156.492 Authority to establish building and construction trade training program --
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Conditions.
(1)The Kentucky Department of Education may enter into an agreement with any
building and construction trade organization to develop a training program for
school counselors providing services to students in the Commonwealth. The
purpose of the training program shall be to promote building and construction
trades and training facilities available to students by making school counselors
aware of what is available to students participating in the building and construction
trade. The training program shall include information relating to:
(a)The pay and benefits available to people who work in the building and
construction trades; and
(b)Job opportunities, pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, and pathways within
the building and construction trade industry.
(2)The participating trade organization shall ensure ample opportunities for school
counselors that serve grades seven
(7)through twelve
(12)to complete the training
created under subsection
(1)of this section annually and shall bear all costs
associated with the training. The participating trade organization may choose to
offer professional development opportunities to teachers who serve students in
grades seven
(7)through twelve (12), if resources are available for this purpose.
(3)The department shall include the training program created in this section on the
electronic consumer bulletin board created pursuant to KRS 156.095(8) if requested
by the training program.
(4)A school counselor serving students in grades seven
(7)through twelve
(12)may
complete four
(4)hours of training developed under this section which shall count
towards the twenty-one
(21)hours required annually pursuant to KRS
156.101(4)(b)2.
(5)Local boards of education or school-based decision making councils may
incorporate this training as part of the four
(4)days of professional development
required pursuant to KRS 158.070(3)(a) for teachers who serve students in grades
seven
(7)through twelve
(12)if offered by the participating trade organization.