KRS 164.230: Removal of professors, officers and employees -- Performance and

productivity evaluations.

(1) The board of trustees has full power to suspend or remove any of the officers,

teachers, professors, or agents that it is authorized to appoint , but a president,

professor, or teacher shall not be removed except for:

(a) Incompetency;

(b) Neglect of or refusal to perform his or her duty;

(c) Immoral conduct;

(d) Failure to meet college or university performance and productivity

requirements as determined in accordance with subsection (5) of this section;

or

(e) For bona fide financial reasons, including but not limited to:

1. Financial exigency;

2. Low enrollment in a particular program or major; or

3. Misalignment of revenue and costs in a particular college, department,

program, or major.

(2) A president, professor, or teacher shall not be removed under subsection (1)(a) to

(d) of this section until after thirty (30) days' notice in writing, stating th e nature of

the charges preferred, and after an opportunity has been given him or her to make

defense before the board by counsel or otherwise and to introduce testimony which

shall be heard and determined by the board.

(3) The process by which removal as provided in subsection (1)(e) of this section shall

be proposed, evaluated, and decided shall be established by the board and provided

to all faculty members, with an effective date no later than October 1, 2026. The

process shall require that no faculty m ember is removed until after thirty (30) days'

notice in writing, stating the reason for removal, and after an opportunity has been

given to the faculty member to respond before the board by counsel or otherwise

and to introduce testimony which shall be heard and determined by the board.

(4) Officer, teacher, professor, or agent appointment and removal decisions may be

delegated to the president in accordance with policy adopted by the board of

trustees.

(5) (a) President, teacher, and professor performance and productivity shall be

evaluated at least once every four (4) years using a process approved by the

board.

(b) Any preliminary discussions relating to the evaluation of the president by the

board or between the board and the president prior to the final evaluation shall

be conducted in closed session pursuant to KRS 61.810(1)(f).

(c) The final performance and productivity evaluation report on the president

shall be in writing, discussed and adopted in an open meeting of the board and

reflected in the minutes, and made available to the public upon request.

(d) Failure to meet performance and productivity requirements may result in

removal of a president, teacher, or professor regardless of status. The

evaluation process shall be established by the board a nd provided to all

faculty members by January 1, 2026, to become effective July 1, 2026.