(a) Willful and knowing failure of a school employee to make a report required by subsection (b)(1) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-6143, and amendments thereto, is a class B nonperson misdemeanor. Preventing or interfering with, with the intent to prevent, the making of a report required by subsection (b)(1) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-6143, and amendments thereto, is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

(b) Willful and knowing failure of any employee designated by a board of education to transmit reports made by school employees to the appropriate state or local law enforcement agency as required by subsection (b)(1) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-6143, and amendments thereto, is a class B nonperson misdemeanor. Preventing or interfering with, with the intent to prevent, the transmission of reports required by subsection (b)(1) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-6143, and amendments thereto, is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-6144

  • Board of education: means the board of education of a unified school district or the governing authority of an accredited nonpublic school. See Kansas Statutes 72-6131
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • School: means a public school or an accredited nonpublic school. See Kansas Statutes 72-6131
  • School employee: means any administrative, professional or paraprofessional employee of a school. See Kansas Statutes 72-6142
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(c) No board of education shall terminate the employment of, or prevent or impair the profession of, or impose any other sanction on any school employee because the employee made an oral or written report to, or cooperated with an investigation by, a law enforcement agency relating to any criminal act that the employee knows has been committed or reasonably believes will be committed at school, on school property, or at a school supervised activity.

(d) Any board of education, and any member or employee thereof, participating without malice in the making of an oral or written report to a law enforcement agency relating to any criminal act that is known to have been committed or reasonably is believed will be committed at school, on school property, or at a school supervised activity shall have immunity from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceedings resulting from the report.