(1) The Education Professional Standards Board shall define “out-of-field” teaching and inform all local school districts of the definition.
(2) By November 15 of each year, the Education Professional Standards Board shall identify every teacher assigned classes out-of-field in the current school year and shall inform the Kentucky Department of Education.
(3) The Kentucky Department of Education shall provide to each school district a summary of the teachers identified as teaching out-of-field and give the district opportunity to correct the situation during the year. No teacher shall be reduced in salary due to being involuntarily moved out-of-field or being hired into a position out of his or her field. Emergency certification shall not be a valid reason for reducing any certified teacher’s salary.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 3, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 4, effective July 13, 2004. — Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch.
527, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000.