Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 13 - COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 2 - Public Educational Institutions › Section 13 KAR 2:020 - Guidelines for admission to the state-supported postsecondary education institutions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.160,
				158.6451,
				158.6453,
				164.001,
				164.020(5),
				(8),
				164.030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				164.020(8) requires the
				Council on Post-secondary Education to set the minimum qualifications for
				admission to the state-supported post-secondary education institutions.
				KRS
				164.020(29) requires the
				council to promulgate administrative regulations governing its powers, duties,
				and responsibilities as described in
				KRS
				164.020. This administrative regulation
				establishes the minimum qualifications related to admission at state-supported
				postsecondary education institutions.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Academic
			 Readiness" means the student has demonstrated the requisite ability to succeed
			 in credit-bearing coursework by meeting or exceeding the college readiness
			 benchmarks adopted by the Council. An institution shall not determine academic
			 readiness using scores received from exams taken more than four (4) years
			 prior.
(2) "Accelerated pathway"
			 means a high school program of study that is designed for students to be able
			 to graduate in (3) three years or less from high school, before age eighteen
			 (18) and prepare for transition to college.
(3) "Certified, non-public school" means a
			 Kentucky non-public school that has been granted certification by the Kentucky
			 Board of Education.
(4)
			 "Corequisite course" means a course that includes enhanced academic supports,
			 such as additional hours of instruction, tutoring, mentoring, or advising that
			 awards credit toward a credential or degree.
(5) "Council" is defined by
			 KRS
			 164.001(8).
(6) "Credit for prior learning" means college
			 credit for the college-level knowledge and skills gained from non-college
			 instructional programs or life experiences:
(a) Such as credit awarded pursuant to
			 13 KAR
			 2:025 and
			 KRS
			 164.2951(2)(e), employment,
			 military experience, civic activities, and volunteer service; and
(b) That is evaluated through nationally
			 standardized exams in specific disciplines, challenge exams for specific
			 courses at individual institutions, evaluations of non-college training
			 programs, and individualized assessments.
(7) "Curriculum pathway" means a specified
			 series of courses or competencies needed to complete a credential or
			 degree.
(8) "Developmental course"
			 means a course that prepares a student for college-level study and does not
			 award credit toward a credential or degree.
(9) "Dual credit course" is defined by
			 KRS
			 164.002(5) and does not
			 include developmental education courses.
(10) "Institution" means a state-supported
			 postsecondary education institution as defined in
			 KRS
			 164.001(12).
(11) "KCTCS" is defined by
			 KRS
			 164.001(13).
(12) "Learning contract" means a student
			 success document signed by the student and a designated institution
			 representative after a personal consultation that establishes the:
(a) Advising, mentoring, tutoring and support
			 services expectations for both the student and the institution;
(b) Student learning goals and
			 expectations;
(c) Student
			 participation requirements in a financial literacy program;
(d) Process by which student progress will be
			 monitored; and
(e) Specified length
			 of the learning contract.
(13) "Pre-college curriculum" means
			 completion of:
(a)
1. The Kentucky minimum high school
			 graduation requirements; or
2.
			 Other approved course of study established in
			 704 KAR
			 3:305; and
(b)
1. Two
			 (2) units of a single world language; or
2. Demonstration of a world language
			 proficiency.