Kentucky Statutes 161.165 – Recruitment of minority teachers
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(1) The Kentucky Department of Education in cooperation with the Education Professional Standards Board, the Kentucky Board of Education, local school districts, universities, and colleges, and the Council on Postsecondary Education shall review and revise as needed the strategic plan for increasing the number of minority teachers and administrators in the Commonwealth. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations on ways to:
(a) Identify methods for increasing the percentage of minority educators in proportion to the number of minority students;
(b) Establish programs to identify, recruit, and prepare as teachers minority persons who have already earned college degrees in other job fields;
(c) Create awareness among secondary school guidance counselors of the need for minority teachers.
(2) The Kentucky Department of Education and the Education Professional Standards Board shall promote programs that increase the percentage of minorities who enter and successfully complete a four (4) year teacher preparation program and provide support to minority students in meeting qualifying requirements for students entering a teacher preparation program at institutions of higher education.
(3) The Kentucky Department of Education with input from the Education Professional Standards Board shall periodically submit a report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education that evaluates the results of these efforts and includes accompanying recommendations to establish a continuing program for increasing the number of minorities in teacher education.
Effective: June 21, 2001
History: Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 14, effective June 21, 2001. — Amended 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 67, effective May 30, 1997. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. — Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 432, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. I, C, 3, (10) at 1660.
(a) Identify methods for increasing the percentage of minority educators in proportion to the number of minority students;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 161.165
- branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(b) Establish programs to identify, recruit, and prepare as teachers minority persons who have already earned college degrees in other job fields;
(c) Create awareness among secondary school guidance counselors of the need for minority teachers.
(2) The Kentucky Department of Education and the Education Professional Standards Board shall promote programs that increase the percentage of minorities who enter and successfully complete a four (4) year teacher preparation program and provide support to minority students in meeting qualifying requirements for students entering a teacher preparation program at institutions of higher education.
(3) The Kentucky Department of Education with input from the Education Professional Standards Board shall periodically submit a report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education that evaluates the results of these efforts and includes accompanying recommendations to establish a continuing program for increasing the number of minorities in teacher education.
Effective: June 21, 2001
History: Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 14, effective June 21, 2001. — Amended 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 67, effective May 30, 1997. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. — Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 432, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. I, C, 3, (10) at 1660.