on
42             children and families, carrying out such member's or committee's official
43             functions in accordance with K.S.A. 75-4319 and amendments thereto,

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  1             in a closed or executive meeting. Except in limited conditions established
  2             by 2/3 of the members of such committee, records and reports received
  3             by the committee shall not be further disclosed. Unauthorized disclosure
  4             may subject such member to discipline or censure from the house of
  5             representatives or senate.
  6                 (e) (f) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit the
  7             secretary of social and rehabilitation services from summarizing the out-
  8             come of department actions regarding a child alleged to be a child in
  9             need of care to a person having made such report.
10                 (f) (g) Disclosure of information from reports or records of a child in
11             need of care to the public shall be limited to confirmation of factual details
12             with respect to how the case was handled that do not violate the privacy
13             of the child, if living, or the child's siblings, parents or guardians. Further,
14             confidential information may be released to the public only with the ex-
15             press written permission of the individuals involved or their representa-
16             tives or upon order of the court having jurisdiction upon a finding by the
17             court that public disclosure of information in the records or reports is
18             necessary for the resolution of an issue before the court.
19                 (g) (h) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit a court
20             of competent jurisdiction from making an order disclosing the findings
21             or information pursuant to a report of alleged or suspected child abuse
22             or neglect which has resulted in a child fatality or near fatality if the court
23             determines such disclosure is necessary to a legitimate state purpose. In
24             making such order, the court shall give due consideration to the privacy
25             of the child, if, living, or the child's siblings, parents or guardians.
26                 (h) (i) Information authorized to be disclosed in subsections (c) (d)
27             through (f) (g) shall not contain information which identifies a reporter
28             of a child in need of care.
29                 (i) (j) Records or reports authorized to be disclosed in this section
30             shall not be further disclosed, except that the provisions of this subsection
31             shall not prevent disclosure of information to an educational institution
32             or to individual educators about a student with a history of dangerous
33             behavior.
34                 (j) (k) Anyone who participates in providing or receiving information
35             without malice under the provisions of this section shall have immunity
36             from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any
37             such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participa-
38             tion in any judicial proceedings resulting from providing or receiving in-
39             formation.
40                 (k) (l) No individual, association, partnership, corporation or other
41             entity shall willfully or knowingly disclose, permit or encourage disclosure
42             of the contents of records or reports concerning a child in need of care
43             received by the department of social and rehabilitation services, a law

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  1             enforcement agency or a juvenile intake and assessment worker except
  2             as provided by this code. Violation of this subsection is a class B misde-
  3             meanor.
  4                 Sec. 8 7 [6]. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1602 is hereby amended to read
  5             as follows: 38-1602. As used in this code, unless the context otherwise
  6             requires:
  7                 (a) ``Juvenile'' means a person 10 or more years of age but less than
  8             18 years of age.
  9                 (b) ``Juvenile offender'' means a person who does an act while a ju-
10             venile which if done by an adult would constitute the commission of a
11             felony or misdemeanor as defined by K.S.A. 21-3105 and amendments
12             thereto or who violates the provisions of K.S.A. 21-4204a or K.S.A. 41-
13             727 or subsection (j) of K.S.A. 74-8810, and amendments thereto, but
14             does not include:
15                 (1) A person 14 or more years of age who commits a traffic offense,
16             as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 8-2117 and amendments thereto;
17                 (2) a person 16 years of age or over who commits an offense defined
18             in chapter 32 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated;
19                 (3) a person whose prosecution as an adult is authorized pursuant to
20             K.S.A. 38-1636 and amendments thereto and whose prosecution results
21             in the conviction of an adult crime; or
22                 (4) a person who has been found to be an extended jurisdiction ju-
23             venile pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 38-1636, and amendment
24             thereto, and whose stay of adult sentence execution has been revoked.
25                 (c) ``Parent,'' when used in relation to a juvenile or a juvenile of-
26             fender, includes a guardian, conservator and every person who is by law
27             liable to maintain, care for or support the juvenile.
28                 (d) ``Law enforcement officer'' means any person who by virtue of
29             that person's office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to
30             maintain public order or to make arrests for crimes, whether that duty
31             extends to all crimes or is limited to specific crimes.
32                 (e) ``Youth residential facility'' means any home, foster home or struc-
33             ture which provides twenty-four-hour-a-day care for juveniles and which
34             is licensed pursuant to article 5 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes
35             Annotated.
36                 (f) ``Juvenile detention facility'' means any secure public or private
37             facility which is used for the lawful custody of accused or adjudicated
38             juvenile offenders and which must not be a jail.
39                 (g) ``Juvenile correctional facility'' means a facility operated by the
40             commissioner for juvenile offenders.
41                 (h) ``Warrant'' means a written order by a judge of the court directed
42             to any law enforcement officer commanding the officer to take into cus-
43             tody the juvenile named or described therein.

