Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 161.028 to allow for a designee of the chief academic officer of an independent not-for-profit college or university to serve as a member of the Education Professional Standards Board.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Amend KRS 161.028 to allow the head of an educator preparation program of an independent, nonprofit college or university to serve as a member of the Education Professional Standards Board.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 164.295 to establish performance criteria for a comprehensive university to submit a proposal for a new doctoral program; establish criteria for the Council on Postsecondary Education to consider when reviewing a proposal for a new doctoral program submitted by a comprehensive university; require that the comprehensive university be responsible for the specialized resources necessary to evaluate a proposal for a new doctoral program submitted by a comprehensive university; require that the proposed program be included in the council's budget request for the next biennial budget; require the council to review the proposal and issue a recommendation to the General Assembly on the proposal; require the council to review any new program approved at least once every five years; require that a new doctoral program would not require this process to be followed if the program would not require additional general fund appropriations; include instructions for how programs studied under 24 RS SJR 170 should be handled; include that the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky doctoral degree program approval process should be consistent.

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

Summary Make title amendment.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- D. Meade

Summary Retain original provisions; provide additional performance criteria for a comprehensive university to submit a proposal for a new doctoral program based on regional performance.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- D. Meade

Summary Retain original provisions; provide additional performance criteria for a comprehensive university to submit a proposal for a new doctoral program based on regional performance.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 161.028
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 161.028
House Committee Substitute 1: 161.028, 164.295
Current: 161.028