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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · January 29, 2026

To Postsecondary Education (H)

Introduced January 21, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB457

AN ACT relating to the Council on Postsecondary Education's oversight of public postsecondary education institutions.

Amend KRS 164.096 to require each public postsecondary education institution to provide the Council on Postsecondary Education its annual operating budget by August 1 of each fiscal year; require each institution to provide the council a quarterly budget-to-actual report within thirty (30) days following the end of each fiscal quarter; require each institution to provide financial information relevant to the Council's review of the institution's annual operating budget or quarterly budget-to-actual report upon the request…

Education, Higher State Agencies Universities and Colleges Education, Finance

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This bill would require Kentucky's public colleges and universities to share their annual budgets and quarterly financial updates with the Council on Postsecondary Education, the state body that oversees higher education. It also gives the Council's president a formal role in advising university boards when they are hiring or evaluating a college or university president. These changes are meant to increase financial transparency and state oversight of public higher education institutions. Who it may affect: students and families attending public Kentucky colleges and universities, governing boards of those institutions, and state higher education officials.

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