164.830 Powers and duties of board.
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(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 incompetence, neglect of or refusal to
perform his or her duty, immoral conduct, or failure to meet college or
university performance and productivity requirements as determined in
accordance with paragraph
(c)of this subsection. 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;
(c)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. Failure to meet performance and productivity requirements may
result in removal of a president, professor, or teacher regardless of status. 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;
(d)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)member 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 have
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;
(e)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;
(f)Requirement of reports from the president, officers, faculty, and employees as
it deems necessary and proper from time to time;
(g)Granting degrees to graduates of the university, prescription of conditions
upon which postgraduate honors may be obtained, and conferment of
honorary degrees;
(h)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 status of the
institution's progress; and
(i)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 board 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, consistent 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.