Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
161.020,
161.028,
161.030,
161.1221
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
161.020,
161.028,
and
161.030
require that a teacher and other professional school personnel hold a
certificate of legal qualification for his or her respective position to be
issued by the Education Professional Standards Board.
KRS
161.1221 requires that the Education
Professional Standards Board identify all professional school personnel
assigned out-of-field. This administrative regulation establishes the
requirements for public school districts for reporting educator assignment data
used to determine out-of-field teaching.
Section
1. Definitions.
(1) "Content
area" means an academic area as defined in the Kentucky Program of Studies
established in
704 KAR
3:303 or the Curriculum Framework established by the
Kentucky Department of Education and
KRS
158.6451.
(2) "Course" means a unit of study created by
a district or school, involving one (1) or more academic content areas,
intended to be provided to one (1) or more population types.
(3) "Course identifier" means a number that
uniquely identifies a unit of study provided by a public school or
district.
(4) "Grade" means a code
supplied by the Kentucky Department of Education.
(5) "Organization ID" means a unique number
that identifies a school or district across data systems or within the same
data system.
(6) "Population" means
a group of students defined by similar demographic or disability
criteria.
(7) "Unique staff ID"
means a number that identifies a particular person across data systems or
within the same data system.
(8)
"Work assignment" means a job function requiring certification by the Education
Professional Standards Board.
Section
2. Public school districts shall report information about course
offerings and assignments of all certified staff to the Education Professional
Standards Board.
Section 3. Courses
shall be identified by providing the Education Professional Standards Board
with the following information:
(1) The name
and course identifier of each course;
(2) The content area or areas covered by the
course;
(3) The student population
or populations for which the course is intended; and
(4) The lowest and highest grades for which
the course is intended.
Section
4.
(1) Teacher assignment
information shall include the following information:
(a) The name and unique staff ID of the
teacher;
(b) The teacher work
assignment;
(c) The organization ID
of the district or school of the assignment;
(d) The course identifier for each course
established in Section 3 of this administrative regulation;
(e) The lowest and highest grade of students
enrolled in each course;
(f) The
number of students enrolled in each course; and
(g) The total number of hours of staff time
devoted to the assignment over the school year.
(2) Administrator assignment information
shall include the following information:
(a)
The name and unique staff ID of the administrator;
(b) The administrator work
assignment;
(c) The organization ID
of the district or school of the assignment; and
(d) The total number of hours of staff time
devoted to the assignment over the school year.
Section 5.
(1) Each school district shall provide two
(2) assignment reports to the Education Professional Standards Board each
school year.
(2)
(a) The first assignment report shall be
provided to the Education Professional Standards Board no later than November
1.
(b) The second assignment report
shall be provided to the Education Professional Standards Board no later than
March 1.
Section
6.
(1) The school districts
shall submit all required data electronically via software selected by the
district and approved by the Kentucky Department of Education under
requirements established in
KRS
156.670 and
701
KAR 5:110.
(2) The school districts shall conform to the
content and format specified in "Education Professional Standards Board Local
Educator Assignment Data Reporting Standards and Procedures".
(3) The Education Professional Standards
Board shall work with the Kentucky Department of Education to create a seamless
data reporting system for school districts.
(4) The Education Professional Standards
Board or its designee shall provide school districts with technical assistance
and support necessary to collect the required information.
Section 7.
(1) The Education Professional Standards
Board shall maintain a publicly-available set of data-reporting standards.
These shall include:
(a) A list or
downloadable file of content areas;
(b) A list or downloadable file of population
types; and
(c) A set of standards
for course and assignment reporting. The list of courses and work assignments
shall be available as a downloadable file.
(2)
(a)
These standards shall be available on the Education Professional Standards
Board Web site at:
www.kyepsb.net.
(b) These standards shall be available in
"Education Professional Standards Board Local Educator Assignment Data
Reporting Standards and Procedures".
Section 8. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) "Education Professional Standards Board
Local Educator Assignment Data Reporting Standards and Procedures", 2002-2003
School Year, is incorporated by reference.
(2) This material may be inspected, copied,
or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Education Professional
Standards Board, 100 Airport Road, 3rd Floor, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
161.1221
