2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 164 STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- REGIONAL EDUCATION -- ARCHAEOLOGY 164.0206 Public postsecondary education institution's program in speech-language pathology and teacher education.
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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 <br>pathology and a teacher education program, under the direction of the Council on <br>Postsecondary Education, and in consultation with the Education Professional Standards <br>Board and the Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, shall: <br>(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 <br>pathology assistant and certification as a bachelor's level teacher of exceptional <br>children/communication disorders;
(2) Increase the number of qualified students accepted into programs leading to
licensure as a speech-language pathologist or speech-language pathology assistant <br>and certification as a teacher of exceptional children/communication disorders, <br>subject to: <br>(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 <br>certification as a teacher of exceptional children/communication disorders, which <br>may include: <br>(a) Expanded opportunities for admission to on-campus programs; <br>(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 <br>admissions requirements.
Effective: July 14, 2000 <br>History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 375, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000.
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