Budget Makes Education Goals Harder to Achieve with Cuts to Per-Student Funding
Kentucky has set high goals and taken great strides in improving educational achievement and degree attainment rates. However, the 2013-2014...
Education
The Benefits of Expanded Pre-School
In its final days of negotiating a new budget, a sticking point between the House and the Senate is whether to include new dollars for the expansion of pre-school. The...
Budget Would Further Reduce College Affordability
The barriers to affordable higher education--especially for low-income Kentuckians--will continue to grow under a budget that cuts funding to postsecondary institutions and limits need-based financial aid. Budget Would Further Reduce...
The College Affordability Crunch in Kentucky
A decade of state budget cuts in higher education, rising tuition, underfunded need-based financial aid and stagnating incomes are combining to make college less affordable in Kentucky. Student debt is...
State Has Cut Education Funding Substantially from Pre-Recession Levels
The recession and weak recovery of the last few years have meant less revenue for the state budget, and the legislature has responded with cuts to many services. The state...