KRS 164.001: Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Administrator" means the chief executive officer of the institution;

(2) "Adult basic education" means instruction in mathematics, science, social studies,

reading, language arts, and rel ated areas to enable individuals to better function in

society;

(3) "Benchmarks" means objective measures developed where applicable or practical

by the Council on Postsecondary Education to judge the performance of the

postsecondary education system and p rogress toward the goals of postsecondary

education in the Commonwealth;

(4) "Board" or "governing board" means the board of trustees for the University of

Kentucky or the University of Louisville, the board of regents for a comprehensive

university, or th e board of regents for the Kentucky Community and Technical

College System;

(5) "Board of regents" means the governing board of each comprehensive university

and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System;

(6) "Comprehensive university" means the following public institutions: Eastern

Kentucky University, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University,

Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, and Western Kentucky

University;

(7) "Council" means the Council on Postsecondary Education created in KRS 164.011;

(8) "Customized training" means training in specific academic areas, work processes,

or technical skills that are designed to serve a specific industry or industries to

upgrade worker skills;

(9) "Independent institution" means a nonpublic postsecondary education institution in

Kentucky whose instruction is not solely sectarian in nature, is accredited by a

regional accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of

Education, and is licensed by the Council on Postsecondary Education;

(10) "Institution" means a university, college, community college, health technology

center, vocational-technical school, technical institute, technical college, technology

center, or the Kentucky Community and Technical College System;

(11) "Kentucky Community and Tech nical College System" or "KCTCS" means the

system composed of public community and technical colleges, including those

postsecondary institutions operated by the former Cabinet for Workforce

Development and those community colleges in the University of Ken tucky

Community College System on May 30, 1997. The system also includes institutions

created by the board of regents for the Kentucky Community and Technical College

System and approved by the General Assembly;

(12) "Literacy" means an individual's abilit y to read, write, and speak in English and

compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the

job and in society to achieve one's goals and develop one's knowledge and

potential;

(13) "Lower division academic course" means any academic course offered for college

or university credit that is designated as a freshman or sophomore level academic

course;

(14) "Nonteaching personnel" means any employee who is a full -time staff member,

excluding a president, chancellor, vice presiden t, academic dean, academic

department chair, or administrator;

(15) "Postsecondary education system" means the following public institutions:

University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Eastern Kentucky University,

Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University,

Northern Kentucky University, Western Kentucky University, and the Kentucky

Community and Technical College System;

(16) "Public" means operated with state support;

(17) "Relative" means a person's father, mother , brother, sister, husband, wife, son,

daughter, aunt, uncle, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law;

(18) "Standardized degree program" means a program, approved by the Council on

Postsecondary Education, that consists of specific competencies, curriculum, and

performance requirements regardless of the providing institution;

(19) "Strategic agenda" means the state strategic postsecondary education agenda

described in KRS 164.0203;

(20) "Technical institution" means an educational institution that offers certificat es,

diplomas, or technical degrees in technical or occupational -related programs,

including a facility called a vocational -technical school, technical institute, health

technology center, technology center, technical college, or similar designation; and

(21) "Learning outcomes" means the knowledge, skills, and abilities that students have

attained as a result of their involvement in a particular set of educational

experiences.