Per Vice President Lockridge, Finance Administration has partnered with the School of Business to implement an Accounting internship program. Mrs. Carla Perry, a senior with a major in Accounting was introduced and she shared her experience of working in Finance Administration's accounting department.
Vice President Lockridge stated that performance evaluations for the University for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 are due to HR August 16, 2013. She stated that responses to the RFP for the review of faculty and staff compensation and classification have been received and the first review committee meeting will be held August 1, 2013. She informed the committee that the annual benefit and open enrollment for FY14 was completed in May with an effective date of July 1, 2013 with very few employees changing their health insurance coverage due to an affordable health plan. Per Vice President Lockridge, we continue to monitor our requirements with the Affordable Health Care Act. The university will issue a Notice to Employees of Coverage Options no later than October 13, 2013. The committee was informed that to ensure all individuals receiving a paycheck are active KSU employees, ghost audits have been scheduled for Staff in August and Faculty and Students in October. She also stated that the effective date for the implementation of the change to the KTRS sick leave service credit program is September 2, 2013. The committee was informed that there is a pilot program being tested for electronic timesheets for students and also a simplification process for EPAF's has been approved by the Cabinet.
Attorney Davis gave a presentation for the approval of a revision to Staff Personnel Policy and Procedure Number 6.0
Action: Regent Henry proposed a motion to take this to internal advisement and make a ruling on it at the next Board meeting. Regent Whitehead seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Per Vice President Lockridge, at the April 26, 2013 BOR meeting the stated increase in tuition and mandatory fees was noted as 2.9% instead of 2.95%.
Motion to make an adjustment that the tuition and fee policy be increased to 2.95% versus already approved 2.9% was made by Regent Henry and seconded by Regent Whitehead. The motion passed.
Vice President Lockridge gave an overview of the tuition rate chart for the Rosenwald Center for Families and Children.