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A
One
and
welcome
to
the
10th
meeting
of
the
senate
committee
on
education.
I
do
call
this
meeting
to
order
if
you
are
in
the
audience
as
a
guest
today
or
also
as
a
committee
member
on
the
committee.
If
you
do
have
a
cell
phone,
if
you
please
just
turn
that
to
silence
or
vibrate,
so
we
could
conduct
our
business
for
today.
It
will
be
greatly
appreciated,
also
as
an
announcement.
We
always
make.
A
A
President,
we
are
have
a
quorum.
We
are
duly
constituted
to
do
business.
This
morning
we
have
some
members
on
the
committee
that
do
have
some
guests
in
the
audience.
I'm
going
to
go
first
with
the
page
that
I
have
for
today.
An
eighth
grade
student
from
taylor,
county
middle
school,
mr
brighton,
close,
brighton,
welcome,
brighton
is
a.
A
Probably
one
of
the
the
tallest
eighth
graders
that
we
may
have
in
the
commonwealth
of
kentucky.
He
also
will
probably
be
a
future
tight
end
for
the
university
of
kentucky
or
university
of
louisville,
wherever
he
may
end
up,
but
his
mother
here,
brandi
close
with
the
kid
spot
back
in
campbellsville.
D
I
do,
mr,
mr,
mr
chairman,
one
of
our
presenters
today,
amira
bowman
is
here
from
marion
county
high
school.
Her
dad
jeremy
bowman
is
back
in
the
back
and
and
her
uncle
michael
leathers.
So
I
want
to
make
make
sure
that
they're
welcome
all
from
lebanon
and
certainly
appreciate
them
being
here
today.
Mr
chairman,
wonderful.
E
A
A
house
bill
63
is
an
act
related
to
school
resource
officers.
The
sponsor
for
the
bill
is
state
representative,
kevin,
bratcher,
representative
brancher
good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
senate
education
committee,
and
you
know
the
the
role
of
the
routine.
If
you
would
identify
yourself
for
the
record,
please
and
any
guests,
I'm
not
sure.
If
you
have
with
you
today
or
not.
F
No
I'm
going
solo.
I
appreciate
it
chairman
kevin
bratzer,
state
representative,
29th
district.
A
Sounds
great
representative
we
do
have
a
a
committee
sub
that
we
need
to
move
for
adoption
if
you're.
Okay
with
that
for
free.
A
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
to
adopt
the
committee
sub.
We
have
a
motion.
We
do
have
a
second
second,
we
do
have
a
second
all,
those
in
favor
of
accepting
the
committee
sub.
Please
do
so
by
saying
aye
all
those
opposed.
F
Thank
you,
sir.
When
the
when
the
kentucky
school
and
safety
resiliency
act
was
passed
a
few
years
ago,
it
covered
areas
on
how
to
make
our
kentucky
schools
safer.
One
of
them
was
that
an
sro
should
be
on
each
school
campus
ready
to
go.
If
the
unthinkable
happens.
A
G
You,
mr
chairman,
and
the
committee
sub
the
language
from
senate
bill
120,
which
passed
this
body
is
incorporated
into
the
language
and
basically,
what
this
language
does
is.
It
is
permissive
that
allows
a
local
school
district
to
create
a
campus
police
department.
G
I
think
we
have
about
70,
maybe
70
something
school
districts
within
commonwealth
that
use
the
sleol
model.
That's
the
special
law
enforcement
officer
model.
Many
of
these
act
as
police
departments.
I
attended
the
visitation
for
former
senator
joe
boeing
last
week
in
davis
county
and
was
able
to
speak
with
a
captain
from
their
school
police
department.
They
call
themselves
a
police
department
and
he
was
telling
me
some
of
the
struggles
they
have.
They
have
take
on
cars,
but
yet
they
have
no
jurisdiction
off
of
school
property.
G
The
bill
would
allow
the
latitude
that
university
police
departments
have
where
the
officers
would
have
jurisdiction
on
school
buses
anywhere
in
the
state
on
any
property
owned
or
occupied
by
the
school
district.
It
would
allow
them
to
reach
agreements
with
local
governments
to
have
jurisdiction
within
that
city
or
county.
G
So
it
opens
up
resources
to
the
school
districts
that
they
might
not
have.
That
would
help
to
comply
with
exactly
what
we
want
to
do
and
that's
to
have
an
officer
on
in
every
school.
This
would
open
up
more
resources
to
allow
that
to
happen.
And,
mr
chairman,
that's
the
crux
of
the
the
committee
sub.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you,
representative,
bringing
this
bill
just
a
quick
question
on
budget.
So
in
our
budget
is
in
conference
now
and
it's
you
know
how
the
process
works,
and
in
that
budget
there
are
significant
increases
in
seek
funding
numbers
that
I
would
advocate,
for
you
know
significant
increases
in
your
opinion.
If
that,
if
our
budget
passes
and
that
seek
funding
moves
forward,
is,
is
there
anything
in
there
that
would
prevent
a
district
from
using
those
funds
to
hire
sros
in
their
general
fund
budget.
