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Committee unanimously backs bill to add child-abuse reporting information to coaches' training and participation forms
Summary
Senate Bill 120 would add information about mandatory reporting and how to report suspected abuse to annual sports participation forms and coaches' annual training. Sponsors and KHSAA said the bill does not change mandatory-reporting law but aims to increase awareness; the committee passed the bill unanimously.
Senate Bill 120, sponsored by Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong, passed the Senate Standing Committee on Education unanimously after committee members questioned how the proposal would be implemented and how it would interact with existing law and background-check practices.
Chambers Armstrong said the bill would include information on existing Kentucky law requiring people with reason to suspect child abuse to report it and would add a short section on reporting to the annual sports participation form and to annual coaches training already required under statute. "This bill would simply add a short section on…
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