Title XIII, Education

Requirements. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Council" means the Council on Postsecondary Education; and (b) "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Education. (2) There is hereby established a proactive postsecondary admissions program to: (a) Notify high school students…

The pledge of any assets or revenues of the corporation to the payment of the principal of or the interest on any obligations of the corporation shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made and any such assets or revenues shall immediately be subject to the li…

The University of Kentucky located at Lexington, is recognized as established and maintained. It is the institution that was founded under the land grant of 1862 by the Congress of the United States under the corporate designation and title of "Agricultural and Mechanical College…

continue in force and apply to University of Kentucky. All acts of the General Assembly giving assent to Acts of Congress providing aid for agricultural and mechanical colleges and for agricultural extension and experiment work, shall, unless heretofore repealed, remain in force …

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. The resolution authorizing any obligations or the trust agreemen…

The University of Kentucky includes the following colleges and schools: The College of Arts and Science, The College of Agriculture, The College of Engineering, The College of Law, The College of Education, The College of Commerce, and The Graduate School. The colleges, schools, …

Any holder of obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter or any coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of such obligations, except the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreemen…

(1) The University of Kentucky shall provide: (a) Upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, associate and baccalaureate programs of instruction; (b) Upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, master degree programs, specialist degree programs above th…

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter, all such obligations and interest coupons appertaining thereto shall be and are hereby made negotiable instruments under the laws of thi…

Grounds for removal and replacement of all board members. (1) (a) The government of the University of Kentucky is vested in a board of trustees appointed for a term set by law pursuant to Section 23 of the Constitution of Kentucky. (b) 1. All appointed and elected persons shall b…

The board of trustees of the university shall prescribe the method by which the alumni may, at their annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, nominate to the Governor three (3) persons from whom the alumni members shall be appointed. No alumnus shall be per…

securities issued by the corporation. Obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associatio…

No member of a governing board of a public institution of postsecondary education shall be held to be a public officer by reason of his membership on the board except as provided in KRS 45A.335 for the purpose of KRS 45A.340.

(1) The corporation is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of refunding obligations for the purpose of refunding any obligations then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon a…

revenue and property. The board of trustees shall be a body corporate, under the name of board of trustees of the University of Kentucky, with the usual corporate powers, and shall possess all the immunities, rights, privileges and franchises usually attaching to the governing bo…

The corporation shall be authorized and empowered in connection with the issuance of its bonds and notes for student loan purposes pursuant to this chapter to establish in respect of such bonds and notes such reserve funds or replacement funds as may be required in the sound disc…

The University of Kentucky, a state educational institution of higher learning which has an established printing plant therein and which is engaged in the publication of scholarly works as a related educational activity, may engage in the usual activities related to editing and p…

The corporation shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor and the General Assembly. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement of the corporation dur…

(1) The board of trustees of the university shall meet quarterly. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson or by any three (3) members upon giving ten (10) days' written notice to each member of the board of trustees. The business to be transacted at special meetings sha…

(1) The board of trustees may elect a vice chairman and such other officers as it deems wise, and shall adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations consistent with this chapter as it deems proper. (2) The bylaws, rules, or regulations adopted by the board pursuant to subsection (1)…

No member or other officer of the corporation shall be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of his execution of any obligations or the issuance thereof.

The board of trustees shall annually elect an executive committee of five (5) members, which shall have the powers that the board delegates to it. The executive committee shall submit to the board of trustees at each meeting, for its consideration and approval, a complete record …

Assembly. The corporation is authorized to accept and expend such moneys as may be appropriated from time to time by the General Assembly or such moneys as may be received from any source including income from the corporation's operations, for effectuating its corporate purposes …

corporation may be subject to federal income taxation. The Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation has been duly created as an independent de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As the corporation will in all respects b…

The board of trustees may establish proper regulations for the government of the university and the physical training, military or otherwise, of the students. It may authorize the suspension and dismissal of students for neglect or violation of the regulations, or for other condu…

If any member, officer or employee of the corporation shall be interested either directly or indirectly, or shall be an officer or employee of or have an ownership interest in any firm or corporation interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the corporation, such int…

The trustees may determine from time to time the colleges, schools, divisions, departments, bureaus, and offices which the university shall comprise within the scope of the Acts of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and Acts supplementary thereto, and the relation which each divisio…

