A public postsecondary education institution with a degree program in speech -language pathology and a teacher education program, under the direct ion of the Council on Postsecondary Education, and in consultation with the Education Professional Standards Board and the Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, shall: (1) Align the programs of studies for speech -language pathology and teacher education to permit a student to successfully prepare for licensure as a speech -language pathology assistant and certification as a bachelor's level teacher of exceptional children/communication disorders; (2) Increase the number of qualified stud ents accepted into programs leading to licensure as a speech -language pathologist or speech -language pathology assistant and certification as a teacher of exceptional children/communication disorders, subject to: (a) Requirements for program certification by national certifying bodies, including, but not limited to, student to faculty ratios; (b) The strategic plans of the Council on Postsecondary Education and the postsecondary education institution; and (c) The budgetary considerations of the postsecondary education institution. (3) Provide expanded opportunities for speech -language pathology assistants working in public schools to pursue licensure as a speech -language pathologist and certification as a teacher of exceptional children/communication disorde rs, which may include: (a) Expanded opportunities for admission to on-campus programs; (b) The development and expansion of distance learning opportunities in collaboration with the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University; and (c) Admissions requirements that take into account successful professional experience as a speech -language pathology assistant in lieu of other admissions requirements.
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