72-2312. Responsibilities and duties of professional standards board.
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72-2312. Responsibilities and duties of professional standards board. The professional standards board shall have the following responsibilities and duties:
(a)To develop through the professions of teaching and school administration and recommend for adoption, or amendment and adoption, by the state board of education the rules and regulations for professional standards governing teacher and school administrator pretraining selection, teacher and school administrator preparation, admission to and continuance in the professions of teaching and school administration, including the requirements of continuing education for teachers and school administrators. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the state board of education from initiating and adopting rules and regulations on the matters specified in this section, irrespective of any action or lack thereof by the professional standards board. However, in such instance, the proposed rule and regulation governing a matter specified in this subsection shall be submitted to the professional standards board for its recommendation at least 30 days prior to a motion for adoption by the state board of education. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, if the state board of education finds that an emergency exists, it may immediately adopt any rules and regulations without submission to the professional standards board and without a waiting period.
(b)To develop and recommend to the state board of education for adoption thereby a code of professional responsibility and competency for teachers and school administrators.