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  1                 (i) ``Commissioner'' means the commissioner of juvenile justice.
  2                 (j) ``Jail'' means:
  3                 (1) An adult jail or lockup; or
  4                 (2) a facility in the same building as an adult jail or lockup, unless the
  5             facility meets all applicable licensure requirements under law and there
  6             is (A) total separation of the juvenile and adult facility spatial areas such
  7             that there could be no haphazard or accidental contact between juvenile
  8             and adult residents in the respective facilities; (B) total separation in all
  9             juvenile and adult program activities within the facilities, including rec-
10             reation, education, counseling, health care, dining, sleeping, and general
11             living activities; and (C) separate juvenile and adult staff, including man-
12             agement, security staff and direct care staff such as recreational, educa-
13             tional and counseling.
14                 (k) ``Court-appointed special advocate'' means a responsible adult,
15             other than an attorney appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1606 and amend-
16             ments thereto, who is appointed by the court to represent the best inter-
17             ests of a child, as provided in K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1606a, and amend-
18             ments thereto, in a proceeding pursuant to this code.
19                 (l) ``Juvenile intake and assessment worker'' means a responsible
20             adult authorized to perform intake and assessment services as part of the
21             intake and assessment system established pursuant to K.S.A. 1997 Supp.
22             76-3202, and amendments thereto.
23                 (m) ``Institution'' means the following institutions: The Atchison ju-
24             venile correctional facility, the Beloit juvenile correctional facility, the
25             Larned juvenile correctional facility and the Topeka juvenile correctional
26             facility.
27                 (n) ``Sanction house'' means a facility which is operated or structured
28             so as to ensure that all entrances and exits from the facility are under the
29             exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether or not the person
30             being detained has freedom of movement within the perimeters of the
31             facility, or which relies on locked rooms and buildings, fences, or physical
32             restraint in order to control behavior of its residents. Upon an order from
33             the court, a licensed juvenile detention facility may serve as a sanction
34             house. A sanction house may be physically connected to a nonsecure
35             shelter facility provided the sanction house is not a licensed juvenile de-
36             tention facility.
37                 (o) ``Sentencing risk assessment tool'' means an instrument adminis-
38             tered to juvenile offenders which delivers a score, or group of scores,
39             describing, but not limited to describing, the juvenile's potential risk to
40             the community.
41                 (p) ``Educational institution'' means all schools at the primary, [ele-
42             mentary and] secondary and postsecondary levels.
43                 (q) ``Student with a history of dangerous behavior'' means any student

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  1             who:
  2                 (1) Has been expelled as provided by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 72-8901
  3             and amendments thereto for conduct which endangers the safety of others;
  4                 (2) has been expelled as provided by subsection (d) of K.S.A. 72-8901
  5             and amendments thereto;
  6                 (3) has been expelled under a policy adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 72-
  7             89a02 and amendments thereto;
  8                 (4) has been adjudged to be a juvenile offender and whose offense, if
  9             committed by an adult, would constitute a felony under the laws of Kansas
10             or the state where the offense was committed, except that this subsection
11             shall not apply to an adjudication as a juvenile offender involving a felony
12             theft offense involving no direct threat to human life;
13                 (5) has been tried and convicted as an adult of any felony, except that
14             this subsection shall not apply to any felony theft involving no direct
15             threat to human life.
16                 (r) ``Educator'' means any teacher or other professional or parapro-
17             fessional employee of an educational institution who has exposure to a
18             student with a history of dangerous behavior or whose students are ex-
19             posed, either on the grounds of the educational institution or at an edu-
20             cational-institution-sponsored activity, to a student with a history of dan-
21             gerous behavior.
22                 Sec. 9 8 [7]. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1608 is hereby amended to read
23             as follows: 38-1608. (a) All records of law enforcement officers and agen-
24             cies and municipal courts concerning a public offense committed or al-
25             leged to have been committed by a juvenile under 14 years of age shall
26             be kept readily distinguishable from criminal and other records and shall
27             not be disclosed to anyone except:
28                 (1) The judge and members of the court staff designated by the judge
29             of a court having the juvenile before it in any proceedings;
30                 (2) parties to the proceedings and their attorneys;
31                 (3) the department of social and rehabilitation services;
32                 (4) any individual, or any officer of a public or private agency or in-
33             stitution, having custody of the juvenile under court order or providing
34             educational, medical or mental health services to the juvenile or a
35             court-approved advocate for the juvenile;
36                 (5) any educational institution to the extent necessary to enable the
37             educational institution to provide the safest possible environment for its
38             students and employees;
39                 (6) any educator to the extent necessary to enable the educator to
40             protect the personal safety of the educator and the educator's students;
41                 (7) law enforcement officers or county or district attorneys or their
42             staff when necessary for the discharge of their official duties;
43                 (6) (8) the central repository, as defined by K.S.A. 22-4701 and

