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KRS 164.2896

Governing boards to adopt and publish policy on viewpoint neutrality -- Attorney General to enforce

Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Created 2025 Ky

(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 of 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.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.