AN ACT relating to the evaluation of educator preparation programs.

Amend KRS 158.840 to require the Education Professional Standards Board, rather than the Council on Postsecondary Education, to ensure teacher education programs provide highly skilled teachers; require the board to report to the Legislative Research Commission every three years and regularly report program data to an external evaluator.

Legislative Research Commission State Agencies Teachers Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Higher Reports Mandated Universities and Colleges

Introduced: February 4, 2025

Last action: March 15, 2025

(Acts Ch. 17)

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This bill shifts responsibility for overseeing teacher education programs from the Council on Postsecondary Education to the Education Professional Standards Board, which will now be in charge of ensuring those programs produce highly skilled teachers. The board will also be required to report program data to an outside evaluator and submit a report to the state legislature every three years. This change is meant to strengthen accountability for how well Kentucky's teacher training programs are…

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