2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 156 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 156.108 Districts of innovation -- Definitions -- Approval by Kentucky Board of Education -- Administrative regulations to prescribe conditions and procedures to be used by local boards.
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156.108 Districts of innovation -- Definitions -- Approval by Kentucky Board of
Education -- Administrative regulations to prescribe conditions and
procedures to be used by local boards.
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(2)
(3)
(4)
For purposes of this section and KRS 160.107:
(a) "District of innovation" means a district that has developed a plan of
innovation in compliance with this section and has been approved by the
Kentucky Board of Education to be exempted from certain administrative
regulations and statutory provisions to improve the educational performance
of students within the district;
(b) "Innovation" means a new or creative alternative to existing instructional and
administrative practices intended to improve student learning and student
performance of all students; and
(c) "School of innovation" means a school that voluntarily participates in a
district of innovation plan to improve instruction, including waivers and
exemptions from local board of education policies, selected provisions of
Kentucky Administrative Regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Board of
Education, and selected sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as
permitted under this section and KRS 160.107.
The Kentucky Board of Education is hereby authorized to approve districts of
innovation for the purposes of improving students' educational performance.
Districts of innovation shall be provided flexibility from selected Kentucky
Administrative Regulations, Kentucky Revised Statutes, and local board of
education policies for school administrators, teachers, and staff to meet the diverse
needs of students. The initial approval of a district of innovation shall be for a five
(5) year period. Each renewal of a district of innovation shall not exceed five (5)
years and shall comply with administrative regulations promulgated by the board
pursuant to subsection (4) of this section.
The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations to
prescribe the conditions and procedures to be used by a local board of education to
be approved as a district of innovation.
Administrative regulations promulgated by the board under subsection (3) of this
section shall specify:
(a) The regulatory areas which may be exempted or modified if approved by the
state board, except as provided in KRS 160.107(2) and in addition to those
areas identified in KRS 160.107(3);
(b) The application, plan review, approval, and amendment process for a district;
(c) Timelines for initial approval as a district of innovation, the renewal process,
and on-going evaluative procedures required of the district;
(d) Acceptable documentation of a critical mass of parental, community,
educator, and business support and capacity to effect a change;
(e) The approvals required of the plan by certain employees of a school;
(f) Evidence of teacher collaboration and shared leadership within the district and
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(h)
(i)
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the schools to be designated as schools of innovation;
The process of revocation of the designation of district of innovation or school
of innovation;
Reporting and oversight responsibilities of the district and the Kentucky
Department of Education;
The financial detail relating to budgets of schools and evidence of sound fiscal
management practices;
Acceptable areas of emphasis for innovation;
Acceptable documentation of job-embedded professional development within
the proposed innovation design; and
Other components deemed necessary to implement this section and KRS
160.107.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Created 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012.
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