Kentucky House Bill 136 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-06 - 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 4-year tuition freeze for an enrolled resident students; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase to tuition or fees to be approved before March 1 of the proceeding school year; 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 to be a participating institution for purposes of KEES eligibility; provide that the bill may be cited as the Kentucky Student Tuition Protection and Accountability Act; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025.

AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education institutions.

Rep. William Lawrence [R]	Rep. Kimberly Banta [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Emily Callaway [R]
Rep. Ryan Dotson [R]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]
Rep. Wade Williams [R]	Rep. Nicolas Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-06	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-01-06	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb136.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb136/orig_bill.pdf