164.0206 Public postsecondary education institution's program in speech-language

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pathology and teacher education. A public postsecondary education institution with a degree program in speech-language pathology and a teacher education program, under the direction of the Council on Postsecondary Education, and in consultation with the Education Professional Standards Board and the Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, shall:

(1)Align the programs of studies for speech-language pathology and teacher education

to permit a student to successfully prepare for licensure as a speech-language

pathology assistant and certification as a bachelor's level teacher of exceptional

children/communication disorders;

(2)Increase the number of qualified students accepted into programs leading to

licensure as a speech-language pathologist or speech-language pathology assistant

and certification as a teacher of exceptional children/communication disorders,

subject to:

(a)Requirements for program certification by national certifying bodies,

including, but not limited to, student to faculty ratios;

(b)The strategic plans of the Council on Postsecondary Education and the

postsecondary education institution; and

(c)The budgetary considerations of the postsecondary education institution.

(3)Provide expanded opportunities for speech-language pathology assistants working

in public schools to pursue licensure as a speech-language pathologist and

certification as a teacher of exceptional children/communication disorders, which

may include:

(a)Expanded opportunities for admission to on-campus programs;

(b)The development and expansion of distance learning opportunities in

collaboration with the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University; and

(c)Admissions requirements that take into account successful professional

experience as a speech-language pathology assistant in lieu of other

admissions requirements.