2024-2025 Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) Results for
Proficient Reading: 23%
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Distinguished Reading: 13%
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Proficient Math: 22%
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Distinguished Math: 8%
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Proficient Reading: 28%
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Distinguished Reading: 20%
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Proficient Math: 24%
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Distinguished Math: 15%
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Proficient Reading: 29%
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Distinguished Reading: 18%
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Proficient Math: 23%
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Distinguished Math: 17%
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A "traceable communication platform" is a digital platform designated by the local board of education as the exclusive means for teachers, school employees, and volunteers to communicate electronically with students. The platform must allow parents/legal guardians to access and review all communications, if requested.
No, in order to use a program that has the capability for two way communication (even if you don’t plan on using it for that), it must be on the approved traceable communications platform list. If you think the program qualifies as a traceable communication please put in a request with your supervisor or principal who will pass it along to the proper people to evaluate.
No, any program that does not have the capability to message students is exempt from SB 181.
We encourage the use of the approved traceable communications platforms in our district (i.e. Gmail, ParentSquare and StudentSquare). However, the waiver is available for teachers, school employees, and school volunteers to utilize only on an as-needed basis when a traceable communication platform is not possible. A waiver also requires principal or supervisor approval.
No, parents and legal guardians cannot be required to fill out the waiver.
No, each student must have a waiver for each adult who will be communicating with them outside of the approved traceable communications platform. For example, if a student has multiple chaperones on a school trip or multiple coaches on their athletic team, the parent/legal guardian of that student will need to submit a waiver for each chaperone/coach to communicate with their student outside of an approved traceable communication platform.
The DISD waiver is available in each school office, and it can be requested.
Yes, the parent or legal guardian may revoke this permission at any time through written notification to the school.
No. However, if a student messages the account, do not open the message and engage conversation. If the message is opened, it becomes communication in a non-traceable communications platform.
No, however, any DISD staff member or volunteer may not direct-message these pages.
Yes. However, it can only be used for school-related content and can only include students who have photo permission. If you post about your personal life or family, even one time, it is no longer a school-related page. Do not direct message students on this account.
Yes. This law has a narrow definition of a family member who has permission to contact students outside of an approved traceable communications platform. Approved family members as identified by the law are: parent/legal guardian, brother, sister, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, or grandparent. If a teacher, school employee, or school volunteer wishes to communicate with their stepchild (for whom they are not the legal guardian) outside of an approved traceable communication platform, the waiver must be completed by the student’s parent/legal guardian.
Yes. This law has a narrow definition of a family member who has permission to contact students outside of an approved traceable communications platform. Approved family members as identified by the law are: parent/legal guardian, brother, sister, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, or grandparent.
DO delete any current students who may be your friend or follower on social media. As a general rule, you should not maintain "friend" or "follower" relationships with students on personal social media accounts. This falls outside the scope of a traceable communication system and could lead to unauthorized communication. You may only be friends or followers of students on social media if they are an approved family member or if you have a waiver for that student.
DO acquaint yourself with our DISD Board of Education-approved traceable communications platforms:
DO keep following your school and the district on social media! However, when commenting, please keep posts generic. For example, if a student receives a perfect ACT score, an appropriate comment from a DISD staff member or volunteer under SB181 would be as follows: “Congratulations! Impressive!” An inappropriate comment from a DISD staff member or volunteer under SB181 would be as follows: “Congratulations, (student’s name)! I’ve enjoyed having you in class! You’re going to do great things!”
The difference between these two examples is that the “inappropriate” comment is direct communication to a student on social media. The “appropriate” comment keeps the communication generic.
DON’T add or accept any students as friends or followers on your personal social media unless they are an approved family member under the law or without the appropriate parent/guardian permission/waiver form being on file.
DON’T direct message any student on any platform that is not: ParentSquare (StudentSquare for students); Gmail, using danville.kyschools.us domain; Infinite Campus; GoGuardian; Google Classroom (including Google Drive, Meet, Forms, Docs, Slides); Microsoft Education Products when signed in with a Danville Schools account, Xello, Edgenuity or sportsYou; or another approved platform unless they are an approved family member under the law or unless they have the appropriate parent/guardian permission/waiver form completed.
If a communication is sent to you by a student on social media or another non-traceable communications platform, ignore the message. You may use an approved communications platform to respond.
For example, if a student messages you on Facebook Messenger, do not open the message. Instead, you can send them a message on StudentSquare and say, “Hello, I saw that you messaged me on Facebook, but I do not have permission to respond on that platform. Is there anything I can help you with?”
DON’T pressure or require parents/guardians to fill out the waiver in order for their student to participate in your club, organization, or sport.
A "traceable communication platform" is a digital platform designated by the local board of education as the exclusive means for teachers, school employees, and volunteers to communicate electronically with students. The platform must allow parents/legal guardians to access and review all communications, if requested.
Yes, this law has a narrow definition of a family member who has permission to contact students outside of an approved traceable communications platform. Approved family members are as follows: parent/legal guardian, brother, sister, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, or grandparent. Step-parents (who are not legal guardians of their step-child), step-siblings, cousins, and any other familial relation that is not mentioned in the approved list must communicate with their family member who is a student by using an approved traceable communications platform unless the parent/legal guardian has signed a waiver. Information about the waiver is under the “Staff/Volunteers” tab.
Yes, this law applies to school volunteers in all regards. We understand this law may feel overwhelming when you consider yourself a volunteer. However, compliance for our school volunteers is of the utmost importance. According to the law, the consequence for school volunteers in violation of the law is extremely strict. As a school volunteer, if you need to contact a student directly, it must be through an approved traceable communications platform or you must have a waiver in place from the parent/legal guardian of the student. Please note that the law applies when communicating with students even about matters that do not relate to your school volunteering. For example, if you take a student, who is not your own, to practice and you are running late, you would need a waiver in place from their parent/legal guardian in order to text that student that you are running late.
No, this law is about student-to-adult communication. It is not about adult-to-adult communication.
If you have completed a waiver for that adult, your student may be friends or followers with that adult on social media. If there is no waiver in place, teachers, school employees, and school adults may not engage with students on social media.
Perhaps you have heard that a new law in Kentucky called Senate Bill 181 went into effect on Friday, June 27. This law is about the communication that teachers, school employees, and school volunteers (like coaches, club sponsors, and more) have with students. The purpose of this law is to protect students and to protect teachers, school employees, and school volunteers.
