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164.001 Definitions for chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Administrator" means the chief executive officer of the institution;
(2) "Adult basic education" means instruction in mathematics, science, social
studies, reading, language arts, and related areas to enable individuals to
better function in society;
(3) "Benchmarks" means objective measures developed where applicable or
practical by the Council on Postsecondary Education to judge the performance
of the postsecondary education system and progress toward the goals as
stated in KRS 164.003(2);
(4) "Board" or "governing board" means the board of trustees for the University of
Kentucky or the University of Louisville, the board of regents for a
comprehensive university, or the board of regents for the Kentucky Community
and Technical College System;
(5) "Board of regents" means the governing board of each comprehensive
university and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System;
(6) "Committee" means the Strategic Committee on Postsecondary Education
created in KRS 164.004;
(7) "Comprehensive university" means the following public institutions: Eastern
Kentucky University, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University,
Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, and Western Kentucky
University;
(8) "Council" means the Council on Postsecondary Education created in KRS
164.011;
(9) "Customized training" means training in specific academic areas, work
processes, or technical skills that are designed to serve a specific industry or
industries to upgrade worker skills;
(10) "Goals" means the six (6) goals specified in KRS 164.003(2);
(11) "Independent institution" means a nonpublic postsecondary education
institution in Kentucky whose instruction is not solely sectarian in nature, is
accredited by a regional accrediting association recognized by the United
States Department of Education, and is licensed by the Council on
Postsecondary Education;
(12) "Institution" means a university, college, community college, health technology
center, vocational-technical school, technical institute, technical college,
technology center, or the Kentucky Community and Technical College System;
(13) "Kentucky Community and Technical College System" means the system
composed of public community and technical colleges, including those
postsecondary institutions operated by the former Cabinet for Workforce
Development and those community colleges in the University of Kentucky
Community College System on May 30, 1997.
The system also includes institutions created by the board of regents for the
Kentucky Community and Technical College System and approved by the
General Assembly;
(14) "Literacy" means an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in English and
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compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on
the job and in society to achieve one's goals and develop one's knowledge and
potential;
"Lower division academic course" means any academic course offered for
college or university credit that is designated as a freshman or sophomore level
academic course;
"Nonteaching personnel" means any employee who is a full-time staff member,
excluding a president, chancellor, vice president, academic dean, academic
department chair, or administrator;
"Postsecondary education system" means the following public institutions:
University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Eastern Kentucky University,
Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University,
Northern Kentucky University, Western Kentucky University, and the Kentucky
Community and Technical College System;
"P-16 council" or "council of partners" means a local or state council that is
composed of educators from public and private preschools, elementary,
secondary, and postsecondary education institutions, local board of education
members, and may include community and business representatives that have
voluntarily organized themselves for the purpose of improving the alignment
and quality of the education continuum from preschool through postsecondary
education as well as student achievement at all levels;
"Public" means operated with state support;
"Relative" means a person's father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, son,
daughter, aunt, uncle, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law;
"Remedial education" means any program, course, or activity that is designed
specifically for students who have basic deficiencies in reading, written or oral
communication, mathematics, study skills, or other skills necessary to do
beginning postsecondary work as defined by the institution;
"Standardized degree program" means a program, approved by the Council on
Postsecondary Education, that consists of specific competencies, curriculum,
and performance requirements regardless of the providing institution;
"Strategic agenda" means the state strategic postsecondary education agenda
described in KRS 164.0203;
"Technical institution" means an educational institution that offers certificates,
diplomas, or technical degrees in technical or occupational-related programs,
including a facility called a vocational-technical school, technical institute,
health technology center, technology center, technical college, or similar
designation; and
"Learning outcomes" means the knowledge, skills, and abilities that students
have attained as a result of their involvement in a particular set of educational
experiences.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 100, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky.
Acts ch. 29, sec. 2, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 37,
sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 1,
effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1,
sec. 3, effective May 30, 1997. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 1, effective
July 14, 1992.
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