Public records obtained by The Lexington Herald-Leader through the Open Records Act reveal:
Whatever the Kentucky State University's Board of Regents' feelings about the former KSU president, "bonus pay was a regular part of his overall benefits package for years."
"Less than two months before M. Christopher Brown II abruptly resigned as president of Kentucky State University on July 20, the school's Board of Regents awarded him a new four-year employment contract, extending his roughly $425,000-a-year position through June 30, 2025, according to documents obtained by the Herald-Leader.
"It's not clear why the KSU Board of Regents gave Brown a new contract on June 3. His previous employment contract — signed in 2018 — was scheduled to continue for one more year, through July 19, 2022.
"It's also not clear what Brown did during the first six months of this year to earn the $43,200 in 2021 bonus pay shown in his employment records, given his sudden departure last month amid a flurry of lawsuits alleging wrongdoing by himself and other school officials and an impending audit of the school's finances."
