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Education

Op-Ed

Kentucky Kids Go Back to School Amid More Budget Cuts

Despite inadequate state funding for education, Kentucky’s school districts are figuring out how to open their doors to students this...

Ashley Spalding | August 16, 2018

Analysis

As Kids Head Back to School, Districts Have Even Fewer Resources Than Previous Years

This year as kids head back to school, Kentucky school districts face challenges due to cuts in state funds, ranging from no funding for textbooks and professional development to cuts...

Ashley Spalding | August 9, 2018

Analysis

Performance Funding for Higher Ed Already Beginning to Disadvantage Some Schools

New higher education data showing the allocation of performance funds in 2019 to our public universities and community colleges underscores the concern that some institutions are disadvantaged in the performance...

Ashley Spalding | July 3, 2018

Analysis

Quality and Equity of P-12 Education Will Continue to Decline with Funding in HB 200

While it remains to be seen how the Kentucky General Assembly will respond to Governor Bevin’s vetoes of their budget and revenue bills, the budget they passed does not represent...

Pam Thomas | April 11, 2018

Analysis

Budget Cuts Will Impact College Affordability, Quality and Equity in Kentucky

After a decade of budget cuts, Kentucky’s public universities and community colleges are cut approximately 6 percent in the new state budget (pending action from the Governor). This amounts to...

Ashley Spalding | April 5, 2018

Analysis

Amendment to SB 231 Could Reduce College Affordability for Low-Income KEES Recipients

A proposed amendment to Senate Bill 231, a bill focused on the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship, would make changes to the state’s Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) that would result...

Ashley Spalding | March 28, 2018

Analysis

KEES Bill Could Worsen College Affordability for Low-Income Kentuckians

Our state needs to prioritize making college more affordable for low-income Kentuckians and House Bill 247, which would radically alter the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES), falls short of this...

Ashley Spalding | February 13, 2018

Analysis

Adequate Fund Balances are Crucial for Prudent School District Management and Should Not be Relied Upon to Make Up for State Funding Cuts

One of the ways the governor’s budget expects local school districts to make up for significant cuts he has proposed in state support for education, including transportation and teacher health...

Pam Thomas | January 29, 2018

Report

State Budget Cuts to Education Hurt Kentucky’s Classrooms and Kids

Click to view report as a PDF. Education is crucial to Kentucky’s success. However, as the state legislature has been disinvesting in P-12 education over the past decade, it has...

Ashley Spalding | January 29, 2018

Analysis

Governor’s Budget Cuts Per-Student SEEK Funding

The Support for Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) formula is the primary source of funding for the state’s local school districts. Despite the perception that SEEK funding is not cut...

Ashley Spalding | January 23, 2018

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Education News

1 Latest School Choice Proposal in Kentucky Would Create “Education Opportunity Accounts”

2 Report: COVID-19 Widens Resource Gap Between KY School Districts

3 Inequality Between Rich and Poor Kentucky School Districts Grows Again Even as Districts Face New COVID Costs and Looming Revenue Losses

4 Advocates Warn Kentucky Homeless Services Systems Can’t Handle the Coming ‘Tsunami of Evictions’

5 Will College Students Return This Fall? Universities Map out Return Plans, With Plenty of Caveats

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The Experts

Defeating the Pandemic and Building a Robust Recovery: A Preview of the Budget of the Commonwealth

Anna Baumann

Defeating the Pandemic and Building a Robust Recovery: A Preview of the Budget of the Commonwealth

Ashley Spalding

Any Action on Proliferating Slot Machines Must Raise Artificially Low Tax Rate

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