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  1             amendments thereto, for use only as a part of the juvenile offender in-
  2             formation system established under K.S.A. 38-1618 and amendments
  3             thereto;
  4                 (7) (9) juvenile intake and assessment workers;
  5                 (8) (10) juvenile justice authority;
  6                 (9) (11) any other person when authorized by a court order, subject
  7             to any conditions imposed by the order; and
  8                 (10) (12) as provided in subsection (c).
  9                 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to records concern-
10             ing:
11                 (1) A violation, by a person 14 or more years of age, of any provision
12             of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated or of any city ordinance or
13             county resolution which relates to the regulation of traffic on the roads,
14             highways or streets or the operation of self-propelled or nonself-propelled
15             vehicles of any kind;
16                 (2) a violation, by a person 16 or more years of age, of any provision
17             of chapter 32 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; or
18                 (3) an offense for which the juvenile is prosecuted as an adult.
19                 (c) All records of law enforcement officers and agencies and munic-
20             ipal courts concerning a public offense committed or alleged to have been
21             committed by a juvenile 14 or more years of age shall be subject to the
22             same disclosure restrictions as the records of adults. Information identi-
23             fying victims and alleged victims of sex offenses, as defined in K.S.A.
24             chapter 21, article 35, shall not be disclosed or open to public inspection
25             under any circumstances. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the victim
26             or any alleged victim of any sex offense from voluntarily disclosing such
27             victim's identity.
28                 (d) Relevant information, reports and records shall be made available
29             to the department of corrections upon request and a showing that the
30             former juvenile has been convicted of a crime and placed in the custody
31             of the secretary of the department of corrections.
32                 (e) All records, reports and information obtained as a part of the
33             juvenile intake and assessment process for juvenile offenders shall be
34             confidential and shall not be disclosed except as provided in this section
35             or by rules and regulations established by the commissioner of juvenile
36             justice.
37                 (1) Any court of record may order the disclosure of such records,
38             reports and other information to any person or entity.
39                 (2) The head of any juvenile intake and assessment program, certified
40             pursuant to the commissioner of juvenile justice, may authorize disclosure
41             of such records, reports and other information to:
42                 (A) A person licensed to practice the healing arts who has before that
43             person a child whom the person reasonably suspects may be abused or

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  1             neglected;
  2                 (B) a court-appointed special advocate for a child, which advocate
  3             reports to the court, or an agency having the legal responsibility or au-
  4             thorization to care for, treat or supervise a child;
  5                 (C) a parent or other person responsible for the welfare of a child,
  6             or such person's legal representative, with protection for the identity of
  7             persons reporting and other appropriate persons;
  8                 (D) the child or the guardian ad litem for such child;
  9                 (E) the police or other law enforcement agency;
10                 (F) an agency charged with the responsibility of preventing or treat-
11             ing physical, mental or emotional abuse or neglect or sexual abuse of
12             children, if the agency requesting the information has standards of con-
13             fidentiality as strict or stricter than the requirements of the Kansas code
14             for care of children or the Kansas juvenile justice code, whichever is
15             applicable;
16                 (G) a person who is a member of a multidisciplinary team;
17                 (H) an agency authorized by a properly constituted authority to di-
18             agnose, care for, treat or supervise a child who is the subject of a report
19             or record of child abuse or neglect;
20                 (I) any individual, or public or private agency authorized by a properly
21             constituted authority to diagnose, care for, treat or supervise a child who
22             is the subject of a report or record of child abuse or neglect and specif-
23             ically includes the following: Physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, nurse prac-
24             titioners, psychologists, licensed social workers, child development spe-
25             cialists, physicians' assistants, community mental health workers, alcohol
26             and drug abuse counselors and licensed or registered child care providers;
27                 (J) a citizen review board;
28                 (K) an educational institution if related to a juvenile offender that is
29             required to attend attends such educational institution as part of an im-
30             mediate intervention program, probation or post-release supervision.; and
31                 (L) educators who have exposure to the juvenile offender or who are
32             responsible for students who have exposure to the juvenile offender.
33                 (3) To any juvenile intake and assessment worker of another certified
34             juvenile intake and assessment program.
35                 Sec. 10 9 [8]. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1618 is hereby amended to read
36             as follows: 38-1618. (a) In order to properly advise the three branches of
37             government on the operation of the juvenile justice system, there is
38             hereby established within and as a part of the central repository, as de-
39             fined by K.S.A. 22-4701 and amendments thereto, a juvenile offender
40             information system. The system shall serve as a repository of juvenile
41             offender information which is collected by juvenile justice agencies and
42             reported to the system. Unless extended by an official action of the Kansas
43             criminal justice coordinating council, the juvenile offender information

