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156.495 Program to identify and locate missing children enrolled in Kentucky schools.

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156.495 Program to identify and locate missing children enrolled in Kentucky schools. (1) The Department of Education shall weekly distribute the names, provided by the Department of Kentucky State Police, of all missing children and children who have <br>been recovered to all public and private schools admitting children in preschool <br>through grade twelve (12). (2) Every public and private school in this state shall notify local law enforcement or the Department of Kentucky State Police at its earliest known contact with any child <br>whose name appears on the list of missing Kentucky children. (3) The department shall encourage each public and private school to engage in a program whereby the parents of children who are absent from school are notified in <br>person or by telephone to verify if they know that the child is not attending school. Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 165, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 39, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2003. -- Repealed and reenacted <br>1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 372, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1984 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 382, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1984.