E
F
A
A
Center
neal
saw
your
hand
there.
Sir.
H
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Is
there
anything
in
this
bill
that
prevents
the
decision
to
fund
the
sro
from
in
coaching
on
other
budgetary
needs
in
the
district.
I
F
This
this
bill
is
simply
reporting.
You
know
a
lot
of
people
in
the
house.
There
was
a
lot
of
debate
on
sros
and
I
would
tell
them
look.
The
sro
question
has
been
the
sro
on
each
campus
has
been
settled
three
years
ago
or
two
years
ago
that
this
is
simply
if
you
cannot
get
to
an
sro
on
each
campus,
that
you
must
report
it
to
the
school
safety
center,
which
is
in
richmond.
I
believe
and
come
up
with
a
plan
to
get
there.
H
They
have
to
develop
a
plan,
so
is
that
based
about?
Is
that
based
upon
the
availability
of
additional
funds,
or
do
they
have
to
in
coach?
My
concern
is
the
encouragement
of
of
the
funding
by
this
particular
initiative
and
compromising
local
decision
making
close
to
the
ground
in
terms
of
what
they
need
where
they
need
when
they
need
it,
and
that's
my
concern.
A
H
H
E
H
Sorry,
my
concern
is
local
decision
making.
You
know.
Sometimes
we
set
policy
and
we
you
know
it's
one
size
fit
all.
We
may
not
perceive
it
that
way,
but
when.
J
H
Into
operational
level
on
the
ground,
it
does
it's
not
congruent
and
that's
why
local
decision
making
is
so
important
in
any
of
these
processes
and
I'm
just
trying
to
get
into
that.
As
far
as
I
can,
I
don't
run
a
school
district,
but
I
also
know
that
what
we
do
up
here
sometimes
does
not
give
enough
room
for
local
decision
making.
That's
my
concern.
H
So
my
question
is
that
you
have
situations
like
in
a
large
school
district.
You
may
have
budgetary
constraints
in
terms
of
the
number
of
sros
that
you
could
put
in
place,
and
then
you
have
logistical
questions
about
where
you
would
put
an
sro
versus
someplace
else.
Does
this
impinge
upon
those
alternative,
optional
decision
making
considerations
this.
F
The
previous
and
the
the
original
act
says
that
there
be
an
sro
on
every
campus
now
the
j.
If
you're
talking
about
jcps,
they
came
up
with
a
new
plan.
That's
a
great
first
step.
It's
a
whole
lot
better
than
what
they
had,
which
was
zero.
They
had
no
security
on
any
campus
for
three
years
now
they
are
developing
a
system
that
is
a
great
first
step
in
fulfilling
the
requirements
of
the
safety
and
resiliency
act.
So
I
commend
them
for
doing
that.
They're
not
there,
but
they
are
getting
there.
K
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I've
got
a
couple
of
questions
and
I
hate
to
put
you
on
the
spot
because
I
don't
think
you're
the
architect
of
this
original
language,
but,
and
you
didn't
have
the.
K
Well,
yeah,
but
obviously
it's
on
your
bill
so
now
you've
read
it
and
hopefully
accepted
it.
So,
where
we're
talking
about
police
officers
appointed
by
the
local
board
of
education
acting
as
peace
officers
in
section
down
on
page
four
on
page
five,
the
local
board
of
education
could
have
them
enforce
school
policy.
Also
right.
So
my
question,
for
you
is
the
local
school
district.
The
board
of
education.
K
F
They
each
school
district
can
make
a
deal
with
their
sheriff's
office
police
officer,
or
they
can
hire
their
own
security.
That's
the
way
it
is
currently.
K
G
Mr
chairman,
there
there
there
are
the
different
models
you
can
contract
with
the
local
law
enforcement
officer,
or
you
can
use
special
law
enforcement
officers
which
those
are
pop
certified
officers
and,
as
I
said,
davis
county
calls
theirs
their.
They
call
it
a
police
department,
the
davis
county
school
police
department,
and
they
they
are.
They
are
sworn
they
have
jurisdiction
on
school
property,
it's
very
limited,
but
they
are
pop
certified
officers
with
limited
jurisdiction
and-
and
they
are
classified
as
sros,
they
get
the
cleft
funding
and
they
must
be
certified.
G
G
If
they
want
even
more
control
of
their
officers,
they
can
do
the
option
that
I'm
offering
and
that's
a
police
department
where
they
can
control
the
training
they
can
control,
how
their
campuses
are
police
to
a
greater
level.
They
have
access
to
more
funding.
So
the
idea
is
to
create
options
for
each
school
district,
because
every
school
district
is
different
on
what
works
for
them.
But
all
of
these
officers
are
pop
certified
officers
that
have
arrest
powers
and
everything
that
comes
with
that.
A
G
H
K
A
K
A
Aye,
I
have
a
vote
count
of
eight.
