Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 505 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE › Chapter 1 - Child Welfare › Section 505 KAR 1:080 - Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				158.135,
				158.137,
				605.110
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				605.110(3) requires that
				children maintained in a facility or program operated or contracted by the
				Department of Juvenile Justice or the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
				shall, so far as possible, receive a common school education.
				KRS
				605.110(3)(d) requires the
				department to promulgate administrative regulations governing the education of
				state agency children. This administrative regulation establishes requirements
				governing the Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency
				Children.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Average daily membership" means the
			 average number of state agency children on the KECSAC designated child count
			 days.
(2) "Department" means the
			 Department of Juvenile Justice.
(3)
			 "Educational administrative staff" means a principal, assistant principal,
			 supervisor, coordinator, director, pupil personnel worker, or guidance
			 counselor employed or contracted by the Kentucky Educational Collaborative for
			 State Agency Children to provide education services.
(4) "Extended school calendar" means 230
			 school days, of which at least 210 shall be instructional days and the
			 remainder shall be determined by the local school district, as required in
			 KRS
			 158.070. It is recommended that three (3) of
			 the noninstructional days be used for professional development designed for
			 state agency children teachers.
(5)
			 "Individual education program" or "IEP" means the written statement that meets
			 the requirements of
			 707 KAR
			 1:320 for state agency children identified as a child
			 with an educational disability as governed by
			 707 KAR
			 1:002.
(6)
			 "Individual plan of instruction" or "IPI" means the instructional plan required
			 for state agency children not identified as having educational disabilities
			 established in
			 707 KAR
			 1:002.
(7)
			 "Individual treatment plan" or "ITP" means a social and behavioral intervention
			 plan, including the plan for educational instruction, that is developed for
			 each state agency child being served by a Program.
(8) "KDE" means the Kentucky Department of
			 Education.
(9) "KECSAC" means
			 Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children.
(10) "Local school district" means the school
			 district where a state agency child is provided educational services.
(11) "On-site state agency school program"
			 means a school program operated on the campus of a residential facility or day
			 treatment program.
(12) "Program"
			 means a state operated or contracted institution or facility, including day
			 treatment facility, that is responsible for safety, security, and meeting the
			 educational needs of a state agency child.
(13) "Program director" means the
			 administrator at a Program that is responsible for the safety and security of
			 youth and staff and the operation of the Program.
(14) "Rated capacity" means the capacity of
			 the program as determined by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the
			 Department of Juvenile Justice in the Justice and Public Safety
			 Cabinet.
(15) "School" means the
			 site where the educational program for state agency children is
			 provided.
(16) "School
			 administrator" means the lead teacher, principal, or lead educator designated
			 by the local district or by KECSAC to be responsible for the operation of the
			 daily education program, and may be the program director of a facility, if the
			 program director has appropriate educational certification.
(17) "State agencies" means the Department of
			 Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the Cabinet
			 for Health and Family Services (CHFS).
(18) "State agency children" or "SAC" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 158.135(1)(a).
(19) "State agency children's fund" means
			 appropriations to support
			 KRS
			 158.135 previously known as out-of-district
			 funds.
(20) "Teacher preparation"
			 means those courses provided by a public or private college or university that
			 lead to teacher certification.
(21)
			 "Therapeutic foster care state agency child" means a youth in therapeutic
			 foster care as defined by
			 KRS
			 158.135(1)(c).
(22) "Treatment" means the total array of
			 services utilized to produce a positive change in a child served by a
			 Program.