Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to allow the Kentucky Department of Education to enter into an agreement with a building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for school counselors on building and construction trades; provide professional development credit to school counselors and teachers, if resources allow, who participate in the program; require the department to include the training program on the electronic consumer bulletin board.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; specify that the program shall also include information on pre-apprenticeships and pathways within the building and construction trade industry.