KRS § 164.830 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.830
164.830 Powers and duties of board
Status: in_force

164.830 Powers and duties of board.

(1) The board of trustees of the University of Louisville shall constitute a body

corporate, with the usual corporate powers, and shall possess all the authorities,

immunities, rights, privileges, and franchises usually attaching to the governing

bodies of Kentucky public higher educational institutions. A majority of the voting

members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Powers of the board shall include the following:

(a) Appointment of a president, all faculty members, and other personnel and

determination of the compensation, duties, and official relations of each. No

relative of a board of trustee member shall be employed by the university.

Faculty member and personnel appointment decisions may be delegated to the

president in accordance with policy adopted by the board of trustees;

(b) Suspension or removal of the president, officers, faculty, agents, or other

personnel that it is authorized to appoint, except that no president, professor,

or teacher shall be removed except for incompetence, neglect of or refusal to

perform his or her duty, immoral conduct, or failure to meet college or

university performance and productivity requirements as determined in

accordance with paragraph (c) of this subsection. Any removal shall be made

in accordance with procedures established by law for state institutions.

Officer, faculty, agent, or other personnel removal decisions may be delegated

to the president in accordance with policy adopted by the board of trustees;

(c) Creation of a process requiring the evaluation of the performance and

productivity of the president, professors, and teachers at least once every four

(4) years. Failure to meet performance and productivity requirements may

result in removal of a president, professor, or teacher regardless of status. The

evaluation process shall be established by the board and provided to all

faculty members by January 1, 2026, to become effective July 1, 2026;

(d) Election of a chairperson, a vice chairperson to act in the absence or

temporary disability of the chairperson, and any other officers as it deems

wise, including the annual election of a six (6) member executive committee

which shall have the powers that the board delegates to it and shall operate

under the rules the board shall establish under its authority to make bylaws,

rules, and regulations consistent with this chapter. The committee shall have

one (1) member representing the students, faculty, and nonteaching personnel

with the group alternating each year. The initial appointment to the executive

committee after March 21, 2017, shall be a faculty member, to be followed by

a student and a nonteaching personnel, respectively;

(e) Receipt, retention, and administration, on behalf of the university, subject to

the conditions attached, all revenues accruing from endowments,

appropriations, allotments, grants or bequests, and all types of property;

(f) Requirement of reports from the president, officers, faculty, and employees as

it deems necessary and proper from time to time;

(g) Granting degrees to graduates of the university, prescription of conditions

upon which postgraduate honors may be obtained, and conferment of

honorary degrees;

(h) The board shall periodically evaluate the institution's progress in

implementing its missions, goals, and objectives to conform to the strategic

agenda. Officers and officials shall be held accountable for the status of the

institution's progress; and

(i) The board shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for the governance of its

members, officers, agents, and employees, which shall reference the member

removal and replacement provisions of KRS 63.080, and the board shall

enforce obedience to those bylaws, rules, and regulations.

(2) Board members shall receive no compensation for serving on the board, but shall be

reimbursed for travel expenses for attending meetings and performing other official

functions, consistent with the reimbursement policy for state employees. Board

members who reside outside the Commonwealth shall not be reimbursed for out-of-

state travel expenses.

(3) The provisions of KRS 164.030, 164.200, and 164.410, shall be applicable to the

University of Louisville, except where inconsistent with the purposes of KRS

164.810 to 164.870.