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Last action · February 26, 2026

To Committee On Committees (S)

Introduced February 26, 2026

Senate

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

SB279

AN ACT relating to the efficient use of public funds in postsecondary institutions.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate administrative regulations to prohibit the use of public funds towards a degree in a low-earning outcome program; require the council to provide an annual report on the implementation of the prohibition to the Legislative Research Commission.

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This bill would require Kentucky's Council on Postsecondary Education to create rules banning the use of public funds for college degree programs whose graduates tend to earn low incomes. The council would also be required to report to the state legislature each year on how that ban is being carried out. Who it may affect: students enrolled in or considering degree programs at Kentucky public colleges and universities, and the institutions that offer those programs.

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