year's November election.

Kentucky state lawmakers want to know what disciplinary issues are happening in Jefferson County Public schools.

These questions come from a state committee that's expected to file a report and possibly make recommendations on whether and how the district should be reconstructed more about that.

And tonight's legislative update.

>> I would like to know how many students on student assaults have happened.

Just one year would be great.

How many student on staff assaults?

How many result in suspension or expulsion?

Because I look, I I listen to all of this and I read through this handbook.

And I've pulled up our debt, the data for JCPS all the back to 2011.

There have been 2 explosions since 2011.

I'm certain there have been incidents.

Is that would warrant an expulsion within the school, but it's not happening.

And that's something that concerns me.

I think the issues that a lot of teachers will report, whether they will write a referral or not.

>> Could have been solved.

If you know, we were able to fill all the open positions that we have.

You know, the number of open positions early childhood has that are, you know, both teacher and support staff.

We were able to fill all of the bus monitor postings that we have for buses.

I think we'd see a significant difference in the behavior incidents.

The teachers are writing referrals on or not.

>> There's always going to be conflict in schools.

They're always going to be issues in situations that arise in schools, some of which are more impactful, a more severe than others.

We do our best to address them.

We know things in advance.

We are highly proactive in talking to students in including other stakeholders, parents, even for conferences in conversations to try to dissuade poor decisions.

We're not always successful.

And when those things do occur, we respond to them.

And we tell our administrators to respond to them as well.

>> The district says starting this school year, it's installed AI powered weapons detection systems at all.

High schools.

It's planning to do the same with its middle schools.

The district also runs to alternative schools for students with a history of disciplinary issues, including involvement in the criminal