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158.782 Guidelines to provide highly skilled education assistance to schools and districts -- Professional leave for selected employee -- Appropriate training -- Review of paperwork requirements.

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158.782 Guidelines to provide highly skilled education assistance to schools and districts -- Professional leave for selected employee -- Appropriate training -- <br>Review of paperwork requirements. (1) After receiving the advice of the Office of Education Accountability; the School Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability Council; and the National Technical <br>Advisory Panel on Assessment and Accountability, the Kentucky Board of <br>Education shall promulgate administrative regulations in conformity with KRS <br>158.6471 and 158.6472 and KRS Chapter 13A, to set forth the guidelines for <br>providing highly skilled education assistance to schools and school districts. The <br>program shall be designed to support improved teaching and learning and may <br>include, but not be limited to, establishing the following: <br>(a) Criteria for identifying successful strategies of assistance; <br>(b) Policies and procedures for providing education assistance, which may include training, making assignments, employing certified personnel, and <br>setting salaries that may include supplements; and (c) Duties of those providing education assistance, which may include personnel evaluation and recommendations concerning retention, dismissal, or transfer <br>of personnel. (2) A district employee selected to provide assistance shall be granted professional leave pursuant to KRS 161.770 though the time may exceed two (2) years if <br>determined by the state board to be necessary. A certified employee shall not lose <br>any employee benefits as a result of a special assignment. (3) The Department of Education shall provide appropriate training for the persons selected to provide assistance that shall include but not be limited to training to <br>strengthen the school-based decision making process. (4) The Kentucky Board of Education shall annually review the paperwork required of schools receiving highly skilled certified education assistance. It shall assure that <br>paperwork requirements are kept to a minimum, relevant to the needs of the school, <br>and are directly related to improving teaching and learning. Effective: July 13, 2004 <br>History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 3, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 598, sec. 14, effective April 14, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 362, sec. 6, effective 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 4, <br>effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. I, sec. 6, effective July <br>13, 1990.