SACS -- Online Compliance Certification

Standard 2.6: The Institution is in operation and has students enrolled in degree programs. (Continuous Operation)

Judgment of Compliance
X	Compliance	Partial Compliance	Non-Compliance

NARRATIVE/JUSTIFICATION FOR JUDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College has been in continuous operation since its founding in 1960, as the Southeast Center of the University of Kentucky. Initial enrollment was 256 students. Following the authorization of a community college system in 1964 by the Kentucky General Assembly, Southeast Center became Southeast Community College on July 1, 1964. In 1987, the College began offering courses in Bell County, using leased space in Middlesboro. Increasing enrollment in the Bell County area hastened the opening of a new campus in August 1995. The College opened a campus in Letcher County in the fall of 1990 after a group of local citizens raised the necessary funds to renovate a donated building.

In the spring of 1998, the governance of the Community College System passed from the University of Kentucky and came under the newly formed Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) through passage of the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 [1]. At the same time, the postsecondary technical schools in the Kentucky TECH system moved from Workforce Development Cabinet and became the Technical College Branch of KCTCS.

Southeast Community College and Cumberland Valley Technical College, both serving the same area of Southeast Kentucky, consolidated in January 2002 [2]. The College received approval for consolidation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools at its December 2001 meeting [3]. The consolidated college has five campuses covering three counties. The name of the Institution was officially changed to Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College July 1, 2004 [4].

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College currently has 1964 students enrolled in degree-seeking programs. Enrollment over the past five years:

SKCTC ENROLLMENT 2001 - 2005

STUDENT CLASSIFICATION AND DEGREE STATUS

Status	Fall 01*	Fall 02*	Fall 03	Fall 04	Fall 05
Associate of Arts	493	473	511	492	448
Associate of Science	89	104	134	141	112
Associate of Applied Science or other Credential	1733	1585	1099	1452	1404
Subtotal: Degree Seeking	2315	2162	1744	2085	1964

Non-Degree	795	863	2336	2094	2489
Undecided	217	674	247	348	260
Total Enrollment	3327	3699	4327	4527	4713

Source: KCTCS Resource Data Mart (RDM)

* Includes totals for SKCTC and CVTC

Supporting Documents		Links to Supporting Documents
Supporting Documents		You must be connected to the World Wide Web to access the following links. (Click on the link to access the document.)
1	Kentucky Post Secondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 (House Bill 1)	http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/recarch/ 97ss/HB1.htm
2	KCTCS Board Minutes-Consolidation	http://www.kctcs.edu/organization/ board/meetings/200109/ ExecutiveSumofBoardAction09_28_011.pdf
3	SACS approval for consolidation	http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/sacs/ supportingdocuments/SACs% 20letter%20app%20merger.pdf
4	KCTCS Board Minutes - Name Change	�KCTCS board minutes-name change
5	KRS 164.591 Location of Community Colleges	http://lrc.ky.gov/krs/164-00/591.pdf

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