Kentucky House Bill 107

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 10 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-01-10 - WITHDRAWN
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 4-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 2 additional full-time student members to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, including 1 graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.821 to add a second faculty member to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees; add 2 additional full-time student members to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees, including 1 graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.321 to add a second faculty member to the boards of regents of comprehensive universities; add 2 additional full-time student members to the boards of regents, including 1 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]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-10	House	WITHDRAWN
2024-01-03	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-03	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb107.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb107/orig_bill.pdf