164.001 Definitions for chapter

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 related 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 progress toward the goals as stated in KRS

164.003(2);

(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 the 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) "Committee" means the Strategic Committee on Postsecondary Education created in

KRS 164.004;

(7) "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;

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

(9) "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;

(10) "Goals" means the six (6) goals specified in KRS 164.003(2);

(11) "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;

(12) "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;

(13) "Kentucky Community and Technical College System" 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 Kentucky 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;

(14) "Literacy" means an individual's ability 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;

(15) "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;

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

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

department chair, or administrator;

(17) "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;

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department chair, or administrator;

(17) "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;

(18) "P-16 council" or "council of partners" means a local or state council that is

composed of educators from public and private preschools, elementary, secondary,

and postsecondary education institutions, local board of education members, and

may include community and business representatives that have voluntarily

organized themselves for the purpose of improving the alignment and quality of the

education continuum from preschool through postsecondary education as well as

student achievement at all levels;

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

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

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

(21) "Remedial education" means any program, course, or activity that is designed

specifically for students who have basic deficiencies in reading, written or oral

communication, mathematics, study skills, or other skills necessary to do beginning

postsecondary work as defined by the institution;

(22) "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;

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

described in KRS 164.0203;

(24) "Technical institution" means an educational institution that offers certificates,

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

(25) "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.