Kentucky House Bill 160 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-8)
Status: Passed on April 12 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-12 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 108)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to limit bachelor degree programs to 120 credit hours and associate degree programs to 60 credit hours beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year; permit the Council on Postsecondary education to approve exceptions for specialized programs; direct the council to develop a statewide agreement for lower division learning outcomes course numbering and coursework credits; to standardize credit-by-exam equivalencies; develop statewide articulation and transfer procedures; monitor and collect compliance data; provide priority admission of associate degree program graduates to state public universities; create common public college transcript; encourage private college collaboration in transfer agreements; establish appeals process; amend KRS 164.020 to conform; amend KRS 164.001 to include definition of "learning outcomes."

AN ACT relating to the establishment of common undergraduate college course credits for transfer and the awarding of degrees.

Rep. Linda Belcher [D]	Rep. Jesse Crenshaw [D]	Rep. Ron Crimm [R]	Rep. Mitchel Denham [D]
Rep. Myron Dossett [R]	Rep. Theodore Edmonds [D]	Sen. C.B. Embry [R]	Rep. Danny Ford [R]
Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Jeff Greer [D]	Rep. Keith Hall [D]	Rep. Richard Henderson [D]
Rep. Charlie Hoffman [D]	Rep. Dennis Horlander [D]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Dennis Keene [D]
Rep. Martha King [D]	Rep. Adam Koenig [R]	Rep. Thomas McKee [D]	Rep. Tim Moore [R]
Rep. Rick Nelson [D]	Rep. Sannie Overly [D]	Rep. Steven Riggs [D]	Rep. Tom Riner [D]
Rep. Carl Rollins [D]	Rep. Sal Santoro [R]	Rep. Arnold Simpson [D]	Rep. Fitz Steele [D]
Rep. Kent Stevens [D]	Rep. Wilson Stone [D]	Rep. Thomas Thompson [D]	Rep. John Tilley [D]
Rep. David Watkins [D]	Rep. Addia Wuchner [R]	Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-12		signed by Governor (Acts ch. 108)
2010-04-01		delivered to Governor
2010-04-01		enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2010-04-01		passed 100-0
2010-04-01		House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2)
2010-04-01		posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) for Thursday, April 1, 2010
2010-04-01		taken from committee
2010-04-01		to Rules (H)
2010-04-01		received in House
2010-03-29		passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2)
2010-03-29		floor amendment (1) withdrawn
2010-03-29		3rd reading
2010-03-29		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 29, 2010
2010-03-25		floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
2010-03-24		floor amendment (1) filed
2010-03-19		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-03-18		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2010-01-25		to Education (S)
2010-01-22		received in Senate
2010-01-21		3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute
2010-01-20		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 21, 2010
2010-01-13		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-01-12		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2010-01-11		posting waived
2010-01-05		to Education (H)
2010-01-05		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB160.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB160/bill.doc