KRS 164.097: Certification of postsecondary institutions to receive funds for teacher

education or model program.

No postsecondary education institution shall receive funds from the Council on

Postsecondary Education from any trust fund for the purposes of teacher education or

model programs of teaching and learning unless the Education Professional Standards

Board has certified to the council that the institution has met the following conditions:

(1) The college or university has developed viable partnerships with local school

districts and schools;

(2) There is evidence of ongoing dialogue and collaboration among liberal arts and

sciences faculty and administrators with faculty and administrators in the

department, school, or college of education;

(3) The college or university has demonstrated a commitment to participate in teacher

academies;

(4) The college or university has an active recruitment plan for attracting and retaining

minority faculty as well as students, and particularly in the department, school, or

college of education;

(5) The college or university has initiated the development of incentives or rewards for

faculty across the institution to participate in service activities to local schools;

(6) The department, school, or college of education has dev eloped at least one (1)

accelerated alternative plan for teacher education or nontraditional program of

teacher preparation, or commits to developing an accelerated alternative or

nontraditional program;

(7) The department, school, or college of education provides consistent and quality

classroom and field experiences, including early practicums and student teaching

experience for all students;

(8) The department, school, or college of education has, as an element of its

curriculum, substantial course work and classroom and field experiences directly

addressing teacher training in classroom management;

(9) There are no major accreditation deficiencies; and

(10) The institution has demonstrated at least one (1) or more innovations in teacher

education.