KRS 164.0206: Public postsecondary education institution's program in speech -language

pathology and teacher education.

A public postsecondary education institution with a degree program in speech -language

pathology and a teacher education program, under the direct ion of the Council on

Postsecondary Education, and in consultation with the Education Professional Standards

Board and the Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, shall:

(1) Align the programs of studies for speech -language pathology and teacher education

to permit a student to successfully prepare for licensure as a speech -language

pathology assistant and certification as a bachelor's level teacher of exceptional

children/communication disorders;

(2) Increase the number of qualified stud ents accepted into programs leading to

licensure as a speech -language pathologist or speech -language pathology assistant

and certification as a teacher of exceptional children/communication disorders,

subject to:

(a) Requirements for program certification by national certifying bodies,

including, but not limited to, student to faculty ratios;

(b) The strategic plans of the Council on Postsecondary Education and the

postsecondary education institution; and

(c) The budgetary considerations of the postsecondary education institution.

(3) Provide expanded opportunities for speech -language pathology assistants working

in public schools to pursue licensure as a speech -language pathologist and

certification as a teacher of exceptional children/communication disorde rs, which

may include:

(a) Expanded opportunities for admission to on-campus programs;

(b) The development and expansion of distance learning opportunities in

collaboration with the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University; and

(c) Admissions requirements that take into account successful professional

experience as a speech -language pathology assistant in lieu of other

admissions requirements.