164.800 Commonwealth Virtual University -- Distance Learning Advisory Committee -- Role of council -- Institutions involved in program. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 164.800 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 through 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 regional
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 baccalaureate 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 determine 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. Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 14, effective July 15, 2008. -- Created 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 16, effective May 30, 1997.