KRS 156.802: Office of Career and Technical Education -- Kentucky Board of

Education.

(1) The Office of Career and Technical Education is hereby created within the

Department of Education. The office shall consist of those administrative bodies

and empl oyees provided by or appointed by the commissioner of education

pursuant to KRS 156.010.

(2) The commissioner of education may appoint an assistant, pursuant to KRS 156.010,

and delegate authority to the assistant regarding the Office of Career and Technic al

Education.

(3) The Department of Education shall have the responsibility for all administrative

functions of the state in relation to the management, control, and operation of:

(a) State-operated secondary area vocational education and technology center s.

When appropriate, the Department of Education shall provide education

training programs through contracts with private business and industries.

These programs may be on a shared cost basis or on a total cost recovery

basis; and

(b) The Carol Martin Gatt on Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center located

in Hardinsburg, Kentucky.

(4) The commissioner of education shall have the authority to enter into agreements or

contracts with other government or education agencies, including local school

districts, in order to carry out services under the office's jurisdiction.

(5) (a) Secondary area vocational education and technology centers shall be operated

in compliance with program standards established by the Kentucky Board of

Education. Principals, counselors, a nd teaching staff shall meet the

qualifications and certification standards for all secondary vocational

personnel as established by the Education Professional Standards Board.

(b) The Kentucky Board of Education shall be the eligible agency solely

designated for the purpose of developing and approving state plans required

by state or federal laws and regulations as prerequisites to receiving federal

funds for vocational -technical or technology education. The Kentucky Board

of Education shall involve repres entatives from all eligible recipient

categories in the development of the required plans.

(c) In accordance with 20 U.S.C. sec. 2302(12), the Kentucky Board of Education

is hereby designated to be the "eligible agency" that is the sole state agency

responsible for the administration of vocational and technical education and

the supervision of the administration of vocational and technical education.

(6) (a) Except for the duties that the Kentucky Board of Education must retain

pursuant to 20 U.S.C. sec. 2341, the Kentucky Board of Education shall be

authorized to delegate all of the other duties and responsibilities of the eligible

agency to the Office of Career and Technical Education within the

Department of Education, including but not limited to the administration,

operation, and supervision of the Perkins program and the authority to

receive, hold, and disburse funds awarded under the state plan.

(b) The Kentucky Board of Education shall delegate to the Kentucky Workforce

Investment Board the state leadership activities referred to in 20 U.S.C. sec.

2344 to be conducted in accordance with the req uired and permissible uses of

funds specified in the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of

2006 and subsequent amendments thereto. The maximum amount of funds

allowed by 20 U.S.C. sec. 2322(a)(2) shall be reserved and made available for

state leadership activities.

(7) The commissioner of education shall be permitted to enter into memorandums of

agreement with individuals on a year -to-year basis to fill positions in hard -to-find

teaching specialties. The agreements and compensation for hard -to-find teaching

specialties shall be approved by the commissioner of education and shall not be

subject to the provisions of KRS Chapter 45A. All agreements shall be filed with

the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet.

(8) The commissioner of education shall, from time to time, prepare or cause to be

prepared any bulletins, programs, outlines of courses, placards, and courses of study

deemed useful in the promotion of the interests of technical and vocational

education.