KRS 157.318: Network of regional training centers for preschool and early childhood

education established.

(1) There is hereby established a network of regional training centers for preschool and

early childhood education as specified in the 1987 state presch ool grant application

for Public Law 99 -457. The purpose of the regional training centers shall be to

provide peer to peer training, consultation, technical assistance, and materials to

personnel from local school districts and other agencies operating pro grams for

disabled and at-risk preschool children.

(2) The regional training centers shall receive federal funds from Public Law 99 -457,

Education of the Handicapped Act, Part B, and may receive state appropriations,

gifts, and grants. No additional center s shall be established unless the existing

centers receive at least the same level of funding as in the 1988 fiscal year.

(3) The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate such regulations as may be

needed in the administration of the regional training centers. In administering this

section, the chief state school officer shall consult with the regional training centers

and the districts and agencies served by this program.