Education Professional Standards Board will hold its regular meeting on Oct. 9

(FRANKFORT, KY) –The Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) will hold its regular meeting on Oct. 9 at 9 a.m. ET. The EPSB Waiver Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. ET. The majority of board members plan to attend in-person at the Kentucky Department of Education (300 Sower Blvd., Frankfort, KY).

The Education Professional Standards Board, in collaboration and cooperation with education partners, promotes high levels of student achievement by establishing and enforcing rigorous professional standards for the preparation, certification and responsible and ethical behavior of all professional educators in Kentucky.

Education Professional Standards Board
Oct. 9, 2023, 9 a.m. ET
EPSB Waiver Committee meeting location: Conference Room 516
Kentucky Department of Education
300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601

AGENDA

• Call to Order
• Swearing-In of New EPSB Member
• Roll Call
• Open Speak
• Report of the Executive Secretary 
  • Update from the Kentucky Board of Education on the Commissioner Search
  • Report from the Council on Postsecondary Education
  • Report of the Associate Commissioner
  • Other Updates
    

• Report of the Chair

• Approval of Consent Items
  
  • Approval of Aug. 21, 2023, EPSB Meeting Minutes
  • Approval for the Training Submitted by the Kentucky Education Association (BreAnna Listermann)
  • Option 9 Application, Fulton County Schools and University of the Cumberlands (Melissa Diebel)
  • Option 9 Application, Owen County Schools and University of the Cumberlands (Melissa Diebel)
  • Option 9 Application, Wolfe County Schools and University of the Cumberlands (Melissa Diebel)
  • 2023-2024 Emergency Non-Certified School Personnel Program (Brandon Harrod)

• Information/Discussion Items
  • Update on Early Literacy Assessments (Melissa Diebel)
  • Review of the Education Professional Standards Board Meeting Schedule (Cassie Trueblood)
  • 16 KAR 4:020, Certification Requirements for Teachers of Exceptional Children, Amendment (Cassie Trueblood)

• Waivers
  • 16 KAR 2:020. Request to Waive Office of Career and Technical Education Recency Requirement for Raymond Mullins (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 2:120. Request to Waive Emergency Certificate Requirements for Bourbon County Schools (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 2:120. Request to Waive Emergency Certificate Requirements for Covington Independent Schools (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 2:120. Request to Waive Emergency Certificate Requirements for Elizabethtown Independent Schools (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 2:120. Request to Waive Emergency Certificate Requirements for Eminence Independent Schools (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 2:120. Request to Waive Emergency Certificate Requirements for Fleming County Schools (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 2:120. Request to Waive Emergency Certificate Requirements for Nelson County Schools (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 2:120. Request to Waive Emergency Certificate Requirements for Owen County Schools (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 3:060. Request to Waive Renewal Requirements for Provisional Certificate for School Counselor for Shauna Paul (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 4:030. Request to Waive Equivalent Certification Requirement for Out-of-State Prepared Educator, Tami Conrad (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 4:030. Request to Waive Equivalent Certification Requirement for Out-of-State Prepared Educator, Hanna Porter (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 4:030. Request to Waive Equivalent Certification Requirement for Out-of-State Prepared Educator, Garrett Whiteker (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 4:080. Request to Waive Out-of-State Recency Requirement for Kelly Matlock (Sharon Salsman)
  • 16 KAR 5:040. Alternative Student Teaching Placement Request for Wesley Moore (Brandon Harrod)

• Alternative Route to Certification Applications

  • Ariadne Antipa, Music, All Grades (Todd Davis)
  • Sarah Karns, School Media Librarian, All Grades (Todd Davis)
  • Robert Nemes, Social Studies, Grades 8-12 (Todd Davis)
  • John Owen, English, Grades 8-12 (Todd Davis)
  • Ariana Veach, Agriculture, Grades 5-12 (Todd Davis)

• Board Comments
• Closed Session Review

  • Following a motion in open session pursuant to KRS 61.810 (1)(c) and (1)(j), it is anticipated that the board will move into closed session to conduct a character and fitness review and to review potential actions relating to complaints and reports. The board will also review pending litigation.

• Case Decisions
  • Following the closed session review, the board shall move into open session. All decisions will be made in open session.
• Adjournment  

Next Regular Meeting:  

Dec. 11, 2023
300 Sower Blvd.
Frankfort, KY 40601