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  1             system shall be operational and functional on or before July 1, 1997.
  2                 (b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, every juvenile
  3             justice agency shall report juvenile offender information, whether col-
  4             lected manually or by means of an automated system, to the central re-
  5             pository, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
  6             this section. A juvenile justice agency shall report to the central repository
  7             those reportable events involving a violation of a county resolution or city
  8             ordinance only when required by rules and regulations adopted by the
  9             director.
10                 (c) Reporting methods may include:
11                 (1) Submission of juvenile offender information by a juvenile justice
12             agency directly to the central repository;
13                 (2) if the information can readily be collected and reported through
14             the court system, submission to the central repository by the office of
15             judicial administrator; or
16                 (3) if the information can readily be collected and reported through
17             juvenile justice agencies that are part of a geographically based infor-
18             mation system, submission to the central repository by the agencies.
19                 (d) The director may determine, by rule and regulation, the report-
20             able events to be reported by each juvenile justice agency, in order to
21             avoid duplication in reporting.
22                 (e) Juvenile offender information maintained in the juvenile offender
23             information system is confidential and shall not be disseminated or pub-
24             licly disclosed in a manner which enables identification of any individual
25             who is a subject of the information, except that the information shall be
26             open to inspection by law enforcement agencies of this state, by the de-
27             partment of social and rehabilitation services if related to an individual in
28             the secretary's custody or control, by the juvenile justice authority if re-
29             lated to an individual in the commissioner's custody or control, by the
30             department of corrections if related to an individual in the commissioner's
31             custody or control, by the educational institution to the extent allowed
32             pursuant to law or pursuant to a court order, if related to an individual
33             that is required to attend such educational institution as part of an im-
34             mediate intervention program, probation or post-release supervision ed-
35             ucational institutions to the extent necessary to enable such institutions
36             to provide the safest possible environment for students, teachers and other
37             employees, by any educator to the extent necessary to enable the educator
38             to protect the personal safety of the educator and the educator's students,
39             by the officers of any public institution to which the individual is com-
40             mitted, by county and district attorneys, by attorneys for the parties to a
41             proceeding under this code, the intake and assessment worker or upon
42             order of a judge of the district court or an appellate court.
43                 (f) Any journal entry of a trial of a juvenile adjudged to be a juvenile

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  1             offender shall state the number of the statute under which the juvenile
  2             is adjudicated to be a juvenile offender and specify whether each offense,
  3             if done by an adult, would constitute a felony or misdemeanor, as defined
  4             by K.S.A. 21-3105 and amendments thereto.
  5                 (g) Any law enforcement agency that willfully fails to make any report
  6             required by this section shall be liable to the state for the payment of a
  7             civil penalty, recoverable in an action brought by the attorney general, in
  8             an amount not exceeding $500 for each report not made. Any civil penalty
  9             recovered under this subsection shall be paid into the state general fund.
10                 (h) The director shall adopt any rules and regulations necessary to
11             implement, administer and enforce the provisions of this section.
12                 (i) K.S.A. 38-1617 and amendments thereto and this section shall be
13             part of and supplemental to the Kansas juvenile justice code.
14                 (j) The director shall develop incentives to encourage the timely entry
15             of juvenile offender information into the central repository.
16                 Sec. 11 10 [9]. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1502, 38-1502b, 38-1507, 38-
17             1602, 38-1608, 38-1618, 72-89b01, 72-89b02, and 72-89b03 and 72-
18             89b04 are hereby repealed.
19                 Sec. 12 11 [10]. This act shall take effect and be in force from and
20             after its publication in the statute book.
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