HB 415 — AN ACT relating to educators.

Summary

AN ACT relating to educators.

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Action History

1. House Committee Substitute 1

2. Retain original provisions and establish a transition process for the hearing officer to be selected from the Office of the Attorney General; include knowledge of a report being filed pursuant to KRS 620.030 on a certificate holder in the duty for superintendents to report to the Education Professional Standards Board; require that board to provide notice to a superintendent when the board has determined that credible evidence warrants further investigation of a certificate holder employed by the district; establish requirement for the notice; amend KRS 156.095 to require Kentucky Department of Education to develop training for school district employees about appropriate relationships and communication with students and establish district employee training requirements; replace file transfers with authorization for a superintendent to submit an open records request to an applicant's previous school district employers and to the board for records concerning disciplinary actions or professional misconduct; require district employees to notify the superintendent within 10 business days of being charged with a felony; amend KRS 156.492 and 160.380 to make conforming changes.

3. Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Education Professional Standards Board, hearing officer, transition Attorney General - Education Professional Standards Board, hearing officer, transition Boards And Commissions - Education Professional Standards Board, superintendent notification, requirement Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Department of Education, district employee training, requirement Education, Elementary And Secondary - District employees, notification to superintendent of charged felonies, requirement Education, Elementary And Secondary - Education Professional Standards Board, superintendent notification, requirement Education, Elementary And Secondary - Kentucky Department of Education, district employee training, requirement Education, Elementary And Secondary - Superintendent access to applicant records, open records request, authorization Education, Elementary And Secondary - Superintendent reporting requirements, Education Professional Standards Board, establishment Teachers - Education Professional Standards Board, due process procedures, modification Teachers - Personnel and certification records, disclosure, requirement

Sponsors

• G. Brown Jr. M. Clines · Primary

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