New polytechnic mission for Kentucky State University unveiled in state Senate

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 1,225

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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FRANKFORT — Kentucky State University would undergo a pruning of its academic offerings and be assigned a new polytechnic mission under legislation that moved out of a Senate committee Wednesday.

Senate Bill 185, sponsored by Rep. Chris McDaniel, chairman of the Senate budget committee, comes on the heels of intense private discussions by lawmakers of closing KSU, McDaniel said Wednesday.

Kentucky State, located in Frankfort, is Kentucky’s only public historically Black college or university …

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