Kentucky House Bill 231

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-4)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-10 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for resident students and 7% a year for nonresident students; provide a four-year tuition freeze for an enrolled resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase in tuition or fees to be approved before March 1; amend KRS 164.131 to add two additional full-time student members to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, including one graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.821 to add two additional full-time student members to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees, including one graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.321 to add two additional full-time student members to the boards of regents, including one full-time graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.7874 to require a private postsecondary institution to have a voting student member on its governing board in order to be a participating institution for purposes of KEES eligibility; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Student Tuition Protection and Accountability Act; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2028.

AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education institutions.

Rep. William Lawrence [R]	Rep. Kimberly Banta [R]	Rep. Chad Aull [D]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]
Rep. Steve Bratcher [R]	Rep. Emily Callaway [R]	Rep. Stephanie Dietz [R]	Rep. Steven Doan [R]
Rep. Ryan Dotson [R]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Keturah Herron [D]	Rep. Derek Lewis [R]
Rep. Savannah Maddox [R]	Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Rachel Roarx [D]
Rep. Nicolas Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-10	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-10	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb231.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb231/orig_bill.pdf