I
votes
one
no
vote
and
one
pass
vote
josh.
Is
that
correct
good?
My
math
is
good
this
morning
great
the
bill
does
pass.
We
cannot
place
it
on
the
consent,
though,
by
having
a
no
in
a
pass
vote,
but
as
the
bill's
amended,
it
will
proceed.
We
do
have
a
title
amendment.
I
need
a
motion
in
the
sect
on
the
title
amendment.
A
A
Next
item
on
our
agenda
today
is
house
bill,
44
an
act
relating
to
student,
mental
health.
The
sponsors
representative,
bobby
mccool,
representative,
welcome.
I
know
you've
been
here
before
in
front
of
the
senate
education
committee,
but
welcome
back-
and
I
know
you've
got
some
some
guests
this
morning
with
you,
great-looking
guests
that
you
have
so
representative,
I'm
going
to
have
you
and
also
I'll,
see
representative
wilner's
made
her
way
to
the
table
too.
You
all
know
the
protocol
introduce
yourselves
for
the
record,
make
sure
the
microphones
are
on
green
and
you
may
proceed.
A
J
You,
mr
trump
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
present
this
bill
to
you
today
and
you're
correct.
I
do
have
some
wonderful
guests
to
remember
today,
you're
going
to
hear
from
them
just
in
a
moment
and
I'll
be
quiet,
so
you
can
hear
that
you
hear
the
experts
by
mccool
district
97,
state
representative.
C
Yes,
lisa
wilner
representative
from
house
district
35.
A
Wonderful
representative
mccool,
I
know
we
have
a
proposed
committee
sub
on
the
bill
before
you
get
into
discussion
on
the
bill.
I
would
like
to
ask
that
we
presented
to
us.
Do
we
have
a
motion?
We
have
a
motion
for
center
southworth.
We
have
a
second
from
senator
wilson,
all
those
in
favor
of
accepting
the
subdues
by
saying
aye.
Those
oppose
motion
carries
representative
mccool
I'll.
Give
you
the
floor
to
give
me
a
little
bit
of
a
background
for
our
members
here
of
how
we
came
about.
J
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
I
do
appreciate
this
opportunity.
Mental
health
is
an
issue
that's
throughout
our
country,
and
we
know
that
so
this
bill
really
doesn't
make
clear.
It
doesn't
add
any
days
to
the
to
the
student
calendar
or
anything
like
that,
doesn't
give
you
any
additional
absences
to
the
students,
but
it
is
important
for
us
to
start
talking
about
mental
health,
because
mental
health
is
a
health
issue
and
I'm
going
to
stop
right
there
and
and
let
them
go
on
and
take
representative
wilder.
C
Thank
you
very
much
this
bill.
Our
goal
here
is
to
really
elevate
the
conversation
around
student,
mental
health
and,
mr
chairman,
I
know
that's
an
issue,
that's
very
important
to
you
and
other
members
of
your
committee
and
and
really
to
center,
the
voices
of
the
folks
who
are
most
impacted
by
student,
mental
health
issues
and
that
students
themselves
and
these
wonderful
students
came
to
rep
mccool
and
me
over
the
interim
with
the
idea
for
this
bill
and
with
that.
Well,
let
them
present
it.
N
L
This
bill
was
created
not
only
to
uplift
students
but
to
remove
the
stigma
around
mental
health
in
the
commonwealth.
Students
often
feel
uncomfortable
expressing
their
mental
well-being
to
parents
and
school
staff.
This
bill
allows
students
to
honestly
express
to
school
staff
why
they're
absent
and
help
eliminate
the
silence
around
mental
health
issues.
M
One
of
which
hasn't
been
discussed
enough
is
the
pandemic's
effects
on
health
and
the
well-being
of
students
think
about
it.
Students
were
quarantined
away
from
other
kids,
their
age
for
many
months
to
a
year
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
we're
back
in
school,
where
hundreds
were
surrounding
them,
even
at
once,
even
if
they
didn't
notice
it
first,
the
effects
were
unforeseen.
M
For
example,
I
have
always
been
the
very
extroverted
student,
I'm
the
one
who's
gonna
first
go
up
to
someone
and
introduce
myself,
I'm
the
first
to
bring
the
party
you
know
just
to
talk
and
socialize,
I'm
the
smiling
of
the
group.
M
Throughout
the
pandemic,
though
I
did
hit
some
unforeseen
setbacks,
I
developed
social
anxiety
and
for
a
student
who
is
well
known
to
be
their
extroverted
self.
That
came
shocking
to
not
just
me
but
to
my
peers,
and
they
would
be
well
what's
wrong
amira.
Why
aren't
you
being
yourself
like?
They
would
think
that
something
was
wrong
with
our
friendship,
but
in
real
honesty
I
didn't
know
what
was
going
on
with
myself.
I
would
be
in
the
middle
of
a
a
meeting
at
school.
M
I
mean
we
would
be
at
a
get
together
where
this
whole
school
was
meeting,
and
I
would
all
of
a
sudden
hit,
have
an
anxiety
attack,
and
I
didn't
know
what
that
was.
