KRS 156.111: Superintendents Training Program and Assessment Center -- Local board

not responsible for training costs -- Assessment of superintendents required --

Contracts for training providers permitted.

(1) The Department of Education shall establish a Su perintendents Training Program

and Assessment Center. The department shall provide for assessor training and shall

ensure that an assessment center includes but is not limited to training and

participation in the following components:

(a) Core concepts of leadership and quality practices;

(b) Effective implementation of school-based decision making;

(c) Kentucky school law;

(d) Kentucky school finance and budgeting;

(e) School curriculum and assessment;

(f) Instructional leadership;

(g) School improvement;

(h) Community and board relations;

(i) Effective communication; and

(j) An executive coaching and mentoring program with an emphasis on

demonstrated professional growth.

The department may provide assessment centers regionally.

(2) Notwithstanding any oth er statute to the contrary, an employing local board of

education shall not be responsible for any training costs associated with a

superintendent's participation in the training and assessment center process.

(3) At the conclusion of the training, each pa rticipant shall deliver to the employing

board of education and the Kentucky Department of Education a comprehensive

collection of work products and assessments that demonstrate proficiency in each

area of training.

(4) In addition to any applicable certification and experience requirements, any person

hired for the first time as superintendent in Kentucky shall successfully complete

the assessment center process within two (2) years of taking office as

superintendent.

(5) The Kentucky Board of Education shall adopt administrative regulations to govern

the training content, number of hours, assessments, and work products for

successful completion of the training and assessment center process. The board

shall also establish the continuing professional development requirements for

school superintendents to include, at a minimum, three (3) hours of annual training

in school finance and three (3) hours of annual training in ethics.

(6) The Department of Education may contract with q ualified agencies, organizations,

or institutions or may approve programs offered by training providers to carry out

the provisions of this section.