Governing boards to adopt and publish policy on viewpoint neutrality -- Attorney General to enforce
KRS 164.2896
in effect164.2896. Governing boards to adopt and publish policy on viewpoint neutrality -- Attorney General to enforce
(1) No later than June 30, 2025, each governing board shall:
(a) Adopt a policy on viewpoint neutrality that prohibits discrimination on the basis of an individual's political or social viewpoint and promotes intellectual diversity within the institution; and
(b) Publish the amended policy in the institution's student handbook and faculty handbook and on a prominent, publicly accessible page o f the institution's website.
(2) An institution shall not require any individual to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, promotion, admission, or graduation.
(3) The Attorney General may bring a civil action for a writ of mandamus to compel an institution to comply with this section.
Effective: June 27, 2025
History: Created 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 3, effective June 27, 2025.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56407Fetched: 10/20/2026
