Accreditation Audit Committee to hold virtual meeting June 26

(FRANKFORT, KY) –The Kentucky Division of Educator Preparation and Certification's Accreditation Audit Committee (AAC) will meet on June 26 at 9 a.m. ET.

The AAC is the Educational Professional Standards Board (EPSB)-appointed body that reviews all joint and state-only accreditation documentation. The committee makes a recommendation to the EPSB with respect to the accreditation of an institution as well as the approval of individual programs.

The meeting will be held via video teleconference, but members of the public may watch the meeting on the KDE Media Portal.

A full agenda is below:

Division of Educator Preparation and Certification
Accreditation Audit Committee
Kentucky Department of Education (KDE)
Watch Live: KDE Media Portal
June 26, 2023, 9 a.m. ET

AGENDA

• 9 - 9:30 a.m.

  • Welcome

  • Approval of minutes from Dec.13, 2023, meeting

  • Set date for December 2024 meeting

• 9:30 - 10:15 a.m.

  • Alice Lloyd College - Targeted state-only revisit
    (on-site virtual visit conducted for Standard 5)
    visit state chair, Alice Lloyd representative and KDE staff

• 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. 

  • Break

• 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

  • Simmons College - initial Education Proficiency Plan (EPP) temporary authorization (on-site visit conducted March 26, 2024)
    visit state chair, Simmons representative and KDE staff

• 11:15 - 11:30 a.m.

  • University of Louisville - Program Approval of Initial and Advanced programs

• 11:30 - 11:45 a.m.

  • Murray State University - Program Approval of Initial and Advanced programs

• 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

  • Lunch Break

• 12:45 - 2 p.m.

  • Brescia University - state-only review
    (on-site virtual visit conducted April 14-16)
    visit state chair, Brescia representative and KDE staff