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161.042 Status of student teachers -- Responsibility to administrative staff and supervising teachers -- Professional competency requirement for supervising teachers.

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161.042 Status of student teachers -- Responsibility to administrative staff and supervising teachers -- Professional competency requirement for supervising <br>teachers. (1) The Education Professional Standards Board shall provide through administrative regulation for the utilization of the common schools for the preparation of teacher <br>education students from the colleges and universities. (2) Within the provisions established by the Education Professional Standards Board, local boards of education are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements, <br>including financial arrangements, with colleges and universities for the purpose of <br>providing professional laboratory experiences and student teaching experiences for <br>students preparing for the education profession. (3) The Education Professional Standards Board shall promulgate administrative regulations defining the professional requirements and general duties of a <br>supervising teacher and requirements for a local school district and school to be <br>used for this purpose. (4) A student teacher who is jointly assigned under agreement by a teacher education institution and a local board of education shall have the same legal status and <br>protection as a certified teacher employed within the school district and shall be <br>responsible to the administrative staff of the school district and the supervising <br>teacher to whom he or she is assigned. All student teachers shall be subject to the <br>state and national criminal records checks required of certified hires under <br>provisions of KRS 160.380. (5) Teacher education students, other than student teachers, may be permitted through cooperative agreements between the local school district and the teacher education <br>institution, to engage in supplementary instructional activities with pupils under the <br>direction and supervision of the professional administrative and teaching staff of the <br>school district. Teacher education students shall not be subject to the criminal <br>records checks required under KRS 160.380 or 161.148. Effective: June 21, 2001 <br>History: Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 2, effective June 21, 2001; and ch. 137, sec. 9, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective <br>July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 409, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- <br>Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. II, sec. 67, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended <br>1982 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 178, sec. 2. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/21/2001). This section was amended by 2001 Ky. Acts chs. 60 and 137, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been <br>codified together.