I
didn't
know
what
was
going
on
and
that
just
kept
building
up
and
if
the
pain,
if
the
pandemic
can
affect
someone
with
minor,
pre-existing
issues.
Imagine
how
that
affected,
those
who
were
already
struggling.
N
Our
students
need
the
ability
to
take
a
day
off
here
and
there
to
decompress
and
regroup
and
to
do
so
without
judgment.
According
to
data
from
2019
school
problems
were
identified
in
44
of
suicide
cases.
This
data
is
pre-covered
when
the
kentucky
injury,
prevention
and
research
center
releases
updated
postcode
figures,
this
44
number
could
be
much
higher.
That
is
why
it
is
important
for
us
to
trust
students
and
allow
them
to
take
a
break
for
their
mental
health
and
take
their
mental
health
seriously.
In
addition
to
allowing
students
to
take
a
much-needed
break.
L
L
L
It
is
true
that
not
all
students
have
a
diagnosed
mental
illness,
but
even
those
without
diagnosed
issues
sometimes
have
days
where
they're,
just
not
all
mentally
there.
This
bill
is
we're
not
the
first
state
to
propose
a
bill
that
supports
school
that
have
that
supports
schools
to
have
excused
absences
for
mental
health.
There
are
at
least
13
other
states
that
have
passed
laws
or
expanded
on
previous
laws,
allowing
excused
absences
for
mental
health
reasons,
for
example,
utah
passed
house
bill
81
that
adds
mental
or
behavior
health
as
a
valid
excuse
for
a
school
absence.
N
Poor
mental
health
can
not
only
hurt
one's
well-being
but
their
performance
in
school.
A
study
from
the
pediatric
clinical
research
center
of
all
children's
hospitals
showed
that
students
who
displayed
higher
rates
of
mental
illness
had
lower
gpas
and
lower
attendance
than
their
peers,
who
had
higher
lower
rates
of
mental
illness.
M
One
of
the
most
moving
contributions
that
has
arisen
through
the
process
of
this
bill
has
been
the
voices
of
the
students
that
have
reached
out
to
us
personally
just
24
hours
ago.
I
started
a
petition
for
students
in
kentucky
and
in
that
time,
in
that
short
period
of
time,
we
have
gotten
flooded
with
signatures
and
with
students
reaching
out
with
their
personal
stories
as
to
why
they
really
want
this
bill.
M
The
responses
as
to
why
it
was
important
to
them
were
incredibly
moving
the
main,
consistent
response
where
students,
noting
were
as
cole
mentioned,
we
can't
perform
our
best
when
we're
at
our
worst
mentally
one
noted
another
mentioned
when
I
get
to
my
lowest
points.
I
feel
like
I
can't
even
get
out
of
bed
in
the
morning
and
being
able
to
leave
the
stress
behind
for
a
day
would
help
tremendously.
M
The
next
consistent
response
was
that
of
the
need
for
mental
health
validation.
Response
is
read,
I
feel
as
if
mental
health
is
invalidated
in
schools.
Another
spoke
out
it's
important
to
me
for
the
teachers
and
other
stuff
at
the
school.
I
don't
think
they
understand
how
much
we
go
through,
but
don't
speak
up.
M
I
think,
having
days
for
our
mental
health
would
improve
the
minds
of
students
by
taking
time
for
themselves
and
doing
what
they
need
to
get
back
on
track,
forcing
kids
to
go
to
school
on
days
where
they
might
not
be
the
best
just
put
stress
on
us
more.
The
students
all
across
kentucky
are
reaching
out
to
you.
These
are
just
few
of
many
students
who
need
this
help.
Mental
illness
is
important
and
they
need
to
know
they're,
not
alone,.
L
L
A
A
H
Actually,
it's
not
a
question,
mr
chairman,
but
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
appreciation
for
these
students
coming
and
expressing
these
thoughts
elevating
this
issue.
I
think
it's
a
very
positive
thing
and
representative
mccoo
and
my
good
friend
here
as
well
as
you,
mr
chairman.
I
think
this
is
very
important
stay
in
the
fight
for
this.
This
is
very
important.
G
G
C
Thank
you
for
the
question
senator
and
just
like
any
other
excused
absence.
A
parent
or
guardian
caregiver
would
still
need
to
call
into
the
school,
and
so
there
the
student
is
not
just
unilaterally
making
the
decision
any
more
than
they
could
do
so
already.
The
only
difference
now
is
that
there
would
be
an
explicit
discussion
that
the
reason
for
staying
home
is
because
of
a
mental
health
concern,
and
it
may
alert
the
parents.
C
C
And
I
I
could
just
say
that
there's
nothing
to
preclude
that
from
happening,
and
you
know
we
know
that
our
counselors,
our
school
social
workers,
our
school
psychs,
are
so
overworked
with
the
the
responsibilities
they
already
have,
and
so
a
student
who
may
not
have
been
on
their
radar
at
all
would
be
much
more
likely
to
get
a
follow-up
because
of
this
bill
than
without
it.
