Kentucky SB 152: AN ACT relating to teacher compensation. Amend KRS 157.390 to allow school districts to provide compensation in addition to that provided in the single salary schedule for all classroom teachers in a school identified as being in targeted or comprehensive support and improvement status.

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AN ACT relating to education. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 160.345 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) As used in[For the purpose of] this section: 4
(a) "Minority" means American Indian; Alaskan native; African-American; 5
Hispanic, including persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Central or 6
South American origin; Pacific islander; or other ethnic group 7
underrepresented in the school; 8
(b) "School" means an elementary or secondary educational institution that is 9
under the administrative control of a principal and is not a program or part of 10
another school. The term "school" does not include district-operated schools 11
that are: 12
1. Exclusively vocational-technical, special education, or preschool 13
programs; 14
2. Instructional programs operated in institutions or schools outside of the 15
district; or 16
3. Alternative schools designed to provide services to at-risk populations 17
with unique needs; 18
(c) "School-based policy" means any policy, procedure, program, or practice 19
established by the principal of a school after consultation with the school's 20
advisory council; 21
(d) "Teacher" means any person for whom certification is required as a basis of 22
employment in the public schools of the state, with the exception of principals 23
and assistant principals; and 24
(e)[(d)] "Parent": 25
1. Means: 26
a.[1.] A parent, stepparent, or foster parent of a student; or 27

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b.[2.] A person who has legal custody of a student pursuant to a court 1
order and with whom the student resides; and 2
2. Does not mean: 3
a. An employee of the district or their relative; and 4
b. A local school board member or their spouse. 5
(2) Each local board of education shall adopt a policy for implementing school-based 6
policies[decision making] in the district which shall include but not be limited to a 7
description of how the district's policies, including those developed pursuant to 8
KRS 160.340, have been amended to allow the professional staff members of a 9
school to be involved in the school-based policy making[decision-making] process 10
as they work to meet educational goals established in KRS 158.645 and 158.6451. 11
The policy may include a requirement that each principal[school council] make an 12
annual report at a public meeting of the board describing the school's progress in 13
meeting the educational goals set forth in KRS 158.6451 and district goals 14
established by the board. The policy shall also address and comply with the 15
following: 16
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b)2. of this subsection, each participating 17
school shall form an advisory[a school] council composed of two (2) parents, 18
three (3) teachers, and the principal or administrator. The membership of the 19
council may be increased, but it may only be increased proportionately[. A 20
parent representative on the council shall not be an employee or a relative of 21
an employee of the school in which that parent serves, nor shall the parent 22
representative be an employee or a relative of an employee in the district 23
administrative offices. A parent representative shall not be a local board 24
member or a board member's spouse]. None of the members shall have a 25
conflict of interest pursuant to KRS Chapter 45A, except the salary paid to 26
district employees; 27

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(b) 1. The teacher representatives shall be elected for one (1) year terms by a 1
majority of the teachers. A teacher elected to a school advisory council 2
shall not be involuntarily transferred during the teacher representative's 3
term of office. The parent representatives shall be elected for one (1) 4
year terms. The parent members shall be elected by the parents of 5
students preregistered to attend the school during the term of office in an 6
election conducted by the parent and teacher organization of the school 7
or, if none exists, the largest organization of parents formed for this 8
purpose. Notification of an upcoming election for teacher or parent 9
representatives shall be published at least fourteen (14) days in 10
advance on the school's website and the school's electronic 11
notification and communication program. Council elections may allow 12
voting to occur over multiple days and via electronic means. The 13
principal[A school council, once elected,] may adopt a school-based 14
policy setting different terms of office for parent and teacher members 15
subsequently elected. The principal shall be the chair of the 16
advisory[school] council. 17
2. Advisory[school] councils in schools having eight percent (8%) or more 18
minority students enrolled, as determined by the enrollment on the 19