Continuing General Fund Erosion Is More Evidence of the Need to Clean Up Tax Code
As a share of the economy, Kentucky’s General Fund is worse off today than before the last positive effort to...
Education
Tuition Increase Ceilings Announced
Today the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) announced the maximum in-state undergraduate tuition and mandatory fee increases the state’s public universities and community colleges will be allowed to charge students...
Charter School Legislation Passes, But Questions and Concerns Remain About Funding
The Kentucky General Assembly gave final approval to charter schools in the waning days of the 2017 legislative session after heated and lengthy debate in both chambers. The approval came...
Funding and Accountability Concerns Still Apply to Senate Version of Charter Bill
An amended version of House Bill 520 passed the Senate Education committee this morning and is now heading to the Senate floor. The changes made to the bill were relatively...
Big Funding Concerns with Amended Charter Bill
The amended version of House Bill 520 — the charter school legislation that passed the House today — rightly prohibits virtual charter schools, but other changes made to the bill...
Tax Credit Doesn’t Help Kentucky Schools and Kids
A recent op-ed from the sponsors of private school tax credit proposals in this year’s General Assembly suggests the program would help provide educational opportunities to families in need and...
Layers of Concern in Funding for Charter Schools
There are many reasons to be concerned about funding for charter schools as proposed in HB 520. Local public school districts could lose control of a number of different resources...
Virtual Schools Problematic in Charter Bill
An especially problematic part of House Bill 520 is its inclusion of virtual charter schools. There are numerous concerns about the quality of education provided by virtual charters as well as...
Funding Concerns Persist in New Charter Bill
House Bill 520 is a very different charter school proposal than the previously introduced HB 103. While some concerns we previously expressed about charter authorizing authority in HB 103 have...
The Math Behind Ed Choice Tax Credit Fails Many Tests
Today in the House Education Committee legislators are hearing discussion of House Bill 162, a proposal to create a so-called Education Choice tax credit in Kentucky. This proposal does not...