That's
a.
J
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
representative
wellner
and
representative
mccool.
Thank
you
all
for
your
work
on
this
and
amira
you
and
your
team.
Congratulations,
you're,
you're,
two
steps
away
from
having
a
bill
to
pass
the
kentucky
general
assembly
and
it's
a
brutal
process
at
times
and
this
year.
D
If
you
look
in
the
get
one
of
those
legislative
records,
it's
about
that
thick
of
over
1200
bills
filed
to
date,
there's
only
16
that
have
made
it
all
the
way
through
the
process,
and
we
only
have
10
days
left
so
you'll
be
commended
and,
like
I
said
it
is
a
brutal
process
and
congratulations
on
being
this
close
to
getting
a
bill
completely
passed
through
the
kentucky
general
assembly
and
signed
by
the
governor.
Thank
you.
A
B
K
K
In
fact,
I
have
been
a
strong
supporter
of
more
absences
from
school
and
I
feel
like
one
of
the
main
goals
for
me
in
being
on
this
committee
in
the
education
policy
is
to
get
schools,
teachers
and
all
of
the
adults
and
the
lives
of
our
students
to
quit,
stressing
them
out
as
much
as
possible.
When
I
was
a
teacher,
I
got
my
students
after
they
left
another
teacher's
class
and
they
were
so
stressed
out.
K
A
Aye
by
a
vote
of
nine
to
zero,
the
bill
does
pass
representative
mccool.
I'm
gonna
ask
for
consent,
if
that's
possible
or
do
would
somebody
like
to
make
some
comments
on
the
floor
with
the
bill.
A
Allow
it
no
okay,
okay,
we
will
not
move
for
consent,
so
we'll
move
for
the
bill
to
to
further
along
and
that
will
be
house
bill.
44.
Congratulations!
Nice
job!
Every
one
of
you
all.
A
A
A
Patrick's,
shame
on
me
right
representative.
That's
in
all
seriousness
welcome
this
morning.
If
you
would
please
identify
yourself
for
the
record
and
also
your
guest.
O
Right
appreciate
it.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
members.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today
to
speak
with
you
on
house
bill
33..
This
bill
may
look
familiar
to
you.
I
believe
it
may
have
come
before
this
committee
or
one
of
the
senate
committees
before
just
to
give
you
a
brief
history
passed
the
house
in
2020,
but
it
got
caught
up
in
the
senate
due
to
covet
like
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
bills.
Did
we
passed
it
unanimously?
O
Last
year
ran
out
of
time
and
this
year
we're
bringing
it
again
passed
unanimously
out
of
the
house,
and
hopefully
we
can
get
it
across
the
finish
line
this
year,
hospital
33,
currently
local
governments
are
responsible
for
the
examination
and
the
approval
and
disapproval
of
plans
and
specifications
for
construction
projects
up
to
specific
sizes
and
types
as
this
is
defined
in
statute.
O
O
The
purpose
of
house
bill
33
is
to
allow
local
governments
to
perform
plan
review
inspection
and
have
jurisdiction
over
enforcement
responsibilities
for
school
construction
projects
when
the
local
government
and
the
department
of
housing
building
construction
agree
in
writing.
So
just
emphasize.
This
is
only
with
written
agreement
from
hbc.
O
The
purpose
of
this
bill
is
to
relieve
some
of
the
burden
on
hbc
and
the
backlog
for
state
plan
review
and
allow
local
governments,
where
appropriate
and
with
qualified
personnel
to
get
those
projects
up
and
moving
throughout
the
process.
I've
worked
closely
with
the
kentucky
department
of
education
on
additional
language
to
this
review
process,
as
well
as
clean
up
of
existing
language
and
statute.
I'm
going
to
let
mr
chai
ritter,
with
kde,
discuss
that
language.
I
There's
a
couple
things
in
this
bill:
one
is
the
efficient
school
design
trust
fund.
This
was
never
used.
Our
knowledge
never
funded.
There's
also
some
language
about
an
energy
report
that
kde
creates
with
energy
policy
and
this
report
I
worked
with
staff
to
kind
of
determine
the
last
couple
of
years.
It
takes
about
a
hundred
hours
of
labor
to
build
this
report
and
honestly
we're
not
sure
if
anyone's
ever
read
it.
I
It's
a
thick
report
full
of
a
lot
of
good
information,
but
it's
just
not
as
feasible
as
it
once
was,
and
staffing
levels,
of
course,
in
our
office
that
work
with
school
facilities
is
minimal.
We
have
171
districts,
construction
has
literally
exploded
and
we
review
plans
every
day,
and
this
report
takes
up
a
big
chunk
of
their
time.
So
that's
part
of
it
as
well
as
the
efficiency
part
you
know,
school
districts
are
incented
naturally
like
we
all
are
to
you
know,
use
led
lights,
insulate
properly,
the
design
professionals
they
hire
by
law.
