HB 490
AN ACT relating to employment at public postsecondary education institutions and declaring an emergency.
In Plain Language
This bill allows public colleges and universities to fire faculty members if the school faces genuine financial problems. The governing boards at these institutions would have to set up a process for these removals following specific rules.
Official summary
Amend KRS 164.360, 164.230, and 164.830 to allow for the removal of faculty members at public postsecondary education institutions for bona fide financial reasons; require the boards of regents and trustees of the institutions to establish the process for removal based on financial reasons with specified parameters; EMERGENCY.
Sponsor
A. Thompson (Republican-98)
Cosponsors
1 listed
Latest action
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 169)
Apr 14, 2026
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