KRS § 156.101 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.101
156.101 Purpose of section -- Definition of "instructional leader" -- Instructional leader improvement program
Status: in_force

156.101 Purpose of section -- Definition of "instructional leader" -- Instructional

leader improvement program.

(1) The purpose of this section is to encourage and require the maintenance and

development of effective instructional leadership in the public schools of the

Commonwealth and to recognize that principals, with the assistance of assistant

principals, supervisors of instruction, guidance counselors, and directors of special

education, have the primary responsibility for instructional leadership in the schools

to which they are assigned.

(2) For the purpose of this section, "instructional leader" shall be defined as an

employee of the public schools of the Commonwealth employed as a principal,

assistant principal, supervisor of instruction, guidance counselor, director of special

education, or other administrative position deemed by the Education Professional

Standards Board to require an administrative certificate.

(3) In order to carry out the purpose of this section, the Kentucky Board of Education

shall establish a statewide program to improve and maintain the quality and

effectiveness of instructional leadership in the public schools of the

Commonwealth.

(4) The instructional leader improvement program shall contain the following

provisions:

(a) Each instructional leader employed by the public schools of the

Commonwealth shall participate in a continuing intensive training program

designed especially for instructional leaders;

(b) Each instructional leader shall annually complete an intensive training

program approved by the Kentucky Board of Education to include no fewer

than twenty-one (21) participant hours of instruction;

(c) The Kentucky Board of Education shall prescribe specific criteria for the

training program. The Kentucky Department of Education may contract for

specific training with qualified agencies or institutions or approve programs

offered by training providers, including local district training programs,

except that the department shall ensure the requirements of paragraph (d) of

this subsection are met; and

(d) Annually, each local district superintendent shall report to the Kentucky

Department of Education any instructional leader who fails to complete the

training requirements of paragraph (b) of this subsection and shall place the

leader on probation for one (1) year. The Department of Education shall

verify completion of the required training. If the required training for the prior

year and the current year is not completed during the probationary period, the

Department of Education shall forward the information to the Education

Professional Standards Board, which shall revoke the instructional leader's

certificate.

(5) The Kentucky Department of Education shall ensure that training options in human

resource management and conflict resolution techniques are available to education

leaders throughout the state.

(6) This section shall be known as the "Effective Instructional Leadership Act."