Section 161.1221 - Out-of-field teaching(1) The Education Professional Standards Board shall define "out-of-field" teaching and inform all local school districts of the definition.(2) By November 15 of each year, the Education Professional Standards Board shall identify every teacher assigned classes out-of-field in the current school year and shall inform the Kentucky Department of Education.(3) The Kentucky Department of Education shall provide to each school district a summary of the teachers identified as teaching out-of-field and give the district opportunity to correct the situation during the year. No teacher shall be reduced in salary due to being involuntarily moved out-of-field or being hired into a position out of his or her field. Emergency certification shall not be a valid reason for reducing any certified teacher's salary.Effective:6/20/2005
Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 3, effective6/20/2005. -- Amended 2004, Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 4, effective 7/13/2004. -- Created 2000, Ky. Acts ch. 527, sec. 6, effective 7/14/2000.