APPLIES TO: Students, Faculty, Staff, and Administration

ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY: Division of Academic & Student Affairs Office of the Provost and Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs

Kentucky State University Board of Regents

This regulation implements the Academic Calendar Policy by establishing the specific, operational framework for the construction of the academic calendar. It provides the standardized rules for the organization of the academic year and the scheduling of all semesters and sessions.

A day on which instruction and classes are not held and assignments are not due. If an assignment deadline falls on an academic holiday, it is automatically extended to the next day of instruction. Official KSU holidays treated as academic holidays include, but are not limited to, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Juneteenth, the December holiday period, and Election Day in presidential election years.