Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 704 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF LEARNING PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 7 - Office of Learning Support Services › Section 704 KAR 7:130 - Minority teacher recruitment

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				160.380(2)(d)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				160.380(2)(d) requires each
				school district superintendent to report annually the school district's
				recruitment process and the activities used to increase the percentage of
				minority teachers in the district pursuant to administrative regulations of the
				Kentucky Board of Education. This administrative regulation establishes the
				recruitment and annual reporting procedures.
Section
			 1. The annual report required by
			 KRS
			 160.380(2)(d) shall:
(1) Be submitted by a school district
			 superintendent to the Department of Education; and
(2) Include:
(a) An education recruitment plan that
			 provides a description of:
1. Measures of
			 education recruitment success used by the district;
2. Sources used for recruiting
			 educators;
3. Strategies and
			 incentives used to ensure productive recruitment results;
4. Strategies used to retain quality
			 educators;
5. Process used to
			 obtain feedback from newly hired educators; and
6. Barriers that impact district recruitment
			 efforts;
(b) Listing of
			 positions advertised during the current recruitment cycle;
(c) Number of applicants for the position of
			 teacher who voluntarily revealed racial background and applied for one (1) or
			 more positions, disaggregated by race as follows:
1. White, not Hispanic;
2. Black, not Hispanic;
3. Hispanic;
4. Asian/Pacific Islander;
5. American Indian/Native Alaskan;
			 and
6. Other;
(d) For the applicants identified in
			 paragraph (c)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who received
			 one (1) interview and:
1. Were
			 hired;
2. Were not hired;
			 or
3. Received but declined an
			 offer;
(e) For the
			 applicants identified in paragraph (c)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of
			 applicants who received multiple interviews and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(f) Number of applicants for the
			 position of principal disaggregated by race who voluntarily revealed racial
			 background, disaggregated by race as follows:
1. White, not Hispanic;
2. Black, not Hispanic;
3. Hispanic;
4. Asian/Pacific Islander;
5. American Indian/Native Alaskan;
			 and
6. Other;
(g) For the applicants identified in
			 paragraph (f)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who were
			 recommended by the superintendent to the school council and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(h) For the applicants identified
			 in paragraph (f)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who
			 received one (1) interview and:
1. Were
			 hired;
2. Were not hired;
			 or
3. Received but declined an
			 offer;
(i) For the
			 applicants identified in paragraph (f)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of
			 applicants who received multiple interviews and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(j) Number of applicants for
			 administrative positions other than principal who voluntarily revealed racial
			 background, disaggregated by race as follows:
1. White, not Hispanic;
2. Black, not Hispanic;
3. Hispanic;
4. Asian/Pacific Islander;
5. American Indian/Native Alaskan;
			 and
6. Other;
(k) For the applicants identified in
			 paragraph (j)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who received
			 one (1) interview and:
1. Were
			 hired;
2. Were not hired;
			 or
3. Received but declined an
			 offer;
(l) For the
			 applicants identified in paragraph (j)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of
			 applicants who received multiple interviews and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(m) The number of minorities who
			 applied from other states;
(n) A
			 description of the changes that will be made in the recruitment plan if the
			 district did not obtain its measures of success with minority employment;
			 and
(o) The signature of the
			 district superintendent certifying that the information is correct and in
			 compliance with
			 KRS
			 160.380(2)(d).