Kentucky House Bill 611 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-01 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Amend KRS 164.296 to allow comprehensive public universities to offer programs of a vocational-technical-occupational nature below the associate degree level in the top five high-demand sectors with the approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education; establish program approval requirements; require programs to be reviewed after three years of implementation; forbid any public institution of higher education from offering new programs of a vocational-technical-occupational nature below the associate level outside of the top five high-demand sectors without review by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System board of regents and the approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education.

AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.

Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]

Rep. Regina Huff [R]

Rep. James Tipton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-01	House	to Education (H)
2018-02-27	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB611.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB611/bill.pdf