Section 156.492 - Authority to establish building and construction trade training program - 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(9) 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.Effective: 7/15/2024
Created 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 221, sec. 2, effective 7/15/2024.