KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS

ACTION ITEM:

Approval of Employee Evaluation Policy and Process.

FACTS:

House Bill 250 (hereinafter “HB250”), an act relating to Kentucky State University (hereinafter “KSU””), was signed into law on April 8, 2022. The Bill provided KSU with emergency funding of $23 million to cover the University’s financial shortfalls. Additionally, HB250 set forth oversight measures for KSU, its Board of Regents, and the Council for Postsecondary Education (hereinafter “CPE”), respectively, in order to ensure KSU’s long-term recovery. Specifically, Section 1.(1)(g)1 and Section 1.(1)(g)2 of the HB250, which focused on the promulgation of increased effectiveness in the “institutional and operational performance” stipulates as follows:

  • 1. ...[T]he Kentucky State University board of regents, in consultation with the Council on Postsecondary Education, shall develop a process to review all faculty and staff performance, including a post-tenure review for tenured faculty as described in subparagraph 2. of this paragraph. The process shall ensure a consistently high level of employee performance and shall include but not be limited to assessments by peers, students, and administrators. In addition to evaluating an employee's growth, accomplishments, and skills, the process shall be used to identify deficiencies and ineffectiveness and redirect employee efforts to improve or increase productivity. The process shall be used as a basis for decisions on continued employment, promotion, salary increases, tenure, and maintenance of tenure;
  • ...[T]he review process for tenured faculty shall include an evaluation of teaching effectiveness, research body of work, overall commitment to the mission of the university, and other criteria determined by the board and the council...

In an effort to initiate this process and to adhere to the mandates of HB250, KSU has succinctly outlined the attached policies and procedures related to employee evaluations to include post-tenure review.

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS:

Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION:

Interim President Ronald A. Johnson recommends that the Kentucky State Board of Regents approve Staff Evaluation Policy and Process.

MOTION:

Approve the Staff Evaluation Policy and Process.