Cancel Student Debt, and Recommit to Education as a Public Good
President Biden’s recent statements that he will cancel some student loan debt is hopeful news for the 616,000 Kentuckians who...
Education
Charter School Funding Proposal Is Inefficient, Costly and Will Harm Public Education
Legislation introduced in the Kentucky House would create a duplicative, wasteful and unaccountable system for authorizing and funding charter schools that runs counter to the characteristics of an efficient system...
State Funding for Education Has Been Stagnant for Many Years, But the 2022-2024 Budget Presents a Unique Opportunity to Begin Reinvesting
In 1991, following a Kentucky Supreme Court decision finding that Kentucky’s system of funding education was unconstitutional, the Kentucky General Assembly responded by increasing taxes to begin reinvesting in Kentucky’s...
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...
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...
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...
Student Debt Relief Still Needed as College Year Begins in Kentucky
As another college year begins amidst a resurging pandemic, new Census data shows those struggling the most with student debt are also among the hardest hit by COVID-19’s economic impacts....
What to Know About Kentucky School Funding as Kids Head Back to School
Kids heading back to school this month will benefit from supports made possible by federal COVID relief. Against the backdrop of more than a decade of deep cuts to state...
Student Debt Forgiveness Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Kentuckians, Help With Economic Recovery and Improve Race Equity
The student debt crisis has been garnering increased attention recently, with calls for the federal government to forgive between $10,000 and $50,000 in student debt. In February, a group of...
HB 563 Diverts Public School Dollars to Unaccountable Private Entities
Kentucky still has a lot of work to do to make sure all students can thrive, but taking money out of public schools and diverting it to private entities and...