Lawmakers in the Kentucky House heard a slew of education bills this morning, addressing both K through 12 education and colleges and universities.

One bill tweaks the state funding model for postsecondary education to better support nontraditional college students.

Our Clayton Dalton has this update.

We haven't been successfully awarding incentives to our post-secondary degree institutions around around those nontraditional students.

So this is us turning that dial just a little.

A portion of state money given to Kentucky's public colleges is based on performance.

Encouraging them to meet goals like graduating a certain share of low income students.

Senate Bill 191 would include the outcomes of nontraditional students defined as adult learners aged 25 to 64 into the funding plan.

In 2015, lawmakers set a goal that 60% of Kentucky adults have a meaningful degree by the year 2030.

The bill's sponsor says supporting nontraditional students is crucial.

If we can have 60% of Kentucky citizens have a post-secondary credential that matters by the year 2030, we're going to impact economic mobility.

We're going to impact revenues for the state.

We're going to impact incarceration rates.

We're going to impact overall health and community vitality.