KRS 164.830: Powers and duties of board.

(1) The board of trustees of the University of Louisville shall constitute a body

corporate, with the usual corporate powers, and shall possess all the authorities,

immunities, rights, privileges, and franchises usually attaching to the governing

bodies of Kentucky public higher educational institutions. A majority of the voting

members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Powers of the board shall include the following:

(a) Appointment of a president, all faculty members, and other personnel and

determination of the compensation, duties, and official relations of each. No

relative of a board of trustee member shall be employed by the university.

Faculty member and personnel appointment decisions may be delegated to the

president in accordance with policy adopted by the board of trustees;

(b) Suspension or removal of the president, officers, faculty, agents, or other

personnel that it is authorized to appoint, except that no president, professor,

or teacher shall be removed except for:

1. Incompetence;

2. Neglect of or refusal to perform his or her duty;

3. Immoral conduct;

4. Failure to meet college or university performance and productivity

requirements as determined in accordance with paragraph (e) of this

subsection; or

5. Bona fide financial reasons, including but not limited to:

a. Financial exigency;

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

c. Misalignment of revenue and costs in a particular college,

department, program, or major;

(c) Any removal shall be made in accordance with procedures established by law

for state institutions. Officer, faculty, agent, or other personnel removal

decisions may be delegated to the president in accordance with policy adopted

by the board of trustees;

(d) The process by which removal as provided in paragraph (b)5. of this

subsection 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 member 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;

(e) 1. Creation of a process requiring the evaluation of the performance and

productivity of the president, professors, and teachers at least once every

four (4) years.

2. 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 report shall be conduct ed in closed session pursuant to KRS

61.810(1)(f).

3. The final performance and productivity evaluation of 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 publ ic upon

request.

4. Failure to meet performance and productivity requirements may result in

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

5. The evaluation process shall be established by the board and provided to

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

2026;

(f) Election of a chairperson, a vice chairperson to act in the absence or

temporary disability of the chairperson, and any other officers as it deems

wise, including the annual election of a six (6) me mber executive committee

which shall have the powers that the board delegates to it and shall operate

under the rules the board shall establish under its authority to make bylaws,

rules, and regulations consistent with this chapter. The committee shall hav e

one (1) member representing the students, faculty, and nonteaching personnel

with the group alternating each year. The initial appointment to the executive

committee after March 21, 2017, shall be a faculty member, to be followed by

a student and a nonteaching personnel, respectively;

(g) Receipt, retention, and administration, on behalf of the university, subject to

the conditions attached, all revenues accruing from endowments,

appropriations, allotments, grants or bequests, and all types of property;

(h) Requirement of reports from the president, officers, faculty, and employees as

it deems necessary and proper from time to time;

(i) Granting degrees to graduates of the university, prescription of conditions

upon which postgraduate honors may be obtaine d, and conferment of

honorary degrees;

(j) The board shall periodically evaluate the institution's progress in

implementing its missions, goals, and objectives to conform to the strategic

agenda. Officers and officials shall be held accountable for the sta tus of the

institution's progress; and

(k) The board shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for the governance of its

members, officers, agents, and employees, which shall reference the member

removal and replacement provisions of KRS 63.080, and the b oard shall

enforce obedience to those bylaws, rules, and regulations.

(2) Board members shall receive no compensation for serving on the board, but shall be

reimbursed for travel expenses for attending meetings and performing other official

functions, cons istent with the reimbursement policy for state employees. Board

members who reside outside the Commonwealth shall not be reimbursed for out -of-

state travel expenses.

(3) The provisions of KRS 164.030, 164.200, and 164.410, shall be applicable to the

University of Louisville, except where inconsistent with the purposes of KRS

164.810 to 164.870.