All KSU departments, employees, and agents involved in the consideration, approval, and execution of settlements of disputed legal claims by or against KSU, including its Board of Regents and employees when the KSU provides legal defense and indemnification.
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY: Kentucky State University Board of Regents Office of the President Office of General Counsel
APPROVED BY: Kentucky State University Board of Regents
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 2025
NEXT REVIEW DATE: August 8, 2028
Kentucky State University (KSU) may, from time to time, enter into settlement agreements to resolve disputed legal claims. This policy establishes the procedures for the review, approval, and execution of such settlements. The purpose of this policy is to record in writing the prevailing university policy that settlement agreements over a certain monetary threshold must be approved by the KSU Board of Regents (“Board”), notwithstanding any authority the President has to execute other legal agreements on behalf of KSU.
Settlements may be approved only when the proposed resolution is determined to be in the best interests of KSU. This policy applies to all settlements of disputed legal claims by or against KSU, its regents, or its employees for whom KSU is providing a legal defense and indemnification (e.g., pursuant to the Bylaws of the Board of Regents), regardless of whether such claims have been filed with a court or administrative agency. Disputed legal