Fayette County Schools Debate Is Missing the Context of State Funding Cuts
For the last year, Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) has been in the middle of a heated public debate over...
Education
Here’s How the House Budget Would Affect Seek Payments to Your School District
The House budget freezes school transportation funding and makes small increases in the guaranteed base funding level used to determine payments to school districts under the SEEK formula. Though the...
General Assembly Should Fix Underfunding of School Transportation This Session
School buses are essential to getting kids to and from school. In recognition, the General Assembly created a law as part of the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) that...
Legislature Wants to Take Power From the JCPS Board While Cutting Funding to Its Schools
Legislative leaders have been critical of Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) in recent years on issues ranging from student performance to transportation problems and budget shortfalls. In response to these...
State Report Shows Educators in Most Kentucky School Districts Received Little or No Raise
The typical Kentucky school district increased salaries for teachers and other certified employees by only 2% this year, and 40 districts provided no raise at all, according to an annual...
Education Funding in Kentucky Remains Inadequate, Inequitable and Uncertain as Kids Head Back to School
As Kentucky students head back to school this month, state funding for K-12 education continues to fall well below past efforts, preventing overdue investments to shrink class size, increase student...
Student Loan Interest Is Accruing Again for 1 in 5 Kentucky Borrowers
Interest begins accruing again today for the nearly eight million student loan borrowers enrolled in the income-driven repayment plan known as Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE). At least 116,200...
Kentucky Teacher Pensions Are Getting Smaller
Kentucky has fallen to 42nd among states in teacher salaries, and the average district is paying its teachers 20% less than it was before the Great Recession after adjusting for...
Why the Legislature May Change What’s in the SEEK Formula
Senate Bill (SB) 6 in the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly makes the most significant change in the history of the core school funding formula created by the Kentucky Education Reform...
Federal Education Funding Supplies Over $1 Billion to Kentucky Kids Every Year
The Trump administration is reportedly considering dismantling the federal Department of Education (DOE), while Congress is weighing cuts to the federal budget that could significantly reduce education funding. While the...