704 KAR 7:130.
Minority teacher recruitment.
RELATES TO: KRS
160.380(2)(d)
STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: KRS 156.070(1), 160.380(2)(d)
NECESSITY,
FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 160.380(2)(d) requires each school district
superintendent to report annually the school district's recruitment process and
the activities used to increase the percentage of minority teachers in the
district pursuant to administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of
Education. This administrative regulation establishes the recruitment and
annual reporting procedures.
Section 1. The
annual report required by KRS 160.380(2)(d) shall:
(1) Be submitted
by a school district superintendent to the Department of Education; and
(2) Include:
(a) An education
recruitment plan that provides a description of:
1. Measures of education recruitment
success used by the district;
2. Sources used for recruiting
educators;
3. Strategies and incentives used to
ensure productive recruitment results;
4. Strategies used to retain quality
educators;
5. Process used to obtain feedback
from newly hired educators; and
6. Barriers that impact district
recruitment efforts;
(b) Listing of positions advertised
during the current recruitment cycle;
(c) Number of applicants for the
position of teacher who voluntarily revealed racial background and applied for
one (1) or more positions, disaggregated by race as follows:
1. White, not Hispanic;
2. Black, not Hispanic;
3. Hispanic;
4. Asian/Pacific Islander;
5. American Indian/Native Alaskan;
and
6. Other;
(d) For the applicants identified in
paragraph (c)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who received
one (1) interview and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(e) For the applicants identified in
paragraph (c)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who received
multiple interviews and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(f) Number of applicants for the
position of principal disaggregated by race who voluntarily revealed racial
background, disaggregated by race as follows:
1. White, not Hispanic;
2. Black, not Hispanic;
3. Hispanic;
4. Asian/Pacific Islander;
5. American Indian/Native Alaskan;
and
6. Other;
(g) For the applicants identified in
paragraph (f)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who were
recommended by the superintendent to the school council and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(h) For the applicants identified in
paragraph (f)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who received
one (1) interview and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(i) For the applicants identified in
paragraph (f)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who received
multiple interviews and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(j) Number of applicants for
administrative positions other than principal who voluntarily revealed racial
background, disaggregated by race as follows:
1. White, not Hispanic;
2. Black, not Hispanic;
3. Hispanic;
4. Asian/Pacific Islander;
5. American Indian/Native Alaskan;
and
6. Other;
(k) For the applicants identified in
paragraph (j)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who received
one (1) interview and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(l) For the applicants identified in
paragraph (j)1 to 6 of this subsection, the number of applicants who received
multiple interviews and:
1. Were hired;
2. Were not hired; or
3. Received but declined an offer;
(m) The number of minorities who
applied from other states;
(n) A description of the changes that
will be made in the recruitment plan if the district did not obtain its
measures of success with minority employment; and
(o)
The signature of the district superintendent certifying that the information is
correct and in compliance with KRS 160.380(2)(d).
Section 2. In
collecting data to complete the annual report, each school district shall have
on its application for employment a section for voluntary ethnic
identification.
Section 3. For a
nonprincipal certified vacancy at a school-based decision making school, the
principal shall comply with the local school district's affirmative action
policy or plan in making the hiring decision. For a principal vacancy for which
a school council has hiring authority, the school council shall comply with the
local school district's affirmative action policy or plan in making the hiring
decision. (24 Ky.R. 238; eff. 9-4-97; Am. 27 Ky.R. 2578; 3249; eff. 6-8-2001.)
