AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.

Create a new section of KRS 164.6941 to 164.6951 to define terms; require an intercollegiate athletics enterprise that provides a cumulative sum of more than $1,000 to coaches and student-athletes to register with the Council on Postsecondary Education; provide for the terms of the license, require the reporting of contracts and amounts of intercollegiate athletics compensation; set the registration fee at 10% of all compensation provided to student-athletes and coaches during the previous year; deposit…

Introduced: January 28, 2026

Last action: February 13, 2026

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This bill would require college athletic programs that pay coaches and student-athletes more than $1,000 total to register with the state and pay a fee equal to 10% of that compensation. The money collected would go into a scholarship fund and be distributed to colleges and universities to provide scholarships to students. The bill would take effect January 1, 2027. Who it may affect: college student-athletes, college coaches, postsecondary institutions, and students who may qualify for the resulting scholarships.

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