Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education

Provide important web links:

• Home Page web link:  https://kcpe.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx   
• Statutes and Regulations Page web link: Kentucky Revised Statutes – Chapter 165A and https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/791/
• Authorization Information Page web link: https://kcpe.ky.gov/Pages/School-Resources.aspx
• Application Information Page web link:  https://kcpe.ky.gov/Pages/School-Resources.aspx
• Renewal Information Page web link:  https://kcpe.ky.gov/Pages/School-Resources.aspx

What types of institutions are subject to this agency’s authority? Indicate the types of institutions that your agency authorizes.

• Note: Some agencies may refer to out-of-state public institutions as “private colleges” in their law.  If this is the case for your agency, please select “public, out-of-state degree granting institutions” for purposes of this Guide so that the out-of-state public institution will find appropriate information.
• Note: If your agency is a coordinating board, your agency may have one division with some authority such as program approval over in-state public institutions that are established per statute, which is structured differently than another division of your agency with state authorization authority over non-public institutions that they “license” pursuant to different statute(s).

____  Public, in-state degree granting institutions
____  Public, out-of-state degree granting institutions
_X__ Private, in-state, not-for-profit degree granting institutions
_X__ Private, out-of-state, not-for-profit degree granting institutions
_X__ Private, in-state, for-profit degree granting institutions
_X__ Private, out-of-state, for-profit degree granting institutions
_____Public, in-state, non-degree granting institutions
_____Public, out-of-state, non-degree granting institutions
_X__ Non-degree, not-for profit institutions
_X__ Non-degree, for-profit institutions
____  Religious institutions
____  Tribally-controlled institutions
____  Federal Institutions
____  Municipal institutions

Does your agency authorize specific academic programs offered by institutions, only institutions themselves, or both?

• For example, an agency may require an institution apply for licensure for institutional approval and also require the institution to apply for specific program(s) approval.

_____ Institution

_____ Program

__X__ Both

Clarifying comments:

The KY Commission on Proprietary Education licenses private, for-profit and non-profit institutions offering only below the bachelor’s degree level. (As note: The KY Council on Postsecondary Education licenses private, for-profit and non-profit institutions if they offer at the bachelor’s degree level or higher, including out-of-state public institutions.)

Does your agency require exclusively online offerings offered by out-of-state institutions to be authorized?

• Meaning as example, the state regulates an out-of-state institution for merely enrolling a student into a distance education program
• Meaning as example, a solely online program that does not have any internships and practicums

Yes

Clarifying comments

No response provided