THE KENTUCKY COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATON HAS APPROVED TUITION AND MANDATORY FEE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH’S
SIX PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND THE KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOR THE 20-24-25 ACADEMIC YEAR…..
TUTITION CEILINGS PREVIOUSLY SET BY THE COUNCIL LIMIT RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE TUTITION AT PUBLIC…..FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS TO INCREASE BY NO
MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT OVER TWO YEARS…..OR NO MORE THAN THREE-PERCENT IN ANY ONE YEAR…..AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITIES APPROVED
TUITION INCREASE IS ONE-POINT-NINE PRECENT…..
IN OTHER ACTION…..ELAINE WALKER WAS ELECETED COUNCIL VICE-CHAIR…..WALKER OF BOWLING GREEN…..IS A FORMER KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF
STATE…..COMMISSIONER OF THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS…..AND SERVED AS THE 29TH MAYOR OF BOWLING GREEN…….