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(FRANKFORT, KY) – The Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) will meet virtually via video teleconference April 13. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. ET. The EPSB Waiver Committee will meet before the regular board meeting at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Pursuant to Executive Order 2020-243, OAG 20-05, and a memorandum issued by the Finance and Administration Cabinet dated March 16, 2020, and in an effort to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Kentucky Department of Education is conducting all open meetings by video teleconference. Furthermore, members of the public will not be permitted to attend the meeting in person, but are encouraged to view the meeting at the Kentucky Department of Education’s Media Portal.
The EPSB has 21 voting members. The president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, or his designee, and the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, or her designee, also serve as nonvoting members of the EPSB. The commissioner of education serves in a nonvoting role as the executive secretary of the EPSB.
The Education Professional Standards Board, in full collaboration and cooperation with its education partners, promotes high levels of student achievement by establishing and enforcing rigorous professional standards for preparation, certification, and responsible and ethical behavior of all professional educators in Kentucky.
A full agenda for Monday’s meeting follows:
EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD
April 13, 2020, 9 a.m. ET
Video Teleconference Meeting
Kentucky Department of Education
300 Sower Blvd., Frankfort, KY
- Call to Order
- Roll Call
- Approval of Consent Items
- Approval of Feb. 10, 2020, EPSB Meeting Minutes
- Board Approval for the Professional Learning Board’s Online Courses
- Report of the Executive Secretary
- Report from the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet
- Report from the Council on Postsecondary Education
- Report of the Associate Commissioner
- Other Updates
- Information/Discussion Items
- School Leaders Licensure Assessment Cut Score
- Action Items
- Request to Approve Conditional Admittance to Educator Preparation Programs for Applicants Unable to Take the Admissions Assessments
- Request to Approve a One-Year Certificate for Applicants Unable to Take the Certification Assessments
- Request to Approve Remote Student Teaching Observations for all Educator Preparation Programs for the Spring 2020 Semester
- Waivers
- 16 KAR 5:040. Request to Waive Required Number of Student Teaching Days
- 16 KAR 5:040. Request to Waive Required Number of Student Teacher Observations
- 16 KAR 4:060. Request to Waive Renewal Requirements Due to Medical Condition
- 16 KAR 4:030. Request to Waive Equivalent Certification Requirement for Out-of-State Prepared Educator Rebekah Bastin
- Board Comments
- Closed Session Review
- Following a motion in open session pursuant to KRS 61.810 (1) (c) and (1)(j), it is anticipated that the board will move into closed session to conduct a character and fitness review and to review potential actions relating to complaints and reports.
- Case Decisions
- Following the closed session review, the board shall move into open session. All decisions will be made in open session.
- Adjournment
Next Regular Meeting:
June 15, 2020
300 Sower Blvd.
Frankfort, KY 40601
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