161.095 Continuing education for teachers -- Extension for military service -- Administrative regulations. (1) The Education Professional Standards Board, with the advice of the Kentucky Board of Education, shall: (a) Promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures for a teacher to maintain his or her certificate by successfully completing meaningful continuing education; (b) Develop standards for continuing education related to maintaining a certificate, including university courses, an advanced degree, or a combination of field-based experience, individual research, and approved professional development; and (c) Establish a system of quality assurance related to continuing education activities and certification requirements. (2) (a) The Education Professional Standards Board shall extend the validity period of a certificate of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States of America by one (1) year for each year the member is determined by the board to have been prohibited by military service or training from pursuing an advanced degree or completing professional development required to maintain certification; and (b) The Education Professional Standards Board shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish an application process and develop guidelines for the process by which education or professional development is considered to have been prohibited by military service. Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 149, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 3, effective June 29, 2017. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 298, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996.