Kansas Statutes 72-2546. Administration of act; rules and regulations
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-2546
- Professional development: means any planned learning opportunities provided to certificated personnel employed by a school district or other authorized educational agency for purposes of improving the performance of such personnel in already held or assigned positions;
(b) "certificated personnel" means all employees of a school district or an authorized educational agency required to be certificated by the state board of education;
(c) "school district" means any public school district organized under the laws of this state;
(d) "authorized educational agencies" means area professional development centers, state education agencies, institutions of postsecondary education which are authorized under the laws of this state to award academic degrees, and other organizations which serve school districts;
(e) "area professional development center" means any regional organization providing professional development to school districts;
(f) "state board" means the state board of education;
(g) "department" means the state department of education;
(h) "board" means the board of education of any school district; and
(i) "school year" means the twelve-month period ending June 30. See Kansas Statutes 72-2545
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) The state board shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this act and shall: (1) Prescribe and adopt policies and guidelines for the provision of professional development programs for all certificated personnel;
(2) establish standards and criteria for procedures, activities and services to be provided in professional development programs; and
(3) establish standards and criteria for reviewing, evaluating and approving school district professional development programs and applications of boards for state aid.
(b) The standards and criteria established under subsection (a)(3) for evaluating school district professional development programs shall include measures for assessing the impact of programs on improvement of the skills of certificated personnel in effectuation of effective instructional skills and improvement of the academic performance of pupils.