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164.0286 STEM Initiative Task Force -- Purpose -- Membership -- Steering
committee oversight and coordination -- Administrative attachment -Contracting -- Funding.
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The Council on Postsecondary Education shall create a STEM Initiative Task
Force for the purpose of providing leadership and strategic direction to a
comprehensive, statewide STEM initiative to improve Kentucky's position for
success in the knowledge-based economy by expanding and strengthening
educational and economic development opportunities in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics. The STEM Initiative Task Force shall be
composed of representatives from the executive and legislative branches of
government, postsecondary education, elementary and secondary education,
professionals within the STEM disciplines, and the business community.
The president of the Council on Postsecondary Education shall appoint
members to the STEM Initiative Task Force, except that the President of the
Senate shall appoint two (2) members of the Kentucky Senate and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives shall appoint two (2) members of the House of
Representatives to the task force. The task force members appointed by the
president of the Council on Postsecondary Education shall include but not be
limited to the representatives on the STEM Initiative Steering Committee under
subsection (4) of this section. The total number of members of the STEM
Initiative Task Force shall be determined by the president of the Council on
Postsecondary Education.
The task force shall have a chair, who shall be the presiding officer and shall
coordinate the functions and activities of the task force. The chair shall be
elected by majority vote of the members present at the first meeting of the task
force after July 15, 2008. Thereafter, the chair shall be elected each calendar
year.
The STEM Initiative Task Force shall have a steering committee to provide
oversight and coordination of the implementation of the STEM strategic and
business plans developed by the task force under KRS 164.0287, and to
determine the allocation of funds from Kentucky STEM Initiative fund under
KRS 164.0288. The chair of the STEM Initiative Task Force shall be the chair
of the steering committee, and a vice chair shall be elected by members of the
steering committee. The steering committee shall be composed of task force
members as follows:
(a) Two (2) representatives of the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic
Development;
(b) One (1) representative of the Center for Applied Energy Research at the
University of Kentucky;
(c) One (1) representative of the Kentucky Rural Energy Consortium at the
University of Louisville;
(d) Two (2) representatives of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce;
(e) One (1) representative of the Kentucky Science and Technology
Corporation;
(f) Two (2) representatives of the Council on Postsecondary Education;
(g) One (1) president of a public university;
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One (1) representative of the Kentucky Community and Technical
College System;
(i) One (1) representative of the Association of Kentucky Independent
Colleges and Universities;
(j) Two (2) representatives of the Kentucky Department of Education;
(k) Two (2) representatives of the Kentucky Education Association;
(l) One (1) representative of the Kentucky School Boards Association;
(m) One (1) representative of the Kentucky Association of School
Administrators;
(n) One (1) representative of the Education Professional Standards Board;
and
(o) The task force chair.
(5) When making the appointment of a representative required under subsection
(4) of this section, the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education
shall seek the advice of the chief executive officer of the organization, agency,
or association being represented, except that the advice of the Kentucky
Council of Presidents shall be sought regarding the selection of a public
university president to serve.
(6) Each STEM Initiative Task Force member shall serve a term of three (3) years,
or until a successor is appointed or qualified, except that, to the degree
possible, for members appointed by the president of the Council on
Postsecondary Education, the initial term of one-third (1/3) of the members
shall be for one (1) year, one-third (1/3) for two (2) years, and one-third (1/3) for
three (3) years. A member may be reappointed to the task force at the
discretion of the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education.
(7) The task force shall meet at least semiannually or upon the call of the chair,
and a majority of the full membership shall constitute a quorum.
(8) The task force, under the leadership of the chair, may appoint committees,
subcommittees, advisory groups, or other work structures to accomplish its
purposes.
(9) Members of the task force shall serve without compensation but may be
reimbursed for necessary travel and expenses while attending meetings or
conducting approved activities at a per diem rate not to exceed the rate
promulgated in administrative regulation for state employees under the
provisions of KRS Chapter 45.
(10) The task force shall be attached to the Council on Postsecondary Education for
administrative purposes. The council may enter into a memorandum of
agreement with the Kentucky Department of Education for staff and other
administrative expenses relating to the implementation of KRS 164.0285 to
164.0288.
(11) The task force may create a public or nonprofit corporation or contract with an
existing nonprofit corporation to facilitate the public-private collaboration in the
development and implementation of the STEM Initiative.
(12) The task force or the public or nonprofit corporation which may be utilized
under subsection (11) of this section may receive and expend funds from state
appropriations and may solicit, apply for, and receive funds, grants, contracts,
contributions, property, or services from a person, government agency, or other
organization, public or private. Determination of the use of funds received by
the task force shall be established by the STEM Initiative Steering Committee
pursuant to this section.
(13) Funds appropriated to the task force or the public or nonprofit corporation
which may be utilized under subsection (11) of this section shall not lapse at
the end of a fiscal year but shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be
used solely to support the purposes for which the funds were appropriated.
(14) The task force or the public or nonprofit corporation which may be utilized
under subsection (11) of this section shall:
(a) Follow standard accounting practices;
(b) Have an independent auditor conduct an annual financial audit; and
(c) Submit a quarterly report of receipts and expenditures no later than sixty
(60) days after the end of a calendar quarter. The task force shall file its
report with the Council on Postsecondary Education and a public or
nonprofit corporation shall file its report to the STEM Initiative Task Force.
(15) The task force or the public or nonprofit corporation which may be utilized
under subsection (11) of this section shall submit an annual financial and
progress report for the previous fiscal year by September 30 to the Governor,
the Legislative Research Commission, the commissioner of education, and the
president of the Council on Postsecondary Education.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2008.
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