26RS HB 782

House Bill 782

Actions

Last Action	02/27/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to postsecondary education students.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	472
Sponsor	J. Watkins
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms, require postsecondary education institutions to designate at least 1 employee to serve as a liaison between the institution and a homeless student or student in care who is enrolled at the institution; detail responsibilities of the liaison, the Council on Postsecondary Education, and the institution; require an institution to create a position to carry out the responsibilities of a liaison if the number of students experiencing homelessness or students in care exceeds 2% of the student body; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on students experiencing homelessness, students in care, and the impact of liaisons.
Index Headings of Original Version	Children And Minors - Postsecondary students, foster and adopted, institutional liaison Children And Minors - Postsecondary students, housing unstable, institutional liaison Education, Higher - Postsecondary education institutions, foster and adopted students, requirements Education, Higher - Postsecondary education institutions, housing unstable students, requirements Education, Vocational - Postsecondary education institutions, foster and adopted students, requirements Education, Vocational - Postsecondary education institutions, housing unstable students, requirements Reports Mandated - Council on Postsecondary Education, housing unstable students Universities And Colleges - Postsecondary education institutions, foster and adopted students, requirements Universities And Colleges - Postsecondary education institutions, housing unstable students, requirements