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Chairperson Elaine Farris, Ed.D. called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

President M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D. conducted roll call:

Nine Regents were in attendance. Quorum was established.

MOTION by Regent Barfield:

Move the Board to adopt of the Agenda of the August 5, 2020 Special Called Meeting of the Board of Regents.

Seconded by Regent Jantzen and passed without dissent.

President Brown began by presenting Kentucky State University’s Fall 2020 Campus Reopening Update. The campus is slated to open on its normal start date of August 15th and classes will begin on the August 17th. On campus instruction will end on November 20th, just before Thanksgiving, and students will vacate the residence halls. Classes will resume virtually for study week and for final exams. Students are being given the option of virtual or in-person classes with in-person classes restricted to one day per week.

McCullen Hall has been taken offline for isolation and quarantine purposes. Testing and quarantine will be performed by Quest Diagnostics, using the services as stipulated in the

contract approved by the Board at the previous meeting. Dining options have been reconfigured with spacing limited and an app can be used to place dining orders. The bookstore and other auxiliary retail spaces will have floor decals, Plexiglas shields, and touchless pay options. Staff is working on determining maximum capacity per room and barrels of hydrolyte sanitizer have been purchased for frequent sanitation. The dorms will open with a multi-phase move-in and campus activities will be restricted. In terms of athletics, the NCAA anticipates its considerations for fall athletics will be released shortly and the SAIC will be voting today for conference play.

Regarding the Fall 2020 Curriculum Delivery Plan, 75 percent of the faculty plan to teach online. The primary areas that do not plan to teach online are the sciences, nursing, agriculture, music, and communications. To meet the needs of these courses, large auditoriums are being repurposed for classroom use.

President Brown showed that Kentucky State University is experiencing a positive enrollment trend which is creating a challenge due to space constraints. Residence halls are restricted to 80 percent capacity with additional beds reserved at Capital Plaza. Resident Advisors and Resident Directors have been assigned to the Capital Plaza and all campus social distancing rules apply to the students who are staying at the hotel.

President Brown concluded by providing an update on the FY2020 Budget Closing Estimate. He stated that Kentucky State University is scheduled to close in the black. Chairperson Farris requested that the 2018-20 budget be posted to the website.

MOTION by Regent Moffett:

Move to approve the contact with Capital Plaza Hotel with a revision to the language that Kentucky State University will not have to pay for rooms that have not been occupied. Seconded by Regent Reynolds and passed without dissent.

MOTION by Regent Barfield:

Move to approve to adjourn the August 5, 2020 Special Called Meeting. Seconded by Regent Harnice and passed without dissent.

Submitted by:

Dr. M. Christopher Brown II, Board Secretary Kentucky State University

Board of Regents

Approved with no corrections

___ Approved with corrections

Dr. Elaine Farris, Chair

Kentucky State University

Board of Regents