Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 164.092 to define "nontraditional age students"; include nontraditional age students in the goal of closing achievement gaps; increase the percentage of public university funding based on student success outcomes produced from 35 to 40 percent; decrease the percentage of public university funding for student credit hours earned from 35 to 30 percent; include in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System's student success outcomes weighting for credentials aligned with the economic needs of the state and recognize credentials earned by nontraditional age students; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate an emergency or amended administrative regulation to implement the amended funding formula; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- J. Tipton

Summary Retain original provisions; remove all references to minority; require the postsecondary education working group to convene during the 2024 Interim for the sole purpose of considering how to define "underrepresented students" for the comprehensive funding model for the public postsecondary education system; require the recommendations be reported to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- J. Calloway

Summary Retain original provisions; define underrepresented students; remove the word minority throughout; amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from using race-conscious targets or metrics in performance funding; require the working group established in Section 1 of this Act to meet during the 2024 Interim and report to the Legislative Research Commission; require the working group to submit all proposed metrics and goals to be reviewed by the Interim Joint Committee on Education each year.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- J. Tipton

Summary Retain original provisions; remove underrepresented minority students and beginning fiscal year 2024-2025 use students graduating from low-performing high schools in Kentucky for performance funding purposes.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 4 -- J. Tipton

Summary Retain original provisions; remove underrepresented minority students and beginning fiscal year 2024-2025 use students graduating from low-performing high schools in Kentucky for performance funding purposes; specify that the comprehensive funding mode shall not include any race-based metrics or targets.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 5 -- J. Calloway

Summary Retain original provisions; define "underrepresented students"; remove the word, "minority" throughout; amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from using race-conscious targets or metrics in performance funding; require the working group established in Section 1 of this Act to meet during the 2024 Interim and report to the Legislative Research Commission; require the working group to submit all proposed metrics and goals to be reviewed by the Interim Joint Committee on Education each year.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 6 -- J. Calloway

Summary Retain original provisions; define "underrepresented students"; remove the word, "minority" throughout; amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from using race-conscious targets or metrics in performance funding; require the working group established in Section 1 of this Act to meet during the 2024 Interim and report to the Legislative Research Commission; require the working group to submit all proposed metrics and goals to be reviewed by the Interim Joint Committee on Education each year.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 7 -- J. Tipton

Summary Retain original provisions; remove all references to "minority"; require that any formula not include any race-based metrics or targets; require the Postsecondary Education Working Group to convene during the 2024 Interim for the sole purpose of considering how to define "underrepresented students" for the comprehensive funding model for the public postsecondary education system; require the recommendations be reported to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to distribute allocable resources based on first generation college students receiving bachelor's degrees and low-income students.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 164.092
Acts Chapter 196: 164.092
Current: 164.092