Kentucky School Safety
Mapping Requirements

The School Mapping Data Program was established by SB 2 (2024) and codified at KRS 158.4433. Under it, the state — through the Kentucky Center for School Safety — develops standardized emergency mapping data for every public and charter school, rather than requiring each district to produce its own. The maps are verified through an on-site walk-through of buildings and grounds and provided to public-safety agencies and participating schools perpetually at no cost. Administration was later transferred to the Kentucky 911 Services Board under HB 652.

No. Kentucky uses a state-run model: the Kentucky Center for School Safety builds the standardized emergency maps for every public and charter school, so districts are not required to procure their own. This is different from states like Texas and New Jersey, where the schools or districts themselves must provide mapping data to first responders. In Kentucky, the state does the mapping and provides it at no cost to schools.

Public and charter schools are mapped automatically at no cost. Private and independent schools are mapped on request under the program, which means many private schools coordinate their own documentation. THE FUTURE 3D provides survey-grade 3D laser scanning for private schools that want field-verified building documentation aligned with the same technical capabilities the state program specifies, delivered as point clouds and PDF measurement reports that import into public-safety and GIS systems.

Kentucky funds the School Mapping Data Program with state dollars and provides the maps to public and charter schools at no cost — there is no per-school fee. The exact appropriation dedicated to the SB 2 program is not publicly itemized, so we do not cite a specific dollar figure. Importantly, this is state-level funding: federal STOP School Violence Act and COPS grants fund training and prevention but do not cover physical mapping or 3D scanning services.

KRS 158.4433 sets roughly eleven technical capabilities. The mapping data must be compatible with public-safety and school software at no added fee, printable and available in digital format on request, verified through an on-site walk-through, oriented to true north with gridded coordinates, and built from floor plans overlaid on current verified aerial imagery. It must include site-specific labeling of rooms, hallways, doors, stairwells, hazards, utility controls, key boxes, AEDs, and trauma kits, plus the grounds.

The state builds the official emergency maps, but they are only as accurate as the underlying capture. 3D laser scanning is the field-verified walk-through the standard calls for — every room, door, stairwell, and life-safety asset is physically captured with survey-grade accuracy. The resulting point clouds (E57, RCP, LAS, LAZ), PDF measurement reports, and 360° panoramas import into the CAD, GIS, and 911/PSAP platforms used to build and maintain the maps, and give private schools a compliant-quality record of their own.

Professional 3D laser scanning for school documentation costs $0.20-$0.70 per square foot, with a $1,000 minimum project. For a standard 50,000 sqft Kentucky school building, expect roughly $10,000-$20,000 depending on the level of detail. Matterport virtual tours for schools start at $1,500 per building, and hosting is $20/month (or a free file transfer). Pricing varies by location and project scope, and volume discounts apply for district-wide or multi-building programs.

Yes. A single site visit can produce both safety documentation (3D laser scan data for first responders) and enrollment marketing assets (a Matterport 3D virtual tour). The laser scan captures point-cloud data suited to emergency planning, while the Matterport tour goes on the school website for prospective families. This dual-purpose approach is especially useful for Kentucky private schools that must arrange their own documentation, since it turns one visit into two deliverables.

Yes. THE FUTURE 3D provides professional 3D laser scanning services nationwide, including Kentucky. We are an NYC DOE Approved Vendor (#THE770638) with 20+ NYC DOE schools documented, a registered Miami-Dade vendor, and 5+ years serving schools. Our equipment — the Trimble X12 (±2mm @ 20m), NavVis VLX3 (mobile scanning for rapid campus coverage), and Matterport Pro3 (virtual tours) — produces field-verified point-cloud documentation aligned with the capabilities specified in KRS 158.4433. We typically respond to inquiries within one hour and coordinate scanning when students are not present.