FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky State University Board of Regents will consider a settlement with ousted president George Reid and the school, Mr. Reid's attorney said.

        Mr. Reid would get a $170,000 severance payment in exchange for Mr. Reid dropping his lawsuit against the school for forcing him out of office, attorney Thomas Clay said.

        The board voted in mid-June to end Mr. Reid's rocky four-year tenure when his contract expired June 30. Paul Bibbins is serving as interim president.

        The settlement is far less than the $3 million Mr. Reid demanded during severance negotiations.

        “We would certainly have hoped to have gotten more, but Dr. Reid is in a very tenuous position right now without a job and with a family to support,” Mr. Clay said. “When you go to court there's always a chance you won't win. It was an expedient resolution for both sides.”

        Brenda Schissler, a board member and critic of Mr. Reid, said that while she believes the university doesn't owe Mr. Reid money, a $170,000 severance payment is reasonable under the circumstances.

        “I think that's a fair amount, and let's just move on,” Ms. Schissler said.

        One of Mr. Reid's top lieutenants, former vice president of academic affairs Kenoye Eke, has also left the school. Mr. Eke has become provost at Cheyney University in Cheyney, Pa.

        Mr. Eke had been demoted from his vice president's job to a teaching position. Regent Chairman William Wilson said new presidents often want to bring in their own administrators.

        Mr. Clay said the university already has paid Mr. Reid a $10,000 retirement annuity, which he was owed under his previous contract. The remaining $160,000 will be paid in two installments, one next month and another early next year, he said.

        Mr. Clay said even though the regents are meeting Wednesday for what an agenda refers to as a “possible vote” on the settlement, it was his understanding that the agreement, reached in a mediation session on Aug. 16 in Louisville, was final.

        “We have a deal,” Mr. Clay said. “As far as I know, it's approved. I didn't get any indication that there's any further steps that need to be taken.”

        He would not reveal further details of the agreement, saying it was not signed and some final language remained to be negotiated.

        Before being forced out of office, Mr. Reid sued the university, saying a November vote to extend his contract was legally binding. He also claimed he was being punished under the state's whistleblower act.

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