I
A
K
I
I
Sure
I'm
sorry,
I
should
have
gone
over
that
so
in
the
housing
and
building
code.
There's
a
water
bottle
filling
station,
it's
our
understanding,
that's
already
in
the
housing
and
building
code
and
on
this
side
it
requires
us
to
review
the
plans
for
that
and
it's
already
being
included
on
the
housing
and
building
code.
A
E
Please
proceed
I
vote.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
the
bill,
and
importantly,
thank
you
for
shedding
light
on
this
important
topic
just
want
to
make
a
comment.
We
have
a
serious
problem
at
hbc
moving
projects
forward
and
it's
not
just
public
projects,
it's
also
private
projects
and
to
me
this
is
a
red
tape
reduction
bill.
You
know
where
we're
streamlining
it
and
just
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
the
bill
great
comments.
A
Right
we
have
a
vote
of
eight
on
eye
votes;
zero,
no
votes.
I
would
ask
for
a
motion
of
consent
motion
by
senator
carroll
for
consent.
We
have
a
second
second
by
central
west,
all
those
in
favor
of
placing
33
on
consent,
please
just
by
saying
aye.
All
those
opposed
motion
carries.
Congratulations
representing
brazil.
Thank.
O
A
A
A
Aaron,
thank
you
so
much.
I
know
you've
got
your
hands
full
there
this
morning,
literally
yes,
beautiful,
beautiful,
representative
tate
welcome
this
morning
before
we
have
discussion
on
this.
There
is
a
proposed
committee
sub
that
we
have
for
the
bill
this
morning.
I
would
like
have
a
before
the
discussion
of
that
have
a
motion
to
adopt
the
committee
sub
motion.
We
have
a
second
all,
those
in
favor
of
accepting
our
second
with
central
southwest.
A
I
don't
know
if
staff
heard
that
or
not
all
those
in
favor
of
accepting
this
committee
subdues
by
saying
aye.
All
those
opposed
motion
carries
representative
tate.
The
floor
is
yours
I'll.
Let
you
get
into
the
coming
of
the
background
discussion
on
the
bill.
Great.
P
Thank
you
very
much.
This
is
aaron's
law
and
I
sincerely
appreciate
aaron
being
here
today.
Erin
your
child
is
how
old,
12
days
old,
12
days
old.
So
this
is
definitely
a
passion
of
errands,
and
I
think
this
is
not
the
first
time
that
this
aaron's
law
has
actually
come
before
this
committee
or
being
discussed
in
this
committee.
But
I
think
it's
very
timely
for
this
bill,
especially
considering
in
march
of
this
year.
P
The
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services
stated
that
for
the
third
year
in
a
row,
kentucky
leads
the
nation
in
child
abuse
cases,
and
so
I
know
that
this
is
certainly
a
very
strong
passion
of
this
group
to
make
sure
that
that
doesn't
happen
and
and
to
do
what
we
can.
We've
had
a
lot
of
conversation
about
social
workers
and
how
we
don't
have
enough
social
workers,
and
so
I
think
that
it's
really
important
and
the
social
workers
do
a
lot
of
work
and
we
cannot
live
without
them.
P
A
Agree
representative,
thank
you
really
quick
members
on
the
sub.
I
just
want
to
briefly
explain
what
we're
doing
here.
The
original
house
bill
version
required
the
kentucky
department
of
education
to
maintain
an
approved
list
and
for
a
superintendent
to
adopt
a
curriculum
that
includes
instruction
for
age-appropriate
and
evidence-based
strategies
for
child
physical,
sexual,
emotional
abuse
and
neglect.
The
committee
sub
basically
accomplishes
the
original
intent
of
the
bill
within
the
existing
trauma-informed
processes
that
we
established
in
the
2019
senate
bill
1
that
was
under
the
school
safety
and
resiliency
act.
A
So
this
will
incorporate
age-appropriate,
evidence-based
interventions
and
strategies
for
those
child,
physical,
sexual,
emotional
abuse
and
neglect
awareness
and
prevention
within
training,
guidance
and
assistance.
That's
already
provided
to
the
local
school
trauma,
informed
team,
a
mental
health
service
providers,
the
existing
kentucky
department
of
education,
toolkit
of
trauma-informed
strategies
and
the
required
local
school
board
plan
for
a
school
district's
trauma
for
approach
in
its
school.
So
we
basically
just
incorporated
that
into
the
existing
language
we
have
done
previously
with
the
with
senate
bill
1
years
ago.
K
Okay,
I'm
looking
at
page
four
and
the
very
top
it
says:
enhancing
age,
appropriate
child
abuse
and
neglect
awareness
throughout
the
school
community.
Now
before
on
page
two,
it
says:
there's
gonna,
be
training,
guidance,
assistance
to
administrators
teachers
and
staff.
K
On
page
three,
it
says
we're
gonna
have
recommendations
make
made
available
at
the
end
of
page
four.
