The Kinsey Institute again makes the agenda for the IU Board of Trustees.
The meeting schedule released this week shows a vote Friday on “designation of the Kinsey Institute as a University-Related Entity”: in other words, a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
University administrators pitched the nonprofit plan last year to respond to a state budget amendment that blocks state funds from the Institute. Many Kinsey supporters would rather see a solution that doesn’t require separating from the university.
After the trustees voted to table their decision on Kinsey at their last meeting in November, the university convened a working group to hear input and make recommendations on the future of the Institute.
Indiana Public Media acquired a document listing those recommendations last week. Notably, the working group said it had devised a plan to keep Kinsey at IU without violating state law and urged the trustees to put off considering separation until the next fiscal year.
As of that time, the working group said it had not seen a copy of IU's original plan presented to the trustees.
The agenda item doesn’t mean the trustees have necessarily decided on a course of action. IU said the trustees have received the working group’s recommendation.
Under the Indiana Open Door Law, any official action taken by the trustees would have to be at a public meeting. According to the law, receiving information, deliberating, making recommendations and establishing policy all fall under that umbrella. Most of the trustee meeting is public except for the Executive Session, which takes place Thursday morning.
Kinsey does not appear on any board committee agendas.
