Chancellor -- Duties relating to budget, operations plan, and day -to-day operations of college
KRS 164.600
in effect164.600. Chancellor -- Duties relating to budget, operations plan, and day -to-day operations of college
(1) As used in this section and KRS 164.321 and 164.591, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) "Campus" means a location of a college of the system that is not located contiguous to the main college location;
(b) "Chancellor" means the chief officer of a college or colleges within the system;
(c) "College" means a community college, a technical college, or a community and technical college within the system;
(d) "KCTCS president" means the president of the system;
(e) "Relative" means father, mother, brother, brother -in-law, sister, sister-in-law, husband, wife, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, first cousin, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law; and
(f) "System" or "KCTCS" means the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
(2) There shall be a chancellor named for each college under the Kentucky Community and Technical College system.
(3) Each chancellor shall be responsible for creating an annual budget request for his or her college and submitting it to the KCTCS president for consideration in the creation of the systemwide budget request to be submitted to the General Assembly.
(4) Each chancellor shall create and implement an operations plan for his or her college that is developed in coordination with local employers, civic leaders, campus constituents, and other postsecondary institutions in the region and consistent with the strategic agenda of the Council on Postsecondary Education. The KCTCS president shall review and approve each operations plan prior to implementation by the chancellor of each college.
(5) Each chancellor shall implement his or her college's budget within the system budget as approved by the KCTCS board of regents under KRS 164.350.
(6) Each chancellor shall be responsible for the day -to-day operations of his or her college.
Effective: July 15, 2026
History: Amended 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2026. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 56, sec. 5, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 373, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 513, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 118, effective May 30, 1997. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 218, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 504, sec. 6, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 1. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 1. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 6.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57981Fetched: 10/20/2026