OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES ACADEMIC SERVICES #241 | 400 EAST MAIN STREET FRANKFORT, KY 40601 | (502) 597-6667 KYSU.EDU
TO: Dr. Ronald A. Johnson Interim Kentucky State University Board of Regents
FROM: Candace Raglin Director of Human Resources
DATE: July 15, 2022
SUBJECT: Kentucky State University Staff Performance Process
House Bill 250 (hereinafter “HB250”), an act relating to Kentucky State University (hereinafter “KSU””), was signed into law on April 8, 2022. The Bill 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 of the HB250, which focused on the promulgation of increased effectiveness in the “institutional and operational performance” stipulates as follows:
(g) 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...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...
In an effort to initiate this process and to adhere to the mandates of HB250, KSU has succinctly outlined below the policies and procedures related to employee evaluations to include post-tenure review.