2022 KyPolicy Conference – Program
Budget of the Commonwealth Preview 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Plenary Kentucky lawmakers have a historic opportunity to begin putting the...
3 Ways New Legislation Would Make Kentucky’s Unconstitutional Voucher Program Even Worse
During the 2021 Kentucky General Assembly — as public school advocates were prevented from being in the Capitol by the COVID pandemic — lawmakers passed legislation to fund private schools...
Our Commonwealth: A Primer on the Kentucky State Budget
Go here for a PDF version of KyPolicy's Primer on the Kentucky State Budget. Every two years, the Kentucky General Assembly passes a budget in the form of four separate...
KyPolicy Releases Comprehensive Preview of the 2022-2024 Budget of the Commonwealth
“A Time To Invest” report provides detailed budgetary context and describes the historic opportunity to restore critical areas of funding The 2022 General Assembly gavels in today, and will shortly...
A Time To Invest: Preview of the 2022–2024 Budget of the Commonwealth
The General Assembly faces a critically important opportunity with the 2022–2024 Budget of the Commonwealth. The state has a historic budget surplus and unspent federal aid that provide the resources...
School Funding Task Force Recommendations Include Steps Toward Adequacy and Equity
In 2021, the Kentucky General Assembly created a School Funding Task Force to meet in the interim to review funding for K-12 education in Kentucky and other states and identify...
Kentucky Needs Congress to Expand Child Care Capacity, Upgrade Quality and Improve Affordability with the Build Back Better Act
One of the most powerful investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early childhood care and education, which research shows results in improved outcomes later in life,...
The Golden Key: How State-Local Financial Incentives to Lock Up Kentuckians Are Perpetuating Mass Incarceration
New Report Describes Policies to Reduce Incarceration while Alleviating Counties’ Fiscal Strain The U.S. incarcerates 5 times more people per capita than other wealthy countries. Yet, while some states are...
Private School Tax Credit Program at Odds With Kentucky’s Constitution
The framers of Kentucky’s constitution made crystal clear the state’s responsibility to provide for a system of common, public schools across the commonwealth. And in 1989 the Kentucky Supreme Court...
New Data on Poverty and Hardship in Kentucky Shows Need for Robust Federal Recovery Package
New economic data released today shows that economic loss and hardship from COVID-19, including variants currently ravaging the state, are far from over for Kentucky communities. Yet safety net programs...