2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .340   State Board for Proprietary Education -- Membership -- Terms -- Meetings -- Powers -- Compensation.

165A.340 State Board for Proprietary Education -- Membership -- Terms -- Meetings -- Powers -- Compensation. (1) There is hereby established a State Board for Proprietary Education which shall be attached to the Cabinet for Finance and Administration, Office of Administrative Services, Division of Occupations and Professions and shall consist of eleven (11) voting members to be appointed by the Governor as follows: (a)  Three (3) members representative of privately owned educational institutions appointed from a list of seven (7) names submitted by the Kentucky Association of Career Colleges and Schools; (b)  Three (3) members representative of technical schools appointed from a list of seven (7) names submitted by the Kentucky Association of Career Colleges and Schools; and (c)  Five (5) members representative of the public at large. (2) The term of each member shall be four (4) years or until a successor is appointed. If a vacancy occurs on the board, a new member shall be appointed to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. (3) The director of the Division of Occupations and Professions in the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall serve as executive director of the board. Members of the board shall annually elect one (1) of their number as chairman. The board may make all rules and regulations, including the establishment of fees and other charges consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter. (4) The board shall hold meetings at least four (4) times a year and as frequently as it deems necessary at the times and places as the board may designate and the majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. (5) The board may sue and be sued in its own name. (6) The members of the board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each meeting attended and may be paid their travel and other expenses while employed upon the business of the board. (7) The board shall administer the provisions of law pertaining to the conduct, operation, maintenance, and establishment of proprietary education institutions, and the activities of agents thereof when acting as such. (8) The board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and school records as it deems necessary. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 601, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 3, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 156, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 470, sec. 59, effective July 1, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 10, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 363, sec. 4, effective July 1, 1976.