26RS HB 681

House Bill 681

Actions

Last Action	02/19/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1978
Sponsors	J. Watkins, G. Brown Jr., B. Chester-Burton
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 164.020 to direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to postpone the approval of any new program at a state postsecondary educational institution if the institution has met its equal educational opportunity goals; amend KRS 164.011, 164.131, 164.321, 164.821, and 335B.010 to conform; repeal KRS 164.2894, 164.2895, 164.2896, 164.2897, 164.2898. 164.2899, and 335B.035; provide that the Act may be cited as the Restoration of Postsecondary Inclusion and Student Success Programs Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Attorney General - Public postsecondary education, enforcement of diversity, equity, and inclusion ban, removal Auditor Of Public Accounts - Diversity, equity, and inclusion spending, periodic compliance audit, deletion of requirement Civil Rights - Public postsecondary education, diversity, equity and inclusion activities, deletion of prohibition Education, Finance - Public postsecondary education, diversity, equity and inclusion activities, deletion of penalties Education, Higher - Public postsecondary education, diversity, equity and inclusion activities, deletion of prohibitions Education, Vocational - Public postsecondary education, diversity, equity and inclusion activities, deletion of prohibitions Licensing - Diversity, equity, and inclusion, licensure requirement, deletion of prohibition Occupations And Professions - Diversity, equity, and inclusion, licensure requirement, prohibition Reports Mandated - Postsecondary annual report on federally mandated discrimination, deletion of requirement State Agencies - Council on Postsecondary Education, diversity, equity, and inclusion, deletion of prohibition Universities And Colleges - Public postsecondary education, diversity, equity and inclusion activities, deletion of prohibitions Workforce - Diversity, equity, and inclusion spending, periodic compliance audit, deletion of requirement Short Titles And Popular Names - Restoration of Postsecondary Inclusion and Student Success Programs Act