AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.

Amend KRS 164.321 to conform the size of the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky boards to the size and authority of the governing boards of all other state universities; replace the other state universities' boards of regents with boards of trustees and designate the board of trustees as the successor board; remove language regarding KCTCS; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the KCTCS board of regents; amend KRS 164.290…

Introduced: February 12, 2025

Last action: February 13, 2025

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This bill, called the University Fairness Act, would restructure the governing boards of Kentucky's public universities to make them more uniform. It would resize the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville boards to match those of other state universities, rename several boards from "boards of regents" to "boards of trustees," and create a separate board of regents specifically for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. It also removes a legal distinction that had…

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