Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 161.120 to modify disclosure requirements for certain complaints; remove requirement for a conference between the staff of the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) and a certificate holder after a determination of sufficient evidence; restructure provisions concerning written admonishments by EPSB and referrals to hearings; provide a timeline for EPSB hearings; modify the right of a certificate holder to request an expedited hearing; require the hearing to be conducted before a hearing officer who is a licensed attorney secured from the Office of the Attorney General; change the timeline for a superintendent's duty to report; amend KRS 160.380 to allow a superintendent to contact a prior employers and the EPSB concerning an applicant for a certified position; establish information that shall be provided to a requesting superintendent; provide record retention requirements; grant liability protections for qualifying disclosures.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions and establish a transition process for the hearing officer to be selected from the Office of the Attorney General; include knowledge of a report being filed pursuant to KRS 620.030 on a certificate holder in the duty for superintendents to report to the Education Professional Standards Board; require that board to provide notice to a superintendent when the board has determined that credible evidence warrants further investigation of a certificate holder employed by the district; establish requirement for the notice; amend KRS 156.095 to require Kentucky Department of Education to develop training for school district employees about appropriate relationships and communication with students and establish district employee training requirements; replace file transfers with authorization for a superintendent to submit an open records request to an applicant's previous school district employers and to the board for records concerning disciplinary actions or professional misconduct; require district employees to notify the superintendent within 10 business days of being charged with a felony; amend KRS 156.492 and 160.380 to make conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 161.120, 160.380
House Committee Substitute 1: 161.120, 156.095, 156.492, 160.380
Current: 161.120, 156.095, 156.492, 160.380