The University is in compliance with this provision.
University compliance provided training to procurement personnel and edited solicitation language to ensure compliance.
To ensure future compliance, the Office of Purchasing and University Counsel will continue to review solicitations and provide training as needed. In addition to ongoing annual training, HB4-related questions and certifications will be added to the University's Annual Disclosure Form, which must be completed each year by all University employees. These additions will be made on or before December 1, 2025. Also, all new/incoming University Deans and Vice Presidents will be required to complete comprehensive HB4 training and sign an HB4 compliance attestation as a part of the onboarding process.
KRS 164.2895(1)(e): An institution shall not...[m]ake student housing assignments on the basis of religion, sex, race, color, or national origin unless an exception is necessary to: 1. Maintain separate living facilities for members of a single biological sex; or 2. Permit need-based access to student housing facilities during school breaks, provided that room assignments are not implemented in a discriminatory manner or segregated by religion, race, color, or national origin.
The University is in compliance with this provision. The University does not provide preferential or differential treatment to students seeking housing on the basis of religion, race, sex, color, or national origin, except for the provision of single-sex suites, which is exempted under HB4. The University also provides reasonable accommodations as required by the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
As a part of the HB4 compliance process, the Policy Review Group reviewed University policies, procedures, programs, and trainings to ensure compliance with HB4. Representatives from the Office of the Provost and Student Affairs—the departments that oversee University housing— received extensive training. Moreover, all University Vice Presidents signed written attestations confirming their understanding of and adherence to relevant state law requirements.
The Office of University Counsel provides guidance to Housing personnel as needed and will continue to do so to ensure future compliance. In addition to ongoing annual training, HB4- related questions and certifications will be added to the University's Annual Disclosure Form, which must be completed each year by all University employees. These additions will be made on or before December 1, 2025. Also, all new/incoming University Deans and Vice Presidents will be required to complete comprehensive HB4 training and sign an HB4 compliance attestation as a part of the onboarding process.
KRS 164.2895(1)(f): An institution shall not...[i]nitiate an investigation of a bias incident unless the general counsel for the institution authorizes the investigation and certifies in writing that the investigation is necessary because the conduct being investigated: 1. May rise to the level of student-on-student harassment if all facts alleged are taken as true; or 2. Is subject to mandatory investigation pursuant to applicable state or federal law.