The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation…

(1) The board of trustees may appoint a president, professors, assistants, tutors and other personnel and determine the compensation, duties and official relations of each. In the appointment of presidents, professors or instructors no preference shall be shown to any religious d…

compensation, promotions, and retirement programs. Anything in any statutes of the Commonwealth to the contrary notwithstanding, the power over and control of appointments, qualifications, salaries, and compensation payable out of the State Treasury or otherwise, promotions and o…

Upon termination or dissolution, all rights and properties of the corporation shall pass to and be vested in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, subject to the rights of lienholders and other creditors, unless the board of directors directs at such times that they be distributed among …

productivity evaluations. (1) The board of trustees has full power to suspend or remove any of the officers, teachers, professors, or agents that it is authorized to appoint, but a president, professor, or teacher shall not be removed except for: (a) Incompetency; (b) Neglect of …

The board of trustees may grant degrees to graduates of the university, prescribe conditions upon which postgraduate honors may be obtained, and confer such honorary degrees, upon the recommendation of the faculty of the university, as it thinks proper.

Garnishment -- Administrative regulations -- Bonds to finance loans -- Maximum annual loan amount. (1) (a) As used in this section, the term "eligible borrower" means a student, a former student, or the parent of a dependent student or former student, who demonstrates an intentio…

(1) It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a student loan forgiveness program for individuals who receive a bachelor's degree or graduate degree from a Kentucky college or university after August 30, 2007, and who are employed in an energy-related field as engineer…

The board of trustees shall make a full report to the General Assembly, within the first month of each even-numbered-year regular session, of the condition and operation of the university since the date of the previous report, with such recommendations concerning the university a…

(1) As used in this section, "STABLE Kentucky account" means an account established by or for the benefit of an eligible individual, as that term is defined by 26 U.S.C. sec. 529A, and established and maintained by the Commonwealth of Kentucky or pursuant to any agreement between…

The board of trustees may acquire additional lands or other property or material under KRS 45.750(1)(f) and 164A.575 for the purpose of expanding its plant and extending its usefulness. When unable to contract with the owner of land or other property or material necessary for the…

Whenever any real estate held by the Commonwealth for the use or benefit of the University or the Kentucky agricultural experiment station is, in the opinion of the board of trustees of the University, no longer necessary for the purpose of the University or more suitable for som…

The treasurer of the university shall keep an itemized account of receipts and expenditures, and shall pay out no money except on authorization of the board of trustees, given directly or through its executive committee. He shall render to the executive committee monthly statemen…

Director -- Purposes -- Duties -- Annual report. (1) The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority is hereby established and attached to the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research for administrative purposes. The mission of the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Devel…

subcommittee duties. (1) The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority established in KRS 164.2802 shall create and implement the Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program for the advancement and location of nuclear fission and fusion energy- related projects to support the en…

Award by the authority. (1) The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, with the approval of its advisory board, shall develop and adopt criteria for awarding a nuclear-ready community designation to demonstrate a community's readiness to welcome nuclear energy-related dev…

Grants -- Application process -- Eligibility. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Affiliate" means any person, partnership, or corporation that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a utility; (b) "Authority" means the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Auth…

and Inventory Commission -- Duties -- Membership -- Executive committee -- Executive director -- Powers and duties -- Required review of proposed retirement of coal, oil, or natural gas-fired electric generating units -- Reports of commission -- Sunset. (1) The General Assembly f…

Use of funds. (1) There is established a Center of American Civics at the University of Kentucky. The board of trustees for the University of Kentucky may rename the center consistent with its philanthropic naming governance procedures. (2) The center shall: (a) Foster a deeper u…

program. The Center of American Civics at the University of Kentucky shall develop materials and curricula for a degree program that meets the requirements of this section and distribute the materials and curricula developed to each public institution of higher education in this …

checks -- Initial hires, contractors, employees, volunteers, visitors -- Disclosures -- Termination. (1) Each public institution of postsecondary education shall require a criminal history background check on all initial hires. (a) The background check shall consist of a state cr…

to play. (1) (a) A public postsecondary education institution or private postsecondary education institution that is a member of a national intercollegiate athletic association shall designate all intercollegiate and intramural athletic teams, activities, sports, and events that …

information relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide prevention -- Posting of information on sexual extortion in residential and instructional buildings -- Requirements. (1) Any student identification badge issued by a public or private postsecondary education i…