KRS 163.032: Salary schedule for teachers and administrators in schools for deaf and

blind -- Employment status and benefits -- Hiring process -- Work location

assignments -- Accrued leave.

(1) The Kentucky Department of Education, with assistance from the Ke ntucky

Personnel Cabinet, shall adopt a salary schedule for teachers in the Kentucky

School for the Deaf and the Kentucky School for the Blind. The salary schedule

shall be the same as salary schedules in effect in local school districts in counties

containing a city of the first class and shall conform to the requirements for a single

salary schedule as defined in KRS 157.320, except the salary schedule shall not

limit the number of years of experience for a certified employee who transfers to

the school.

(2) (a) Certified teachers in the Kentucky School for the Deaf and the Kentucky

School for the Blind shall have the same statutory employment status and

benefits as certified teachers in the public schools.

(b) If a teacher qualifies for and requests a tri bunal under KRS 161.790, the

Attorney General shall appoint the members.

(3) Once a teacher has been selected for hiring at the Kentucky School for the Blind or

the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Department of Education and the Personnel

Cabinet shall complete the hiring process within two (2) weeks.

(4) A certified teacher employed at one (1) of the schools on July 12, 2006, whose job

description does not include outreach responsibilities shall not be involuntarily

assigned to work on a permanent basis outside the county in which the employing

school is located.

(5) Nothing in KRS 18A.115 or 163.032 shall result in a loss of any leave accrued by a

certified teacher employed prior to July 12, 2006, by one (1) of the schools.

Accrued leave may be taken in accordance with the policy of the school.

(6) The Kentucky Department of Education, with assistance from the Kentucky

Personnel Cabinet, shall adopt a salary schedule for administrators for the Kentucky

School for the Deaf and the Kentucky School for the B lind. In considering the rate

of pay and the requirements of KRS 18A.110(7)(b), the department and the cabinet

shall consider rates that are based upon the duties and responsibilities of the

positions and that are competitive with rates for similar or comp arable services in

Kentucky school districts. The salary schedule, which shall be computed prior to

September 1 of each year, shall be based on two hundred sixty (260) days per year.