KRS § 164.600 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.600
164.600 Boards of directors for community colleges and community and technical colleges
Status: in_force

164.600 Boards of directors for community colleges and community and technical

colleges.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) "Chief executive officer" means a president or the head administrator of a

college within the Kentucky Community and Technical College System;

(b) "College" means a community college, a technical college, or a community

and technical college within the system;

(c) "President" means the chief executive officer of the system;

(d) "Relative" means father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter,

aunt, uncle, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law; and

(e) "System" means the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

(2) There shall be a board of directors for each community college or community and

technical college under the Kentucky Community and Technical College System,

except as provided in KRS 165.160. The board of regents may designate that a local

board of directors serve more than one college. Each board of directors shall:

(a) Recommend one (1) candidate for college chief executive officer from three

(3) candidates provided by the president. The president shall have the

authority to make the final appointment and shall not be bound by the

recommendation from the board of directors;

(b) Evaluate the college chief executive officer and advise the president of his or

her performance. The president has final authority for the appointment and

termination of the college chief executive officer;

(c) Approve budget requests for recommendation to the Kentucky Community

and Technical College System;

(d) Adopt and amend an annual operating budget and submit it to the board of

regents for approval as to the compliance with its guidelines;

(e) Approve a strategic plan that is developed in coordination with local

employers, civic leaders, campus constituents, and other postsecondary

institutions in the region and that is consistent with the strategic agenda of the

General Assembly.

(3) The chief executive officer of each college shall have full authority and discretion

regarding the use and management of the budget approved by the board of regents

for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System under KRS 164.350.

(4) Each board of directors shall consist of ten (10) members, seven (7) of whom shall

be appointed by the Governor from nominees of the respective college nominating

commission established under KRS 164.602 for a term set by law pursuant to

Section 23 of the Constitution of Kentucky. The other three (3) board members

shall be one (1) member of the teaching faculty, one (1) member of the staff, and

one (1) member of the student body. An appointed member's term shall be six (6)

years.

(5) The faculty member shall be on the teaching or research faculty of the college. The

faculty member shall be elected by secret ballot of all full-time faculty members of

the college. Faculty members shall serve for terms of three (3) years and until their

successors are elected and qualified. Faculty members shall be eligible for

reelection, but they shall be ineligible to continue to serve as members of the boards

if they cease to be members of the teaching staff of the college. Elections to fill

vacancies shall be for the unexpired term in the same manner as provided for

original election.

(6) The staff member shall be a classified or midmanagement employee who does not

hold faculty rank and who does not hold an upper administrative position. The staff

member shall be elected by secret ballot of all full-time staff members of the

college. Staff members shall serve for terms of three (3) years and until their

successors are elected and qualified. Staff members shall be eligible for reelection,

but shall be ineligible to continue to serve as members of the boards if they cease to

be members of the staff of the college. An election to fill a vacancy for an unexpired

term shall be held in the same manner as an election to an original full term.

(7) The student member shall be elected by secret ballot from the student body of the

college to serve a term of one (1) year. The student member shall be a full-time

student who maintains permanent residency in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(8) If a board of directors is designated by the board of regents to serve more than one

college as permitted under subsection (2) of this section, the board of regents shall

define procedures for the selection of the faculty, staff, and student representatives

to the board of directors to ensure that there is opportunity for all colleges to be

represented.

(9) The members of the board of directors shall receive no compensation for their

services but shall be paid for their actual and necessary expenses.

(10) No citizen member of the board of directors shall have a conflict of interest in

accordance with KRS 45A.340 or be a relative of any employee of the college under

its jurisdiction. A person who is a member of the board on July 15, 1998, who is a

relative of an employee of the college may finish out the appointed term of office

but the member may not be reappointed.