It
says:
there's
me
notification
as
superintendents
detailing
about
the
standards,
what
I'm
trying
to
get
to
on
the
top
of
page
four.
Is
this
question?
I
I
don't
really
believe
in
the
word
age-appropriate
in
this
situation,
because
there's
no
such
thing.
This
is
a
not
a
question
of
age.
K
This
is
a
question
of
experience
and
I
think
back
to
times
when
I
was
a
very
young
person-
and
I
I
worked
at
a
summer
camp
and
we
know
we
went
through
the
you
know
all
the
abuse
awareness
you
know
stuff
you
do
and
the
problem
is
every
child's
experience
is
different,
so
different
that
in
fact,
teaching
one
child
to
watch
for
signs
of
abuse
is
actually
traumatizing
another
child
thinking.
Oh,
am
I
an
abusive
family.
K
K
What
is
neglect
awareness,
I'm
more
poor
than
you
are
and
therefore
my
parents
have
neglected
me
and
that
just
starts
into
a
whole
nother
problem.
So
I'm
very
concerned
about
how
we
do
this
and
I
like
the
sub
because
it
definitely
tightens
it
down.
It
gets
way
closer,
but
I
don't
think
it
gets
all
the
way
there.
K
P
And,
and-
and
I
appreciate
your
question,
if
I
make,
may
I
also
let
the
aaron
speak
also
because
I
think
she
can
add
a
little
bit
of
light
to
this.
You
know
and
I'm
not
saying
that
we
should
do
everything
that
every
other
state
does,
but
this
has
been
a
10
year
quest
of
hers
and
I
think
and
there's
37
states
that
have
already
adopted
this.
We
also
have
a
within
statute
right
now.
We
have
the
definition
of
emotional
abuse
neglect.
P
A
Q
Thank
you,
so
I
traveled
to
kentucky
was
it
eight
years
ago
and
testified
in
that
room
on
this
bill?
It
could
have
been
one
of
the
first
10
states
to
pass
it.
Unfortunately,
here
we
are
all
these
years
later
and
37
states
have
passed
it
and
I'm
hoping
we
can
change
kentucky
and
make
it
the
38th
state
growing
up.
I'm
from
the
chicagoland
area
still
live
here.
Q
Q
No
one
was
teaching
me
the
tools,
unsafe
and
unsafe,
touch,
safe
and
unsafe
secrets.
However,
report
your
abuse
to
a
safe
trusted
adults,
the
only
education
I
got
and
millions
of
children
get
throughout
this
country
when
they're
not
being
taught
this
law
is
to
keep
it
a
secret.
You
might
think
this
should
be
a
conversation
left
in
the
home
with
mom
and
dad.
Unfortunately,
most
parents
only
talk
to
their
kids
about
stranger
danger.
Q
90
of
the
time
children
are
not
being
sexually
abused,
physically
abused
by
the
stranger,
but
by
someone
they
know
and
trust
growing
up
in
the
public
school.
We
teach
kids,
bully
intervention,
internet
safety,
suicide
prevention
in
sixth
grade.
I
still
have
my
dare
car
teaching
us
the
eight
ways
to
say
no
to
drugs,
but
I
tell
legislators
across
this
country
where
the
eight
ways
to
teach
kids
on
how
to
speak
up
and
tell
if
you're
being
abused,
we
failed
to
do
that
at
age
11.
Q
I
woke
up
in
my
grandparents
condo
in
wisconsin
to
now
an
older
teenage
cousin
sexually
abusing
me.
This
was
like
the
brother.
I
never
had
growing
up
who
lived
down
the
street
from
me
for
the
next
almost
two
years.
He
repeatedly
threatened
me.
No
one
will
believe
you
you'll
destroy
our
family.
You
have
no
proof
that
I'm
doing
this
to
you.
Q
So
here
I
have
now
been
on
this
quest
for
more
than
a
decade
to
require,
starting
in
my
home
state
of
illinois,
that
we
teach
kids,
personal
body
safety
education.
I
feel
it
is
a
no-brainer
teaching,
kids,
the
difference
and
going
back
to
age
appropriate.
There
are
research-based
curriculums
across
this
country
that
are
now
being
used
in
these
37
states,
teaching,
kids,
the
differences
between
safe
and
unsafe
touch,
safe
and
unsafe
secrets,
they're,
showing
the
little
kindergartners
first
graders
videos.
Q
You
know
empowering
them
on
how
to
speak
up
and
tell-
and
I
know
there
was
a
concern
about
kids,
making
false
accusations.
When
you
look
at
the
research,
it
is
very,
very,
very
minimal
that
a
child
would
make
up
abuse
and
when
a
child
has
in
those
very
small
situations
during
the
interview
process,
they
see
that
there's
not
consistency
in
a
child's
story
and
it
usually
does
not
move
forward.
So
if
there's
concerns
about
innocent
people
being
locked
up
for
this,
that
is
a
very,
very
rare
situation
to
happen.
Q
You
might
wonder
funding
how
are
schools
paying
for
this?
