| Last Action | 04/14/26: delivered to Secretary of State |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to postsecondary education. |
| Bill Documents |
Current/Final
Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1637 |
| Sponsors | S. Baker, J. Tipton |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 164.001 to remove the definition of "committee," "P-16 council," and "remedial education"; amend KRS 164.013 to conform; amend KRS 164.0211 to attach the Board of Student Body Presidents to the Council on Postsecondary Education for administration and organization purposes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to codify the existing Commonwealth Education Continuum; establish governance and membership of the continuum; establish the duties of the continuum; provide that the administrative and support staff of the continuum shall be provided by the council; direct the continuum to submit an annual report and establish the contents of the report; amend KRS 164.330 to remove requirement for board of regents meetings to be held within 30 days of an appointment; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 164.003, 164.004, 164.0285, 164.0286, 164.0287, 164.0268, and 164.033. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Education, Elementary And Secondary - Commonwealth Education Continuum, membership and duties Education, Higher - STEM Initiative Task Force, repeal Education, Higher - Commonwealth Education Continuum, membership and duties State Agencies - Council on Postsecondary Education, Commonwealth Education Continuum, administrative support Universities And Colleges - Commonwealth Education Continuum, membership and duties |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | House Committee Substitute 1 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| Governor's Veto Message | Veto |
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| 01/22/26 |
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| 02/12/26 |
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| 03/26/26 |
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| 04/06/26 |
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| 04/14/26 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain provisions, except remove KRS 164.0211 and changes to the Board of Student Body Presidents; remove the creation of the Commonwealth Education Continuum; amend KRS 164.321 to provide that governing board members' attendance at mandatory orientation or training does not constitute a meeting under the Open Meetings Act; amend KRS 164.7919 to provide that the Department of Revenue shall not return enrollment-related debt or liquidated debt to a public postsecondary education institution unless certain requirements are met; provide that the Department of Revenue shall retain statutory collection fees but the remainder shall go to the institution; amend KRS 45.241 to define "enrollment-related debt"; authorize the Department of Revenue to collect enrollment-related debts and liquidated debts pursuant to a memorandum of agreement with a public postsecondary education institution; limit the authority of the Department of Revenue to refuse to collect enrollment-related debts and liquidated debts referred by a public postsecondary education institution; amend KRS 131.130 to require the Department of Revenue and each public postsecondary education institutions to enter into an annual memorandum of agreement for the collection of enrollment-related debts and liquidated debts and allow a contract for collection of unliquidated debts; amend KRS 164.525 to require that the Center for Mathematics be administered by Northern Kentucky University and require an annual report to designated entities; amend KRS 164.230, 164.360, and 164.830 to provide that preliminary discussions by a postsecondary governing board relating to productivity and performance evaluations of presidents may occur in closed session and that the summative evaluation report shall be presented in an open meeting; amend KRS 164.131 to provide that University of Kentucky Board of Trustees' attendance at an orientation and education program is not a meeting under the Open Meetings Act. |
| Index Headings |
Boards And Commissions - Governing public postsecondary boards, orientation and professional development attendance Boards And Commissions - Northern Kentucky University, administration of Center for Mathmatics Education, Elementary And Secondary - Center for Mathmatics, administration by Northern Kentucky University Education, Elementary And Secondary - Commonwealth Education Continuum, removal Education, Finance - Postsecondary education institutions' debt, requirements for collection by Department of Revenue Education, Higher - Commonwealth Education Continuum, removal Education, Higher - Governing public postsecondary boards, orientation and professional development attendance Education, Higher - Postsecondary education institutions' debt, requirements for collection by Department of Revenue Education, Higher - Public postsecondary president evaluation, procedure for open and closed sessions Financial Responsibility - Postsecondary education institutions' debt, requirements for collection by Department of Revenue Loans, Credit, Interest, And Usury - Postsecondary education institutions' debt, requirements for collection by Department of Revenue State Agencies - Department of Revenue, collection of postsecondary education institutions' debt, requirements Universities And Colleges - Commonwealth Education Continuum, removal Universities And Colleges - Governing public postsecondary boards, orientation and professional development attendance Universities And Colleges - Northern Kentucky University, administration of Center for Mathmatics Universities And Colleges - Postsecondary education institutions' debt, requirements for collection by Department of Revenue Universities And Colleges - Public postsecondary president evaluation, procedure for open and closed sessions |
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