SB 101 — AN ACT relating to career and technical education and declaring an emergency.

UNOFFICIALCHAPTER COPY40 211 RSCHAPTER 40 ( SB 101/GA101 ) AN ACT relating to career and technical education and declaring an emergency.

This category may include selected industrial technology Level III programs as defined by the Page 1 of 7 SB010110.100 - 1176 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 21 RS SB 101/GA Department of Education and programs in other occupational areas as deemed appropriate;appropriate.

This category may include selected industrial technology Level III programs as defined by the Department of Education and programs in other occupational areas as deemed appropriate;appropriate.

and (c) Category I--Orientation and career exploration programs:

(3) For calculation purposes and after categorizing the programs as described in subsection (2) of this section, a weight shall be applied as a percentage of the base guarantee per pupil in average daily attendance as defined by KRS 157.320 under the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky Program, which shall be applied to full-timefull- time equivalent students in Categories II and III.

(4) (a) If a school district has a locally operated secondary area center that has been Page 2 of 7 SB010110.100 - 1176 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 21 RS SB 101/GA receiving state supplemental funds, and the district moves the center as part of a collaborative project agreement between two (2) or more school districts, then the Kentucky Department of Education may, subject to approval by the commissioner of education, distribute the general funds designated for the district's locally operated secondary area center to the district for the purpose of supporting the collaborative project for the district's full-time equivalent students in Category II and III programs.

Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (b) If the commissioner of education approves the distribution of funds under paragraph (a) of this subsection:

(a) For the first year under the management and control of the local board of education, the locally operated center shall receive funding in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the annual state Generalgeneral Fundfund appropriation allocated to the center for on-site direct costs for the most Page 3 of 7 SB010110.100 - 1176 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 21 RS SB 101/GA recent fiscal year under state management and control, including any amount allocated directly to the local district for use of district-owned facilities.facilities;

(b) For each fiscal year thereafter, the center shall receive seventy-five percent (75%) of the amount allocated to it under paragraph (a) of this subsection.subsection;

(c) The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of funds previously allocated to a center as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall annually be allocated, in accordance with the formula described in subsection (2) of this section, to locally operated secondary area centers and vocational departments that did not receive state supplemental funds under subsection (2) of this section and were not otherwise appropriated funds by the General Assembly for the current fiscal year.year;

(d) If no locally operated secondary area centers and vocational departments are eligible for funding under paragraph (c) of this subsection, the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of funds shall be allocated, in accordance with the formula described in subsection (2) of this section, to all locally operated secondary area centers and vocational departments that received funds for the current fiscal year.year;

and.

(1) (a) A local board of education may submit a request to the commissioner of education to assume authority for the management and control of a state-state-operated operated secondary vocational education and technology center.

Upon agreement between the commissioner of education and the local board of education for the transfer of a state-operated secondary vocational education and technology center, all personnel, equipment, and supplies shall be Page 4 of 7 SB010110.100 - 1176 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 21 RS SB 101/GA transferred to the local board of education and shall be utilized for the operation of the locally operated vocational center.

A transferred employee shall be provided the benefits of comparable employees in the district and shall be subject to all rules and policies of the local board CHAPTER 40 3 of education, including but not limited to disciplinary and personnel actions that are the same as those that may be exercised by the district for any other employee in the district during a contract period.

Any excess sick leave that a classified or certified employee has earned that Page 5 of 7 SB010110.100 - 1176 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 21 RS SB 101/GA the district will not accept in the transfer may be requested to be held in escrow by the appropriate state personnel system under KRS Chapter 18A or KRS 156.800 to 156.860, and the sick leave balance shall be restored to the employee if the employee returns to a state government position.

A classified employee who has four (4) years of continuous active service in the state certified personnel system under KRS 156.800 to 156.860 at the time of transfer shall be offered an employment contract at the time of transfer that shall be considered a continuing service contract as defined Page 6 of 7 SB010110.100 - 1176 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 21 RS SB 101/GA in KRS 161.720 for a minimum of five (5) complete school terms.

PageSigned 7by ofGovernor 7March SB010110.10018, -2021. 1176 - XXXX GA

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