In
2015,
president
obama
signed
the
every
student
succeeds
act
and
a
portion
of
it
was
introduced
by
u.s
senator
jillian
branch
to
require
federal
funding
under
aaron's
law.
It
falls
under
an
umbrella
where
you
teach
dare
bully
intervention
funding
there
for
schools
to
use,
but
in
a
lot
of
states
they
don't
even
need
to
use
that,
for
example,
both
my
kindergartner
and
second
grader
learned
aaron's
law
last
week.
They
didn't
need
to
hire
an
outside
program
to
come
in
and
teach
it.
Q
The
school
social
worker
taught
the
kindergartners.
The
health
teacher
taught
the
second
graders,
so
we
already
have
in-house
staff
that
are
trained
teaching
during
in-service
days.
How
to
address
and
talk
to
kids
about
this,
so
you
might
be
wondering
37
states
have
now
passed
this.
Do
you
have
proof
that
this
is
working
across
the
country?
And
I
don't
have
time
to
show
you
them
all?
But
there
are
articles
like
this
popping
up
everywhere
advocates
highlight
aaron's
law
after
brave
child
abuse.
Q
Elementary
school
abuse
program
helps
lead
to
arrest
a
prince,
william
county
man.
I've
got
dozens
of
articles
like
this,
and
one
of
the
most
extreme
situations
comes
out
of
new
york
last
spring.
I
spent
eight
years
going
back
and
forth
with
legislators
in
new
york
to
pass
this
law,
and
I
sat
there
and
told
them
every
time
I
testified
emailed
and
called
them
one
day.
Q
You
know
find
that
ability
to
speak
up
and
tell
because
no
one
is
educating
that
last
spring
was
the
first
year
aaron's
law
was
mandated
in
the
state
of
new
york,
and
while
it
was
being
taught
by
a
children's
advocacy
center
coming
into
the
school
in
upstate
new
york
in
march,
nine
children
came
forward
in
that
one
elementary
school
saying
they
were
being
sexually
abused
and
who
were
these
nine
children
pointing
the
finger
at
the
same
man?
Q
The
principal
this
principal
was
arrested.
Having
programs
called
lunch
buddies
inviting
students
into
his
office
closing
the
door
pretending
to
be
having
lunch
with
these
kids
or
reading
programs
with
these
kids
when
he
was
actually
sexually
abusing
him.
He
was
a
principal
in
the
school
for
17
years
and,
as
you
can
imagine,
with
these
predators,
they're
getting
away
with
it
they're
going
to
keep
doing
it.
Q
Since
his
arrest
more
than
30
students
dating
back
to
2009,
we've
got
17
year
olds
now
coming
forward,
saying
this
principle:
molested
them
for
years
from
first
grade
third
fifth,
multiple
times.
Let's
think
for
a
moment.
If
new
york
continued
to
kill
this
bill,
this
principal
would
continue
to
be
abusing
these
kids
erin.
Q
L
A
H
P
A
B
O
K
So
I
want
to
do
something
about
that
and
I
do
think
this
is
a
great
vehicle
to
do
that
in
the
concern
I
still
have.
Is
the
stories
we're
talking
about.
Are
you
know
sexual
abuse,
predators
and
that
kind
of
thing
and
the
wording
in
the
bill
includes
things
like
neglect,
awareness,
which
I
think
goes
more
to
where
my
issues
and
concerns
were
before,
and
so
I
might
consider
perhaps
that
format
mr
men
to
really
focus
in
on.
How
are
we
going
to
teach
kids?
We
don't
want
kids
to
start
being
scared
un.
K
K
You
know
between
a
father-daughter
relationship,
that's
actually
healthy
and
right
versus
the
the
freaky
uncle
in
the
middle
of
the
night,
and
we
we
need
to
figure
out
how
to
draw
that
line,
and
I
hope
curriculum
developers
have
done
that,
but
I
highly
doubt
they
have
considering
stories
I've
heard,
so
I
certainly
would
like
to
make
more
progress
on
this.
Thank
you.
A
E
Chairman
wes,
as
you
know,
I
was
away
from
the
committee
meeting
and
so
I
there
are
three.
A
Votes
I
want
to
please.
A
A
A
A
The
other
three
you
are-
and
I
vote,
thank
you
so
much.
What's
our
final
vote
count.
Josh.
We
have
votes
of
seven
eye
votes,
two
pass
votes.
The
bill
does
pass
the
committee.
It
does
not
be
placed
on
consent
with
the
past
but
representative
tate.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you,
aaron
for
also
being
here
today,
great.
A
P
A
P
I
just
add
one:
please
april
is
child
abuse
awareness
month,
and
so
I'm
really
excited
about
this
bill
and
also
senate
bill
8,
because
I
think
senate
bill
8
is
amazing
and
I
think
it's
probably
going
to
be
one
of
the
most
helpful
bills
that
come
out
of
our
session
this
year.
So
I
thank
you
all
very
much.
Thank.