2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 164 - STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- REGIONAL EDUCATION -- ARCHAEOLOGY 164.525 Center for Mathematics -- Creation, duties, and location.
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164.525 Center for Mathematics -- Creation, duties, and location.
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The Center for Mathematics is hereby created to make available professional
development for teachers in reliable, research-based diagnostic assessment
and intervention strategies, coaching and mentoring models, and other
programs in mathematics. The center shall be headed by an executive director
and administered by a public postsecondary education institution. The center
shall:
(a) Act as a clearinghouse for information about professional development
programs for teachers that address mathematics diagnostic assessment,
intervention programs, coaching and mentoring programs, and other
instructional strategies to address students' needs;
(b) Collaborate with Kentucky's other public and private postsecondary
institutions to develop teachers' mathematical knowledge needed for
teaching and help teachers improve students' mathematical concepts,
thinking, problem-solving, and skills, with an emphasis on diagnostic
assessment and intervention programs for students in the primary
program;
(c) Provide teacher training to develop teacher leaders and teaching
specialists in primary programs who have skills in diagnostic assessment
and intervention services to assist struggling students or those who are at
risk of failure in mathematics. The center may contract for services in
order to carry out this responsibility;
(d) Maintain a demonstration and training site for mathematics located at
each of the public universities;
(e) Advise the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of
Education regarding:
1.
Early mathematics content, diagnostic assessment practices, and
intervention programs;
2.
Costs and effectiveness of various mathematics intervention
programs;
3.
Coaching and mentoring models that help improve student
achievements;
4.
Trends and issues relating to mathematics programs in schools
throughout the state; and
5.
The establishment and implementation of the Middle School
Mathematics and Science Scholars Program established under KRS
158.848; and
(f) Disseminate information to teachers, administrators, and policymakers on
an ongoing basis.
The Council on Postsecondary Education shall select a location for the center
no later than January 1, 2006. The council shall use a request for proposal
process. In developing the request for proposal, the council shall seek advice
from the Committee for Mathematics Achievement created in KRS 158.842 and
the commissioner of education. The center shall be located at the selected
university through July 1, 2011, unless funding is not available, the council
deems the performance of the institute to be inadequate, or the university
requests to discontinue its relationship to the institute. Contingent upon
available funding at the end of the initial cycle, and each five (5) year period
thereafter, the council shall issue a request for proposal to all public
postsecondary education institutions to administer the center.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 21, effective July 15, 2008. -Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 4, effective March 18, 2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/18/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 164,
sec. 4, contained one reference to the Mathematics Achievement Committee.
The correct name for this entity is the Committee for Mathematics Achievement.
The Statute Reviser, under the authority of KRS 7.136, has changed this
reference to be consistent with sec. 2 of this Act, which created the Committee
for Mathematics Achievement and was codified as KRS 158.842.
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