KRS 161.042: Status of student teachers -- Responsibility to administrative staff and

supervising teachers -- Professional competency requirement for supervising

teachers.

(1) The Education Professional Standards Board shall provide through administrative

regulation for the utilization of the common schools for the preparation of teacher

education students from the colleges and universities.

(2) Within the provisions established by the Education Professional Standards Board,

local boards of education are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements,

including financial arrangements, with colleges and universities for the purpose of

providing professional laboratory experiences and student teaching experiences for

students preparing for the education profession.

(3) The Education Professional Standards Board shall promulgate administrative

regulations defining the professional requirements and general duties of a

supervising teacher and requirements for a local school district and school to be

used for this purpose.

(4) A student teacher who is jointly assigned under agreement by a teacher education

institution and a local board of education shall have the same legal status and

protection as a certified teacher employed within the school district and shall be

responsible to the administrative staff of the school district and the supervising

teacher to whom he or she is assigned. All student teachers shall be subject to the

state and national criminal records checks required of certified hires under

provisions of KRS 160.380.

(5) Teacher education students, other than student teachers, may be permitted through

cooperative agreements between the local school district and the teacher education

institution, to engage in supplementary instructional activities with pupils u nder the

direction and supervision of the professional administrative and teaching staff of the

school district. Teacher education students shall not be subject to the criminal

records checks required under KRS 160.380 or 161.148.