KRS 164.800: Commonwealth Virtual University -- Distance Learning Advisory

Committee -- Role of council -- Institutions involved in program.

(1) The Commonwealth Virtual University shall be the academic programs made

available to the citizens of the Commonwealth t hrough the use of modern methods

of communications and information dissemination as determined by the Council on

Postsecondary Education after consideration of the recommendations of the

Distance Learning Advisory Committee and the needs expressed by the r egional

advisory groups.

(2) The council shall establish a Distance Learning Advisory Committee to advise the

council on matters relating to the Commonwealth Virtual University. The members

of the advisory committee shall include the presidents of each of the nine (9) state

postsecondary education institutions, the executive director of the Kentucky

Educational Television Network, a representative of the Association of Independent

Kentucky Colleges and Universities, and other representatives as the council deems

appropriate. The committee shall elect its chair and other officers as it deems

necessary.

(3) The council, after receiving the recommendations of the Distance Learning

Advisory Committee, shall establish policies to control and promote the use of

distance learning systems to be used by the Commonwealth Virtual University to

increase the availability of all postsecondary education programs throughout the

state in the most efficient manner. The comprehensive universities shall be the

primary developers and deliverers of baccalaureate and master's degree programs to

be delivered by the Commonwealth Virtual University; however, this does not

preclude the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, or independent

colleges from offering baccalaure ate and master's degree programs or other course

offerings, and community colleges and technical institutions from offering associate

and technical degree programs or other courses through the Commonwealth Virtual

University.

(4) The council shall determin e the allocation of tuition, course offerings, source of

courses, technology to be used, and other matters relating to the use of distance

learning to promote education through the Commonwealth Virtual University.