164.297 English language proficiency assessment for instructors. (1) Each state university shall institute English language proficiency assessment for all instructors, including teaching assistants, for whom English is not their primary language. The instructors shall be evaluated periodically to demonstrate their ability to deliver all lectures and oral presentations in an English speech pattern which the students understand. (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to the teaching of foreign language courses. (3) If an instructor receives an unsatisfactory evaluation, he shall have one (1) semester to demonstrate his ability. If an instructor receives a second unsatisfactory evaluation, his employment shall be terminated. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 407, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.