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Board of Regents

Whereas, the Board of Regents of Kentucky State University ("KSU" or the "University") as created by Kentucky Revised Statutes 164.310 has the statutory authority to govern, manage and operate KSU;

Whereas, the Board of Regents has entrusted the day-to-day administration and operation of KSU to President Raymond M. Burse ("President");

Whereas, by virtue of his position as President of Kentucky State University, Raymond M. Burse is the Chief Administrative and Academic Officer of KSU;

Whereas, among the duties of the KSU President is to recommend policies and actions to the Board of Regents;

Whereas, the Board has requested that the President update, centralize, manage, and maintain all university policies and procedures;

Whereas, the Kentucky State University Faculty Handbook is a policy manual of the Board;

Whereas, on April 25, 2003, the KSU Board approved the division of several provisions of the Faculty Handbook into administrative regulations which do not require Board approval for amendments and/or changes;

Whereas, President Burse recommends that all university policies require Board approval for amendments; and

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND APPROVED that the Board of Regents rescinds its April 25, 2003, action regarding the Faculty Handbook and from this date require that all amendments and/or changes to all university policies be approved by this body.

This the 7th day of November 2014.

Karen W. Bearden, Chair

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Kentucky State University faces significant challenges financially and academically. Financially, the current fiscal year operating budget has a deficit of approximately $7 Million. Academically, the institution's enrollment, retention and graduation rates are at unacceptable levels. All the financial and academic problems must be addressed while continuing to run and operate the institution. Increased enrollment in the short term will help to cure some ills but that cannot happen soon enough to relieve the deficit spending. Getting the faculty complement to be congruent with the level of enrollment must occur but cannot occur soon enough given that over 60% of the faculty at KSU is tenured. (In some cases individuals without terminal degrees were granted tenure and some others who hold tenure are in areas for which there are no programmatic needs.) Thus, the institution is left to do budget reductions through curtailing expenditures and the elimination of positions. Suggestions of across-the-board salary and pay reductions as well as furloughs have not been received as the way to proceed. What follows is a budget reduction plan which helps to reduce the deficit but does not get KSU to a balanced budget. These recommendations are to be enacted and taken while other actions and approaches are studied further. What is presented is a working budget plan which will be updated as additional actions are evaluated and approved by the Board on recommendation of the President.

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incumbents will be allowed to apply for the new positions. All other positions will be evaluated and assessed for need and fit.

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that office. Positions from other functions (External Relations, Enrollment Services) will be reassigned to functions needing to improve customer service (Registrar and Financial Aid). Student Life/Activities will be evaluated to determine if programs our students need and want are being delivered and driven.

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current term. All tenure track faculty members with less than three years of service will be given notice of non-reappointment prior to December 15, 2014. All tenure-track faculty members with three or more years of service will be given notice of non-reappointment prior to May 1, 2015. In all cases each faculty member will be evaluated for retention based on fit, performance and programmatic need during the teach out period of their employment.Once the procedure is developed and approved by the Board of Regents, all tenured faculty members will be evaluated using the approved post-tenure procedures and policy.

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The University will create a pool of funds to be made available to those who are retirement eligible to retire. Employees who retire will be paid three to six months salary depending on length of KSU service. Priority will be given to tenured faculty members not supported by any grant. Program will be available until the University determines it has reduced its recurring obligation to a level which allows it to operate efficiently.

GRAND TOTAL $ 949,841 $2,135,626

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