1. (2) All appointed members of the Board may be removed for cause as prescribed in KRS 63.080(4) if the Board is no longer functioning according to its statutory mandates as specified in the enabling statutes applicable to the Board, or if the Board membership's conduct as a whole constitutes malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty, such that the conduct cannot be attributed to any single member or members.
  2. (3)The inability of the Board to hold quarterly meetings, to elect a chairperson annually, to establish a quorum, to adopt an annual budget, to set tuition rates, to conduct an annual evaluation of the president of the University, to carry out its primary function to periodically evaluate the University's progress in implementing its mission, goals, and objectives to conform to the strategic agenda, or to otherwise perform its duties under KRS 164.350 shall be cause for the Governor to remove all appointed members of the Board and replace the entire appointed membership pursuant to KRS 63.080(4).

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SECTION 6.1

The Board of Regents shall hold its first meeting within thirty days after each appointment of new members.

SECTION 6.2

Thereafter, the Board of Regents shall meet at least quarterly in regular session at the University, or at such other times and places as agreed upon according to a calendar adopted annually by the Board. The annual meeting calendar shall include the dates for the Board's annual retreat once those dates have been approved.

SECTION 6.3

The chairperson of the Board shall call special meetings of the Board at the request of the President of the University or by two members of the Board. The Board may at such special meetings transact any or all business that it may transact at a regular meeting except that the business to be transacted at a special meeting shall be specified in the notice of the meeting in accordance with Kentucky's Open Meetings law.

SECTION 6.4

The chairperson of the Board may call an emergency meeting pursuant to this provision of the Bylaws. For purposes herein, “emergency” is defined as a situation which creates or has the potential to create a threat to the health, wellbeing, or safety of the University or the University community. The Board shall make a reasonable effort, under emergency circumstances, to notify the members of the Board, media organizations which have filed a written request for notification, and the public of the emergency meeting. At the beginning of the emergency meeting, the chairperson shall briefly describe for the record the emergency circumstances preventing compliance with the notice provisions under the Open Meetings law. These comments shall appear in the minutes. Discussions and action at the emergency meeting shall be limited to the emergency for which the meeting was called. Deleted: c

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